![]() Update its firmware or troubleshoot of your router – all of this can be done. It is the configuration panel for your router and you can access it any time using your web browser to make the required changes for your router. !!! MUST SELECT Disable under Router Auto Firmware Update > THEN CLICK ON APPLY !!!īrowse > Browse to R7960P-V1.4.1.68_1.3.28.NETGEAR Router Login – – sign in to access admin panel, setup new wireless connection, change default WiFi password settings. Nighthawk X6S AC3600 Tri-Band WiFi Router Must connect with ethernet cable.įor Netgear R7960P a.k.a. R7960P-V1.4.1.68_1.3.28 is not buggy, downgrading to this version resolves this horrible bug.ĬONNECT WITH LAPTOP CONNECTED WITH ETHERNET CABLE TO ONE OF SEVERAL ROUTER PORTS - NOT INTERNET MODEM CONNECTION PORT. R7960P-V1.4.2.84_1.3.42 and later are ABSOLUTELY buggy - do not upgrade! You will not be able to load web pages. Use Netgear Android app to initially setup the router with default password found on the label on the bottom of the router. Wait until the router finishes restarting. Warning: To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the reset.ĭo not close the browser, click a link, or load a new page. When the reset is complete, the router restarts. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button for at least five On the back of the router, locate the Reset button.Ģ. First thing to do after resetting the router WITHOUT BEING CONNECTED TO CABLE MODEM is to disable auto update.ġ. DISCONNECT FROM CABLE MODEM OR ELSE FIRMWARE WILL UPDATE TO LATEST BUGGY VERSION. You may go to ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings to select Erase Settings but true hard reset is done like this:Ġ. ![]() To reset the router to factory default settings: Last known working firmware, no longer available on Netgear web site as a link, but the actual file is still here: !!! MUST SELECT DISABLE under Router Auto Firmware Update > THEN CLICK ON APPLY !!!īrowse > Browse to bug-free Firmware R7960P-V1.4.1.68_1.3.28.chk > Upload > OK SO if you own a Netgear Nighthawk X6S AC3600 Router, and your router no longer works, go toĪDVANCED > Administration > Router Update > It is a real possibility that more and more companies knowingly release hardware-killing updates, knowing this directly translates into a sizeable number of people going out to spend money on buying new equipment. When it comes to cams and routers, I am now thinking, if they work, leave them be. We live in an age where every security camera Firmware Update, every Router Firmware Update has the potential to destroy your equipment / otherwise make it stop working. My router was not working properly again until I realized that if you restore your router settings, you may accidentally turn on Router Auto Firmware Update which will mess up your router by overwriting older working Firmware with newer device-killing Firmware, without telling you. NETGEAR knows about it, and has chosen not to address it. I found this thread of others saying the same thing six months ago: ![]() So, more than six months ago, NETGEAR released a Firmware update for my router Netgear Nighthawk X6S AC3600. ![]() I know it uncapped speeds on old Firmware. Of course I would like to use the latest Firmware but if it doesn't work, I will test the old one later. So now okay, I am testing the latest Firmware with IPv6 SET to Auto Detect. You then start the app, which immediately tells you you may NOT use ANY Firmware except the latest regardless of if it's buggy or not, so you MUST now install new Firmware or else you may NOT setup your Router. THIS FIXED my old Netgear Firmware V1.4.1.68_1.3.28.įor whatever reason, NETGEAR then does not allow Setup from a cable connected laptop (!) and requires you use a phone, download their Android App, which mandatorily installs additional NETGEAR monitoring software without asking on your cell phone, which blankets you with all sorts of icons and warnings that look like leaches covering your cell phone. Advanced > Advanced Setup > IPv6 > Internet Connection Type > CHANGE from Disabled to AUTO DETECT > Apply
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