New Features:
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes for vulnerabilities while accessing the admin page.
- Controller booting failures when external USB dongle is attached to the controller.
- Fixes few of the reported AP crashers from field.
- Remote AP improvements.
- Usage graph fixes.
- Fixes to AP370 Ethernet crashes.
- AP660 reboot when multicast video streaming is in progress.
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_V5.0.0.32.zip - Log into the WC9500
- Read the below Caveats, if the upgrade is from a lower major release
- 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.
At the conclusion of the upgrade, WC9500 will reboot automatically.
Caveats:
- You have use TFTP/FTP method if the current image version is 3.1.x.x.
- When the upgrade is from 3.x.x.x/4.x.x.x to 5.x.x.x and Admin password has any special characters (example:"P !@#$%^" ),
then change the password to alphanumeric only before upgrade(example : "Password"). Take Configuration backup, Upgrade.
After the upgrade they can have their old password configured again in 5.x.x.x.
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Last Updated:10/17/2025
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Article ID: 28395