Hi,
I have been searching for any details on the latest Netgear firmware update - V1.0.2.50_31.1.25 (upgrade available from router's manager). I know probably nobody here uses the netgear firmware but any info on what are the changes / new features would be much appreciated.
By the way the Netgear website still claims that the latest firmware is 1.0.2.26 (http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/12150).
Regards,
sigman
Thanks for letting us know sigman. I'm going to try to find out if we can get the details on the latest firmware version.
Thanks for the update! I've added these to the Downloads section also.
Testing this new firmware on my iomega external hdd (NTFS), I found the following with a Gigabit connection directly to my PC (2.60 GB file):
From PC To HDD - 5.65 MB/sec
From HDD to PC - 4.40 MB/sec
My wireless clients seem to be connecting at reasonably fast speeds (35-40 Mbps down and 20-30 Up on a 43 down/35 Up Mbps internet connection)
Some drawbacks:
* no wireless signal/Tx/Rx error) info for connected clients (so impossible to tell how good the connection is)
* can't limit wireless mode to N only
* PS3 connected wirelessly has trouble connecting and/or very slow
Wireless (270 Mbps) - 10ft away:
From HDD: 3.7 MB/s
To HDD: 2.4 MB/s
I would have used this stock firmware too if they added a media/dlna server in it.
Right now I'm using Tomato and added a USB disk which presents itself very nicely to my PS3. If only Netgear had added this I would have gone 'back' to their firmware as their speed is the best.
I noticed that some changes result in USB device disconnection, though. Overall I agree - the new firmware makes this an excellent, fast router with strong signals. Much faster/stronger than dd-wrt or tomato.