Qc-TheArchitect Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Good morning ! I recently purchased an XR1000 router, and the Geo filter never successfully loaded up. Ping Heat map also never loads. The router also keeps mixing up devices names which is really annoying when you try to find what eats up your bandwidth in Network Monitor... It also seems to not have enough ram (always about 4.2% free...) is there a way to remove some rapps ? For example I would remove ping heat map and ad blocker (since it doesn't block what I expected it to block...) Any clues ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 12, 2023 Administrators Share Posted October 12, 2023 You can't remove any Rapps no. Go to the System Information page and then in the Rapp panel menu ≡ change the retries to 5, reboot from the interface, wait 4 minutes before accessing and see if it works then please. Your devices may be using Private/Random MAC addresses, you can disable this on the WiFi sections of your devices. I believe it's a feature on iOS, Android and Windows (if using WiFi), it basically makes the router think it's a completely new & different device, hence the naming issue. Qc-TheArchitect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 32 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: You can't remove any Rapps no. Go to the System Information page and then in the Rapp panel menu ≡ change the retries to 5, reboot from the interface, wait 4 minutes before accessing and see if it works then please. Your devices may be using Private/Random MAC addresses, you can disable this on the WiFi sections of your devices. I believe it's a feature on iOS, Android and Windows (if using WiFi), it basically makes the router think it's a completely new & different device, hence the naming issue. Thanks ! I'll be trying those after work ! About the MAC address, I understand what you say, but I find this almost impossible that devices switches MAC adresses between them.. ? My streaming laptop (windows) according to the router took the Nintendo Switch's name, and some other device took the only iPhone's name on the network... at the moment of writing this, my Linux Mint Desktop, Android phone and Windows work laptop all have their correct name... EDIT: My streaming laptop is wired, and the name was mixed up this morning ! Other devices are indeed, on WiFi ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 12, 2023 Administrators Share Posted October 12, 2023 14 minutes ago, Qc-TheArchitect said: Thanks ! I'll be trying those after work ! About the MAC address, I understand what you say, but I find this almost impossible that devices switches MAC adresses between them.. ? My streaming laptop (windows) according to the router took the Nintendo Switch's name, and some other device took the only iPhone's name on the network... at the moment of writing this, my Linux Mint Desktop, Android phone and Windows work laptop all have their correct name... EDIT: My streaming laptop is wired, and the name was mixed up this morning ! Other devices are indeed, on WiFi ! That'll probably be related to the IP addresses then. If you reserve the IP addresses in DHCP settings that should sort it. Qc-TheArchitect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 Good idea. Man that's some basic stuff, I didn't screw around with networking for a while and it starts to show lol. Thanks for your time ! Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xûr Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Hi, i will suggest to do a ftp firmware update , i did it to mine and the router nows works far better. Netgear has a tutorial, and there is a github tool, that worked better to me. the commands are also easy. give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adr1adr1 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Xûr said: Hi, i will suggest to do a ftp firmware update , i did it to mine and the router nows works far better. Netgear has a tutorial, and there is a github tool, that worked better to me. the commands are also easy. give it a try! Can you link me where i can i found it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhys_e1 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 8:02 PM, Adr1adr1 said: Can you link me where i can i found it? https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash I assume it's this tool. It works much better for me than the default tftp method as you don't have to get the timing of the LEDs perfect. immuda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xûr Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 4:02 AM, Adr1adr1 said: Can you link me where i can i found it? Rhys_e1 already gave you the link, how did it go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 11:54 AM, Qc-TheArchitect said: Good morning ! I recently purchased an XR1000 router, and the Geo filter never successfully loaded up. Ping Heat map also never loads. The router also keeps mixing up devices names which is really annoying when you try to find what eats up your bandwidth in Network Monitor... It also seems to not have enough ram (always about 4.2% free...) is there a way to remove some rapps ? For example I would remove ping heat map and ad blocker (since it doesn't block what I expected it to block...) Any clues ? Name mix up i notice is if another device get the same IP address. e.g iPhone 1 as IP of say 20 and then disconnects and a Laptop then connect and has the same Ip address the router seem to think it is still an iPhone. the only way i have fix this issue is to restart the router. but the much better way is to assign an ip address to each device (settings > setup > Lan Setup) i set my Starting IP Address to .40 (as i have around 37 normal devices). as my router had reset it self i have not added them all back in yet as this is not part of the backup file and is a pain in the add to add them back in. to note after you add the items to the router you will need to restart and then do a power off and wait 1-2 mins so all wifi devices pick up there assigned ip address and not try and connect with there old Ip address. Also if a device used a private mac address it will stay the same on the router till the user forgets it and then re-adds it. so turning them off when on the home wifi is what i do. but as the mac address does not change in private mode unless u forget your wifi and re-add it again. but as i keep a list of all my mac address so i can add assign IP addresses to them for when it crashes/reset it self again. i also have now memory left. after a the router resets it self it is around 7.8% free but i am normal around 1-2% free or -3% free. yes -3% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 10:27 AM, Netduma Fraser said: You can't remove any Rapps no. Go to the System Information