Ive done it! Flashed router and got my sky password!

[jon_boy_uk]

Not true, rar is free also. People use it because winRAR is so sexy (and it supports about 12 other compression methods, zip, iso, bin etc)

[Isitme]

Not true, rar is free also.

Can you point to where it is free, all I have found is Trials and 'hacked' versions from dodgy sites?

[hm2k]

I have one of these routers.

It seems i'm unable to login to the admin area using admin/password, and it doesn't appear on the device list when using the recovery utility...

Anyone have any suggestions...?

With regards to compression utilities, see: HM2K » Compression Utilities

[richone54]

Originally Posted by Isitme

Can you point to where it is free, all I have found is Trials and 'hacked' versions from dodgy sites?

i have the trial version, and after a set time you just get a message when you open files
had it for about 8 months now

[TheVoyager]

I was wondering, presumably, when Sky issue their updated Firmware, it will not be uploaded to those of us that have the Netgear Firmware on our Sky Routers.

I only upgraded mine so that the uPNP function would work correctly and to stop constant disconnections.

[Isitme]

^^^^
You presume correctly.

Just noticed this

i have the trial version, and after a set time you just get a message when you open files
had it for about 8 months now

It's not really free then, you are just using it without paying.

[imran]

Hi there im having trouble extracting the firmware it comes as image file but doesnt give me the option to extract even using winrar.hellpp me out mate

[eyemdee]

Originally Posted by imran

Hi there im having trouble extracting the firmware it comes as image file but doesnt give me the option to extract even using winrar.hellpp me out mate

If you have the .img file then it is already extracted and ready to use. Just go to the first page of this thread and follow the recovery instructions.

[JonCooper]

just wanted to say I found this guide very usefull

I have spent hours tonight following everything in post #1 step-by-step
over and over, updates not working, netgear firmware updater etc failing etc
but, after loading everything onto a USB stick (for portability)
then trying it all on PC after PC (I have 5 within reach)

eventually I found an old P3 running XPhome which ran everything perfectly
I belive the entire problem (for me) was incompatible network interfacing
most of my PCs are quite modern, it was an ancient one with an old NIC that finally worked

bottom line - for the many I see here as frustrated as I was tonight -
this method works, if you're struggling it's likely to be your network connection to the router

[ridla]

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