Netgear has released new firmware for its Nighthawk S8000 gaming & streaming switch. Also referred to as GS808E, this switch has eight gigabit Ethernet ports and supports bundling up to four ports under the name link aggregation. This is supported, among others, by Netgear’s line of NAS products such as the ReadyNAS. The design can also be mentioned separately for a network switch and it is therefore intended to be placed in plain sight. The version number is fixed to 1.0.2.3 and the list of changes looks like this:
GS808E Firmware Version 1.0.2.3
New Features and Enhancements:
- Added an “EDIT” button on QoS setting page to help simplify the configuration.
- Added DHCP refresh function to the bottom reset button: Press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds to enable and refresh DHCP IP address. Press and hold the reset button for 10 seconds to change the settings back to factory default values.
- Added port priority configurable field to port status submenu.
- Changed QoS priority levels from 3 to 4 and changed the default priority to high.
Bug Fixes:
- Can’t discover device through UPnP when system name is configured with special character
- Changed UPnP device icon for S8000 to show up as a switch in Windows network infrastructure list.
- Instead of staying expanded, menu collapses after applying the new setting.
| Version number | 1.0.2.3 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | netgear |
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| License type | Freeware |