Netgear Firmware Update Taking Forever

The firmware update starts and the router restarts.

Netgear firmware update taking forever. Or netgear router firmware update failed constantly. Total waste of money. The firmware update process can take a few minutes.

If you face any of those issue with updating router firmware. Firmware update taking forever i have a nighthawk i think netgear router r6400v2 ac1750 i can t find the model number in the pulldown list. If new firmware is available click yes.

Before the firmware we would connect in 2 3 seconds now it will either take a while 20 30 seconds to connect or it will not connect at all and have the spinning loading symbol. Remember if you have version 2 to select it from the drop down box. After you click yes do not try to go online turn off the router or do anything else to the router until it finishes restarting.

Updating over wireless and over the app seems to be the most common cause for firmware corruption issues. Netgear provides complimentary technical support for netgear products for 90 days from the original date of purchase. Fixes some minor bugs.

Netgear needs real developers. To avoid wireless disconnect issue during the firmware download process netgear recommends that firmware upgrade be performed on a computer with wired connection. Wifi signal dropping while stationary on my phone apps that use video data taking forever 100 times longer than with 4g lte on my samsung phone.

Can we go back to previous firmware version 1 2 16720. Anytime i do firmware updates i make sure to do it over a hardwired connection and i try to avoid the app firmware update. However since the firmware and connecting to homekit when we are in the arlo app on the same network as our camera the stream for the device takes forever to connect.