Published May 28, 2014
New Features:
- Support for WNDAP660 Access Point.
- Support for WNDAP620 Access Point.
- Support for WN370 Access Point.
- ARP Suppression.
- Multicast rate limiting.
- 300 AP standalone support.
- 'Rest of the World' country code support for WNDAP350/360/380/WNAP210/320.
- Band Steering Support.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed for frequent wireless client reconnect for WNAP210v2.
- RFID data forwarding issue fix for WNDAP380R.
- Fixed for beacon stuck issue.
- Showing AP uptime in the UI.
- Fixed for AP reboot issues reported by WC9500 products customers.
- RFID process crash causing AP reboot fixed.
- L3 roaming fix.
- Captive Portal fix: For some instance the captive portal page is not showing up, but still the wireless clients can access Internet.
- 10G interface fix.
- Beacon interval changes.
- Fixed SNMP daemon crash issue.
- AP reboots changes ported from 7600.
- Staggering beacons changes added.
- Neighbor AP list was not sent to controller when Rogue detection was disabled.
- Changes for setting beacon interval dynamically based on the number of profiles configured for a group. Beacon interval of 320ms for groups with more than 4 profiles and 100ms for groups with less than 4 profiles.
- RFID Serial comm crash fix. Array out of bound write issue fixed.
- When more than one ACl group is present and if any one of them is with no mac
- Client IP and VLAN values getting reversed.
- Unable to configure Controller name more than 15 char.
- AP channels are not displayed properly in Monitor Access Point page.
- Fixed For memory leak during L3 roam.
Known Issues:
- Initial firmware upgrade from M1 (3.1.x.x) image, (one time for WC9500 M4 beta) needs to be done using TFTP or FTP method in Maintenance > Upgrade.
- Radius proxy server in wireless controller may not work, if there are managed AP’s in down state and its last know IP address matches with one of the connected and up AP in the same wireless controller.
- SNMP traps are not supported in WC9500 M4 beta firmware.
- Wireless client separation feature do not work when clients are connected on different AP’s on same profile.
- Inconsistency in L2/L3 discovery for AP’s.
- By running the L2/L3 discovery multiple times, user can discover all AP’s.
- Captive portal unauthenticated clients can able to send and receive multicast traffic.
- Captive portal authenticated clients require re-authentication when roaming from Master Controller managed AP to Save Controller managed AP or vice versa.
- Wireless fixed data rate setting for WNDAP660/WNDAP620 will not be supported.
Upgrade Instructions:
- Using the Download Link below, download and extract the new software to a convenient place such as your desktop.
Download Link: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WC9500/WC9500-FW-V4.1.0.8.zip - Log into the WC950
- Select Maintenance > Upgrade from the main/submenu.
- In the Firmware Upgrade section, select Local File and click Browse.
- Locate the downloaded file and click Apply.
This will start the software upgrade to your WC9500. This may take some time. Do not interrupt the upgrade process.
You have use TFTP/FTP method if the current image version is 3.1.x.x.
At the conclusion of the upgrade, your WC9500 will reboot.
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Last Updated:10/17/2025
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