NOTE: Before upgrading to 3.0.5.0, please see the upgrade process in detail.

New Features:

  1. Switch between Stand alone and Business Central(BC) mode in AP.
    1. Use AP local GUI BC tab "enable/disable" option to switch from standalone to BC and vice versa.
  2. Show AP uptime in Local GUI.

Bug Fixes

Known issues

NOTES :

To Upgrade

READ THIS BEFORE ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE

Prior to upgrade to v3.x, the device MUST be running the firmware version indicate in the table below. Upgrading from older firmware version to v3.x without the required running firmware version will cause the user not able to access the device Web interface. The only way to recover is by factory resetting the device.

Case

Notes

Brand new AP to Standalone

Download latest 3.x from support website. Load it on the AP.
Factory reset the AP.
Disable Cloud management and use it as standalone from local AP UI.

Brand New AP to Business Central managed AP

Download latest 3.x from support website. Load it on the AP.
Factory reset the AP.
Add the AP to BC portal.
AP will automatically join BC once it has access to internet.

Standalone to Business Central managed AP

Download latest 3.x from support website. Load it on the AP.
Factory reset the AP.

Working Standalone to Standalone

Case 1: APs running in 3.x can upgrade to 3.0.5.0 directly.

Case 2: APs running 2.x, first upgrade to V2.1.6. Second upgrade to V3.0.0.7/V3.0.4.0.
Then upgrade to V3.0.5.0.

NOTE: Take backup of the current configurations before any upgrade. Save it at a secure place.

 Downgrade from V3.x to 2.x image not supported without a factory reset.

V2.x firmware images for the product can be downloaded from the Netgear download center http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/

Firmware upgrade from v2.x to v3.x will take about 8 minutes. Upgrade from v3.x to v3.x will take about 2 minutes.

Method to factory reset the AP via CLI

Using putty/tera term telent/ssh to the AP and run “restore-configuration /etc/default-config” or  “restore-factory-default”

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