User Manual

It is recommended to update your Keenetic router's OS through the web interface if an Internet connection is available. After the update, your device will have the most current version of the OS installed. For a detailed KeeneticOS update procedure, please refer to the 'Updating the KeeneticOS from the web interface' instruction.

Below is an example of a manual update of the Keenetic operating system via a pre-downloaded system file without connecting the router to the Internet (i.e. offline).

All the OS system files for different models of Keenetic routers are located on our website in the Download Center. In the 'Keenetic Operating System' section, click the link to go to the file server that contains different firmware versions. Select the folder with the desired version containing firmware files from different update channels. Find the firmware version you need in the file list and click the download link. For each version of KeeneticOS, a firmware file with a .bin extension and a .txt file containing a list of components. You can determine the firmware version by the file name. The name has a unified format like KN-[index]_[channel]_[version], where

[index] — consists of 4 digits and starts with KN- (you can see the model index on the device label, which is located on the back side of the case);

[channel] — the update channel in which the release was made, stable (main channel), preview (preview channel) or draft (developer channel);

[version] — firmware version number.

For example, the firmware file KN-1012_stable_4.02.C.6.0-0.bin corresponds to the KeeneticOS 4.2.6 version from the main channel for the KN-1012 model.

To update the KeeneticOS, go to the 'General System Settings' page. In the 'System Files' section, in the file line of the 'firmware', click on ‘Replace file’ icon.

In the appeared window, specify the system file's location for your device (file with the extension 'bin').

The system file will be uploaded to the Keenetic router.

When the update process is complete, your Keenetic will restart automatically and then be ready for use again. The web interface will be unavailable for approximately 2 minutes.

Then, on the 'System dashboard' page, make sure that the OS version has changed. It is shown in the 'About the system' information panel in the 'OS version' line.