Firmware Update: Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC2350 1.0.0.108

Netgear has released new firmware for its Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Dual Band WiFi Router, also known as R7500 indicated. This router can send and receive data on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, and has a theoretical throughput of 2333Mbit/s. In addition, there are five gigabit Ethernet ports, one of which is on the wan side and the other four can be used internally, and there are two USB 3.0 and one esata connection. The version number of this firmware release is pinned to 1.0.0.108 and is intended to address unspecified security vulnerabilities.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes security issues.
• Fixes the massive battery drain issue on Android phone when connect to R7500 5GHz wireless network.

Known issues & bugs & Limitation

• The WMP (windows media player) as DLNA client may take longer time to get file list from the R6100 attached USB storage while R6100 acts as DLNA server if this USB storage has too many files.
• Traffic meter – Traffic volume control is not accurate due to sampling rate. It may exceed the limit.
  Workaround: Set a proper number in “Mbytes before the monthly limit is reached” in the traffic control.

Important Notice : Because of the wireless driver default settings is updated, please press the reset button more than five seconds to reset the router to factory default after the firmware update to avoid some compatibility issues.