NETGEAR RN516 NAS Firmware 6.6.0 x86 Download

Posted at December 25, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

NETGEAR RN516 NAS Firmware 6.6.0 x86 Description

New Features:

- ReadyDR - A new disaster recovery service that does block-level replication of share snapshots. (x86 systems only - not available on RN10x/20x/21x/2120)
- VLAN virtual network adapter support.

Improvements:

- Amazon Cloud Drive backup share is now optional.
- Snapshot pruning on full volumes should now retain at least the two most recent snapshots on all shares and LUNs.
- Added support for configurable SNMP location and contact.
- App uninstall process improved to remove unused dependencies.
- Updated OS core base (from Debian 7 to 8).

Bug Fixes:

- Added a couple of security updates. (cURL, Linux kernel).
- Fixed network tab unnecessarily requiring an IPv6 gateway address.
- Fixed a rare issue where a network bond many be missing one member after a reboot.
- Fixed Wake-on-LAN support. (RN312/RN314/RN316).
- Fixed an issue where snapshots could be skipped during DST adjustments.
- Fixed an issue where continuous snapshots would still be taken after the snapshot pruning threshold had been exceeded.
- Fixed issue where user home folder snapshot settings would get reset after upgrade.
- Fixed an issue where ADS groups would show a GID instead of the group name in the GUI on new shares.
- Adjusted the ADS realm name restrictions to allow number based labels.
- Fixed an issue where changing share ownership would silently fail.
- Fixed a WSD memory leak when responding to network devices that issued invalid requests.
- Fixed disks always spinning up immediately with disk spindown enabled.
- Fixed some cases where formatting a USB drive would fail.
- Fixed a system management crash when encountering bad rsync configuration.
- Fixed a potential crash during shutdown if one of the network interfaces failed to initialize. (RN202/RN204/RN212/RN214).
- Updated the drive monitoring tools to work with the modern drive standards.

WARNINGS:

- Devices updated with 6.6.0 firmware should not be downgraded to earlier firmware versions.
- ReadyNAS 102, 104, and 2120 must not be updated directly from 6.3.0 - 6.3.4 to 6.6.0. They must first be updated to 6.3.5.

How to update firmware on ReadyNAS OS 6 storage systems:

- Download the latest firmware for your system.
- Connect the USB drive containing the updated firmware file to your ReadyNAS system.
- On the local admin page, select System > Settings > Update.
- Click the Install Firmware button.
- The Update Firmware pop-up screen displays
- Click the Browse button.
- In the pop-up file browser that displays, navigate to the file containing the updated firmware and select it.
- The Update Firmware pop-up screen displays the name of the selected file in the File Name field.
- Click the Upload button.
- The firmware file uploads to your ReadyNAS system. After a few moments, the Update Firmware pop-up screen displays details about the new firmware.
- Click the Install button.
- You are prompted to reboot your ReadyNAS system to complete the firmware installation.
- Reboot your ReadyNAS system.
- If you enabled email alerts, your ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update finishes.

About Network-Attached Storage Updates:

Upgrading the Network-Attached Storage (NAS) firmware can improve the system’s overall performance, stability, and security by adding various fixes for related issues, enhancing existing features (or adding support for new ones), or updating different applications.

Due to the high number of NAS manufacturers, as well as network storage types, installing a new firmware might not be always as easy as it appears – and not too safe either. Failing to perform a software update can cause serious malfunctions to the network storage.

So, before you even consider applying this release, carefully read the installation guide and initiate the process only when you have understood and completely familiarized yourself with all the steps.

Moreover, it would be best if you take into account using a UPS unit (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to perform this task, because no power disruption should affect the upgrade.

With all these aspects in mind, after you have read the installation guide, click the download button to apply this firmware version to your NAS. Remember to check back with our website in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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