WNR834Bv2 Firmware Version 2.0.8

WNR834Bv2 - Firmware Version 2.0.8

Published Feb 1, 2008

Note:

Bug Fixes:

  1. Fixed - Smart Wizard 3.0: Router incorrectly reported WAN PPPoE connection type as DHCP to setup CD.
  2. Fixed - Smart Wizard 3.0: Router does not disable WPS if user chooses WEP encryption from CD
  3. Fixed - Setup Wizard cannot detect PPPoE connection if router is configured as PPTP mode first
  4. Fixed - Setup Wizard cannot detect PPTP connection if router is configured as PPPoE mode.
  5. Fixed: Reserved IP table blank device name causes displayed improper issue.
  6. Fixed: Incorrect timestamp format in email log report.
  7. Fixed the “Refresh” function of QoS GUI page: remove disconnected LAN / WLAN clients from MAC table when “Refresh” is pressed.
  8. Block multicast / broadcast MAC address input in QoS page.
  9. Fixed blank state wizard cannot display special characters correctly.
  10. Fix some Port triggering GUI issues
  11. Block invalid subnet mask for LAN IP setup
  12. Block invalid MAC address in Wireless ACL list
  13. Improved WAN -> LAN throughput when LAN port QoS rule is enabled.
  14. Changed Router Status page display: if WAN is Static IP and WAN link is down, show IP address, subnet mask, etc as 0.0.0.0.
  15. Fix block services add-delete-reboot issue
  16. Fixed Mozilla Firefox browser cannot perform “Add WPS client” issue.
  17. Fix Port Triggering GUI errors
  18. Block invalid PPTP gateway IP address
  19. Block invalid characters in DHCP server “Reserved IP” device name
  20. Block invalid DHCP pool table range
  21. Block invalid IP address / range in “Block Service” page
  22. Fix WAN-LAN conflict does not change block service, port trigger automatically, etc issue
  23. Fix Static Route page error issue
  24. Fix incorrect DDNS status if host name is too long
  25. Fix DDNS update twice at system boot up and cause some DNS org deny the registering.
  26. Fix NAT: Router treats TCP UPnP port mapping as TCP/UDP.
  27. Fix NAT: old NAT v2.5.0.44 causes some port conflict issues.
  28. Fix NAT: Port triggering range can not be triggered correctly
  29. Fix NAT: The source port has not been mapped to the same port
  30. Fix NAT: Port forwarding can work before reboot DUT when detects existed ALG session.
  31. Fix NAT: Router can't deal with conflict Remote Management and port triggering service.
  32. Fix NAT: SIP MESSAGE with XML body issue.
  33. Fix NAT: LAN to LAN drop packet didn't release memory, causing memory leak.
  34. Fix NAT: Deny table protection (drop packet with source IP 0.0.0.0). it will cause router hang.
  35. Fixed DHCP client maximum packet size issue (SeedNet issue)
  36. Removed Beacon “selectedRegistrar” flag in default WPS unconfigured state (for WPS certification test case 4.1.5)
  37. Fixed Remote management cannot work issue
  38. Fixed Block site log does not match Router Spec format.
  39. Fixed some WPS GUI errors and warning messages.
  40. Fixed WPS proxy function sometimes do not work.
  41. Fix some SSID input will cause router GUI to crash
  42. Fixed Block Service GUI: add/del many times would cause WAN traffic block
  43. Fixed DHCP server reserved IP does not work if there are more than 30 entries
  44. Fixed incorrect default WAN MAC shown in “Basic Settings” GUI page.
  45. Fixed email buffer overflow problem.
  46. Fixed incorrect DDNS log when DynDNS server returns error.
  47. Fixed DDNS client update too many times issue.
  48. Fix bug that when LAN-WAN conflict occurs, LAN IP address won't change to different subnet if original IP address is not 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1.
  49. Fix Emule cannot add a UDP port mapping through UPnP issue.
  50. Fixed UPnP cannot handle Unicode device name issue.
  51. Fix NAT: DoS Protection issue: when the SPI Firewall is disabled, the router should respond to all the ICMP echo requested from the Internet if the "Respond to Ping on Internet Port" option is enabled. The current implementation always blocks the Internet ping packets when there is bunch of such traffic from the Internet.
  52. Fix NAT: NETGEAR beta user reported that running Trillian (MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM compatible messenger) with AIM account login will cause some many logs of [LAN access from remote].
  53. Fix NAT: NETGEAR beta user reported that running Trillian (MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM compatible messenger) with AIM account login will cause some many logs of [DOS attack: UDP Port Scan].
  54. Fix NAT: Port Forwarding cannot add up 20 rules
  55. Fix NAT: When outbound TCP flags=0, NAT didn't drop it and let it forward to WAN side without modifying source IP
  56. Fix NAT: DoS Log: For a TCP session, if the router receives an Internet inbound packet belonging to this session after the TCP session is finished (i.e. FIN exchanged), the router will take such packets as attacking packets. However, those packets are just out of order packets caused by the Internet characteristics
  57. Fix NAT: Too many UDP port scan attack logs when closing PPlive P2P program.
  58. Fix NAT: When SPI firewall disabled by user, the general ftp or PPTP didn't work

Known Issues

  1. If you configure the router in WEP & WPA-PSK type for 130/270Mbps mode, the throughput will be low (around 40 Mbps.) Its recommend to use WPA2-PSK or none security mode to achieve the optimized performance.
  2. Operating under WDS mode with WG602v3 and WG302 might get low throughput.
  3. In heavy/noisy wireless environment, the 270Mbps link mode might drop the link rate to low speed quickly.
  4. NETGEAR ProSafe VPN client from LAN cannot passthrough the router to connect to a FVS114 VPN server.

To Upgrade

  1. Write down all the settings which you changed from the default values, since you may need to reenter them manually.
  2. Download using the button below, saving to a convenient place such as your desktop.

    Note: Do not upgrade the firmware using a wireless connection. Please perform firmware upgrade with “wired” or Ethernet connection only.

  3. Open a browser and access the router using http://www.routerlogin.net
  4. Log in to the router. The User Name = admin. The Password = password unless you changed it.
  5. Click Maintenance > Router Upgrade
  6. Click Browse and find the upgrade file you just downloaded.
  7. Click Upload 
    Do NOT power off the computer until the upgrade process is completed. Wait for the router to reboot.
  8. After the router boots up, log in the router again. 
    You MUST Reset the router to default settings after upgrading the firmware
  9. Click Maintenance > Backup Settings
  10. Click Erase. The router reboots when the Erase operation is done.
  11. If you would like to check that the upgrade was successful, log in to the router again athttp://192.168.1.1, and check the firmware version.
  12. Re-configure the router with the settings you saved in step 1. Optionally, You can use the Smart Wizard configuration assistant on the CD to reconfigure the router. 

 

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