Norton Core Firmware Update - Release Notes

Firmware update v180 is now available - Published on September 22, 2017

Release notes for v180

• Improved ability to recognize trustworthy sites, including speed testing
• Improvements to device priority feature — more accurate bandwidth allocation, no longer necessary to restart the network when a priority device time has changed or expired
• Improvements to device quarantine feature — prevent these devices from setting up UPnP port forwarding
• Fix for an issue occasionally causing the router to restart
• Fix for an issue where duplicate IP addresses could be distributed after a router restart
• Miscellaneous additional bug fixes and performance improvements
• Device Priority improvements: No reboot required after time has elapsed
• Live Update improvements 

Firmware update v191 is now available - Published on September 27, 2017

Release notes for v191

• Improved the stability of Firmware updates and internet connectivity

Firmware update v193 is now available - Published on October 10, 2017

Release notes for v193:

• Improvements made to firmware stability 
• Changes to Factory Reset timer – triggers reset after a minimum 10 sec button press
• Improvements made to Onboarding process
• Other fixes and changes to improve overall performance

Firmware update v202 is now available - Published on November 07, 2017

Release notes for v202:

• Improvements made to firmware stability and overall performance
• Corrected an issue where corrected firmware version is not displayed
• Corrected an issue where speed test is autorun after reboot

Firmware update v207 is now available - Published on November 21, 2017

Release notes for v207:

• Made changes to ensure LAN to LAN communication is seamless
• Corrected an issue where speed test is autorun during on-boarding
• Other changes to enhance performance

Firmware update v213 is now available - Published on December 1, 2017

Release notes for v213:

• Fixed an instability issue causing internet connection to drop frequently

Firmware update v223 is now available - Published on December 19, 2017

Release notes for v223:

• Corrects a memory corruption issue that can cause the Core to restart
• Other changes to enhance performance

Firmware update v226 is now available - Published on January 17, 2018

Release notes for v226:

• Minor stability improvement which addresses an issue where the router can occasionally lose connectivity and display an amber light ring.

Firmware update v229 is now available - Published on February 23, 2018

Release notes for v229:

• Minor improvement to automatic firmware update mechanism
• Additional diagnostics to better monitor router stability

Update: This Firmware update is now available to all customers.

Firmware update v237 is now available - Published on March 29, 2018

Release notes for v237:

• Improves overall router performance
  • Delivers stability improvements to prevent loss of internet connectivity
  • Reduces the number of router restarts
• Enhances security from possible port scans and attacks
• Improves blocked devices status reporting
• Prevents duplicate device IP addresses

Note: This firmware update is currently deployed to a limited audience, before being made fully available.

Firmware update v260 is now available - Published on July 23, 2018

Release notes for v260:

• Support for Australia and New Zealand markets
• Support for PPPoE onboarding – requires latest mobile app
• Several stability fixes

Firmware update v270 is now available - Published on November 5, 2018

Release notes for v270:

• Update to security engine and malware definitions
• Fixed security Issues with guest network
• Improved router performance and stability
• Fixed device discovery for media centers and printers

All,

We have just released Core firmware v278. 

Your Core will update automatically between 4am and 5am or after a manual reboot.

Please be sure that you are running the latest Norton Core mobile app, as we are releasing updates regularly.
These are release notes providing more detail on the nature of the changes:
•        Enables daily updates to malware definitions
•        Improved router stability.
•        Fixed device discovery for media centers and printers in advanced inspection mode

Firmware update v282 is now available - Published on April 12, 2019

Release notes for v282:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed problems with parental controls blocking valid sites as “uncategorized” - Thread
• Fixed incorrect blocks and misreporting of category and risk levels in notifications. 

Performance Improvement:

• Improved browsing performance by eliminating duplicate URL reputation checks.

Firmware update v288 is now available - Published on Oct 23, 2019

Release notes for v288:

Improved performance, stability and bug fixes.

Firmware update v297 is now available 

Release notes:

• Performance and stability updates

Firmware update v298 is now available - Published on March 11, 2020

Release notes:

• Performance and stability updates

Firmware update v310 is now available - Published on August 12, 2020

Release notes:

• New feature: Enhanced Device Inspection
• New feature:  Anonymous login detection
• Improved Live Update feature
• Optimized back-end system and error handling
• Bug fixes: Day Light Saving time handling