page and then in the Rapp panel menu ≡ change the retries to 5, reboot from the interface, wait 4 minutes before accessing and see if it works then please. Good morning ! Finally, some devices still mix up... I have up on this. The most important thing is that Geo filter never loaded up, even with 5 retries.... Starting to feel this purchase was useless tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 24, 2023 Administrators Share Posted October 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Qc-TheArchitect said: Good morning ! Finally, some devices still mix up... I have up on this. The most important thing is that Geo filter never loaded up, even with 5 retries.... Starting to feel this purchase was useless tbh... There is a newer update, so upgrade to that and then see if they load correctly after that please. https://kb.netgear.com/000065541/XR1000-Firmware-Version-1-0-0-68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 10/24/2023 at 10:18 AM, Netduma Fraser said: There is a newer update, so upgrade to that and then see if they load correctly after that please. https://kb.netgear.com/000065541/XR1000-Firmware-Version-1-0-0-68 This update still doesn't show up in the router's update page, i'm on XR1000 1.0.0.64_1.0.49 and it still says i'm on the latest firmware... i prefer waiting it is available with automatic download to avoid loading a wrong firmware and bricking my router. Also, does the new firmware fix the RAPP IS NOT LOADED problem with geo filter ? Never got to see it loaded once since I bought the router... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted November 14, 2023 Administrators Share Posted November 14, 2023 The auto update is a Netgear feature so only they can push that through, not sure why they haven't done it. The link above is the legitimate firmware and it's perfectly safe to update that way. With each update it gets more stable but there aren't any specific changes from us in that one but I would suggest upgrading followed by a factory reset for the cleanest install possible and it should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 Thanks ! I might wait until the other next version then, or when the geo filter will be fixed if I don't return the router before, as it was one of the most important features I wanted lol... Thanks for your precious time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted November 14, 2023 Administrators Share Posted November 14, 2023 It shouldn't be much longer for the next firmware but that will likely be a beta build distributed directly from us, in which case you would need to do a manual update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryekye Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On 11/14/2023 at 2:47 PM, Netduma Fraser said: It shouldn't be much longer for the next firmware but that will likely be a beta build distributed directly from us, in which case you would need to do a manual update hopefully soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 11/14/2023 at 3:47 PM, Netduma Fraser said: It shouldn't be much longer for the next firmware but that will likely be a beta build distributed directly from us, in which case you would need to do a manual update Hi! I was about to update the firmware to see if the Geo filter loads at all in the newer version, the firmware is a .chk file ?? Netgear says it is supposed to be a .img file ... what am i missing ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 18, 2023 Administrators Share Posted December 18, 2023 40 minutes ago, Qc-TheArchitect said: Hi! I was about to update the firmware to see if the Geo filter loads at all in the newer version, the firmware is a .chk file ?? Netgear says it is supposed to be a .img file ... what am i missing ?! Yes it is a .chk file that is normal for the XR1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKNESS Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 @Qc-TheArchitectIf you have the file your supposed to unzip it and take the chk file as the file when updating also geo works fine I would recommend hard resetting if you haven't that means holding the reset button for 30 secs. I also recommend using incognito as I have seen it save cache which isn't typically good as it might have certain conflicts though last alternative is just a nmrpflash which certain users say it fixes there issues etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 2 hours ago, DARKNESS said: @Qc-TheArchitectIf you have the file your supposed to unzip it and take the chk file as the file when updating also geo works fine I would recommend hard resetting if you haven't that means holding the reset button for 30 secs. I also recommend using incognito as I have seen it save cache which isn't typically good as it might have certain conflicts though last alternative is just a nmrpflash which certain users say it fixes there issues etc. Well, the update went fine. Some tabs on the left had "title" instead of their names for a while. Now I can't connect to the internet anymore. Tbh I'm kinda out of patience for this fking thing, its been a nightmare since day 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 18, 2023 Administrators Share Posted December 18, 2023 29 minutes ago, Qc-TheArchitect said: Well, the update went fine. Some tabs on the left had "title" instead of their names for a while. Now I can't connect to the internet anymore. Tbh I'm kinda out of patience for this fking thing, its been a nightmare since day 1... You probably need to clear cache/cookies for the title issue. Rebooting modem, waiting 2 minutes then rebooting XR, waiting 2 minutes should get you internet Qc-TheArchitect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc-TheArchitect Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) On 12/18/2023 at 6:10 PM, Netduma Fraser said: You probably need to clear cache/cookies for the title issue. Rebooting modem, waiting 2 minutes then rebooting XR, waiting 2 minutes should get you internet I finally got to get everything working ! Except, since the firmware update, my Linux Mint desktop pc can't access the USB drive anymore (which was working day one before). My windows PCs sees it tho... any clues ? EDIT: Found a solution ! Edited December 20, 2023 by Qc-TheArchitect found solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 21, 2023 Administrators Share Posted December 21, 2023 15 hours ago, Qc-TheArchitect said: I finally got to get everything working ! Except, since the firmware update, my Linux Mint desktop pc can't access the USB drive anymore (which was working day one before). My windows PCs sees it tho... any clues ? EDIT: Found a solution ! Glad to hear you got it sorted, thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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