Netgear router anyone?

[Statica]

Hey folks, any of you have a netgear router RT311/314 in particular?
They had a f/w update v3.25, that crapped out my router, just wanted to give you the heads up to keep a serial cable handy. Am sitting and painstaking using xmodem to a known good version. Reminds me of my days with diallup .. 20 min just for the firmware, then have to sit with the rom.

[wedor]

I have a couple of them, what exactly went wrong?

[DrZaius]

Statica,

I have the RT311. Last time I updated firmware was to fix some problems I had when setting up a Half-Life server. Works great now, uptime of about 4 months. If it 'aint broke, I'm not gonna fix it. :D

[ssutton]

So you say you downloaded an update for the router firmware and it caused a crash? Did this occur when updating the software? Have you contacted NetWare? I am planning on installing a RT 311 this weekend. How was the system working before the update and what problems is the update supposed to fix? Please post the filename that caused your crash. I will decide if I should avoid it completely.

[Statica]

The RT311 is great, my last firmware, stable was 3.24, and its a workhorse, had no problems at all. I did a firmware upgrade to 3.25, and I lose connectivity AFTER I do the update (cant connect to 192.168.0.1), and couldnt restore it other than with the serial cable. I downgraded to 3.24 and all is well again. Yeah I contacted Netgear and they will address the issue.

It is possible that you wont have the issue, if you have a serial cable handy by all means give it a try, if u want I can post the method to restore with 3.24 using hyperterminal & serial cable.

Again, version 3.24 is great, and stable and has no bugs .. I just like to be on the bloody bleeding edge and get bled sometimes :)

Cheers.

[ssutton]

Yes by all means please post the procedure to restore. This would be valuable info. in case of problems. And thanks for the warning.

[Statica]

The pulled 3.25 from their website.

[Geron]

Hello

I'm having the exact same problem you're having. I tried upgrading to 3.25, and got the same symptoms.

I don't know where to find the older 3.24 firmware on the internet, because Netgear only has 3.25 on their website.

I have a serial cable, but I'm not experienced in the ways of using Hyperterminal.

I got it to the screen where it says "Press ENTER to continue", but when I press enter, nothing happens. Could anybody please tell me if there's a setting I need to change in order for the router to accept my hitting of the enter key?

Thank you,

Geron Bindseil

[LawyerRon]

I've got the RT311 and never had a problem with it. Never tried a f/w update though.