Venom351R Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Been awhile since I updated the firmware on my router so I went to the netgear site to the download section and put in my info for my router but when I hit the download now button it is not doing anything. The page just refesh's and does not bring me to the option to download anything. I tried this in 3 different browsers and w/ allowing pop ups from that site with my google chrome browser but it is the same result no matter what I do. I called customer support and I got some guy from India who was of no help at all. The only thing I can think of is if my purchase date is not correct but you also have the option to download the file w/ out submitting that info but it still will not bring me to the option to actually download the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom351R Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I logged into my router and attempted to update the firmware that way but apparently my firmware is up to date even though I dont remember doing it for quite awhile. Still does not explain the mess that the netgear site is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 is your router dd-wrt compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom351R Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Whats that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 basically a 3rd party firmware for your router that opens it up for more customization and more options. a lot of times it's more stable than the firmware from the manufacturer and you can overclock it to get more range from your wireless or turn a basic router in a Bridge. I use it on most of my routers if it is supported. www.dd-wrt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom351R Posted December 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thats cool. The closet model # they have listed for mine is the Netgear WGR614V8 but mine is actually the WGR614V10 so how much of a difference does that make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thats cool. The closet model # they have listed for mine is the Netgear WGR614V8 but mine is actually the WGR614V10 so how much of a difference does that make? If you went to install it, it would probably brick your router. Although you can get a new V10 for less than $20 it might be fun to try out. But seen as how DD-WRT isn't 100% the answer here, what version of firmware are you looking at downloading from Netgear, i just want to see if I can download it, to see if its an issue with them, or with your pc. Edit: I was able to download V1.0.2.60 from their site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom351R Posted December 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Whatever their latest firmware is for North America I was able to install awhile ago when I went into my router settings and searched the web for updates. I made this thread b/c I was having such a hard time getting the down load to work directly from their site so I made this thread, then I went into my router settings and saw that it was up to date w/ the latest firmware I just had forgotten that I had previous updated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
