How to update your Virgin WGR614v9 firmware to generic Netgear firmware!
This is a guide on how to update your firmware on the Netgear WGR614v9 from Virgin (FCC ID PY306400057)
(Everything you do using this guide is 100 % at your own risk!)
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Before you start:
• First of all you need to connect your computer to the WGR614v9 using a wired LAN connection.
• Second you need a telnet client installed, it’s standard in Windows XP, but not Windows Vista.
Procedure:
1. Download telnetEnable.zip from
2. Login to Windows using an account which has administrative privileges (needed for sending custom crafted
network packets which this tool does).
3. You will see a Microsoft Word document, which contains screenshots and instructions in korean language, a
firmware update (you don't need this) and the telnetEnable.exe tool
4. Get the MAC address of your Netgear router. You can look it up on the web interface of your router (Maintenance -
> Router status -> LAN port -> MAC Address).
5. Copy or type the MAC address to a text editor such as Notepad, Wordpad or write it down.
Remove any minus signs ( - ) or colons ( : ), replace all characters by their upper case representation (a -> A, d->
D etc.)
6. Copy the result of your editing to the clipboard and return to the command line window.
7. Type (without quotes) "telnetenable.exe", the IP address of your router (e.g. "192.168.1.1"), add another
space (" "), paste the contents of the clipboard, and append " Gearguy Geardog". These are the default username
and password for telnet console access (they differ from those of the web interface), you need to modify them
appropriately if you changed them previously. The result should look similar to this: telnetenable.exe
192.168.1.1 000FB5A2BE26 Gearguy Geardog
8. Now press Enter to run the tool. It should return to the shell pretty quickly with no error. If it takes a long time
and returns a 'send failed' error message, just try again.
9. You should now be able to login to the router via telnet from any computer in your local subnet (including the one
you just used to activate the listening mode). To do so, type the following (no quotes): "telnet", append the IP of
your router and press enter (e.g. telnet 192.168.1.1)
10. You should not be prompted a a login and password, but if you do the login is Gearguy and the password is
Geardog - Correct character case is important here.
11. After successful authentication you will be presented a prompt such as: U12H09400 >
12. Then type “burnboardid U12H094T00_NETGEAR”
13. Then type “reboot”
14. After that, you can log back into the router via its web interface and flash it with the generic netgear firmware.
(The newest is available here.)
15. After flashing reset the router by holding in the reset button on the back of the router until the “Ѵ-“sign on the
front starts blinking.
Now your Netgear WGR614v9 from Virgin is working just like a generic
