I have just received an answer from Netgear that implies that such an upgrade is possible in theory. It seems to me (correct me if I have got this one wrong) that they are currently working on this.
10/23/2006 9:34:00 AM
Dear Jordon,
Thank you for choosing NETGEAR, my name is Naveen and I will be your support engineer.
We will be working to assist you in resolving the issue you described. Because we are doing this online it may require a few mail exchanges before we can resolve the issue. We will do our best to help resolve your case at the least possible time.
I understand that you want to know whether WPA2 security is available in the new firmware.
The WPA2 security is not available as of now the in new firmware version. Our engineers are working on it and we cannot promise any time frame for the launch of the new firmware with WPA2 security.
Again, thanks for choosing NETGEAR and we appreciate your continued patience. We will get back with you shortly.
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Regards,
NETGEAR Support
I asked them for an explicit answer that I might not get in the end and which, I will post here in case I do.
Cheers,
Jordan