Laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, game consoles, music streamers, cameras – if it's WiFi enabled, it's X6 accelerated. A powerful combination of features – wireless speed of up to 3.2Gbps, 3 WiFi bands, Smart Connect intelligence, and Dynamic QoS – guarantees every device is assigned the fastest WiFi connection possible and optimized for maximum speed.
What' New:
New Features
- Supports Dynamic QoS.
- Supports remote access with the genie app.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes the UPnP daemon crash issue when the R8000 router receives a SOAP message from QNAP NAS that is over the maximum length.
- Fixes CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE: TSL vulnerability).
- Improves the wireless connection stability between the R8000 router and the EX7000 and EX6200 extenders.
Firmware Upgrade Instruction:
Note: To avoid wireless disconnect issue during the firmware download process, NETGEAR recommends that firmware upgrade be performed on a computer with wired connection.
- Write down all the settings which you changed from the default values, since you may need to reenter them manually.
- Using the Download Link below, download and extract the new firmware to a convenient place such as your desktop. The filename after extracting is R8000-V1.0.2.44_1.0.96.chk
- Log in to the router using a Web browser. The URL is https://www.routerlogin.net.
- Click ADVANCED tab > Administration > Firmware Upgrade.
- Click Browse and find the file you just downloaded.
- Click Upload. Do not interrupt the upgrade while the router does this step.
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