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Anyone know what the latest firmware for the M1100 fixs?
As the title says, I just checked and noticed a new firmware is available. Does anyone know what it fixs / changes ?
104 Mb, v NTGN9X50C_10.25.01.01
There's a neat new setting under Setup|Mobile Routing for Ethernet Standby which I have disabled and testing is going well through WAN Connection to Dovado which until now I had to use with Wifi spotboost.
MR1100 seems to run a bit hotter. I have been using without battery since last fw upgrade, up to 10 days without reboot. Currently at 4 hours and counting, with no dropouts and speeds greatly improved.
Dashboard has lost data usage info, hope to see it return. No info on Telstra Community and Netgear UM is still for June 2017.
Uk-based
It is the 104 Mb, v NTGN9X50C_10.25.01.01 as hippolyte wrote.
I haven't installed it yet as I run my M1 without the battery.
I'll install it tonight , the dashboard usage data has never displayed for me, but I don't use Telstra. I'm guessing that is a Telstra tie in. I'm interested to see if it does provide a speed improvement.
Thank you everyone for the helpful posts .
Thanks MicW for confirming the number. It's interesting that you're not using Telstra - was your M1 part of a package from another carrier or is it an unlocked Telstra device? The reason I ask is that I was under the impression that the M1 only does auto-updates and that firmware isn't available as a manually downloadable file on the Netgear support page. So I'm wondering how you're obtaining the file.
My M1 was part of a mobile internet package from EE in the UK. The latest auto-updated firmware on my M1 is NTG9X50C_10.22.03.00 so I'm hoping I'll get the 10.25.01.01 or equivalent EE version soon.
My current firmware shows data usage. I can't remember if this worked before I set the "Billing start date", "Plan Limit" and enabled the data alerts, but perhaps your interface differs from mine.
My M1 was bought out right from JB HiFi in Aus, a electronics store, it came unlocked. The reason mine didn't auto update is because I had been running it without a battery. I just finished installing it and I got the version number slightly wrong it is actually. NTG9X50C_10.25.01.00.
My previous firmware required a telstra account to display the data usage, there was no facility to set "bill date" or "plan limit"
The previous firmware it had was from July last year. There are quite a few changes from that old firmware that I have noticed :-
*The ability to disable the ethernet sleep or set for 2 minutes.
*Slight change to dashboard look
*Arlo camera support
*The lan display now displays non windows devices ip address, name and mac address as well.Also shows correct count of devices connected, previously only seemed to count windows devices.
*Dashboard data usage can now set manually the roll over day and data cap and can display data usage warnings. It also now displays amount of data left and correct number of devices connected on the M1 screen( quite nice considering I am using a Optus service). My data usage display now works.It now no longer requires a Telstra account to display data usage
*In diagnostics it now shows that it is connected to a quick charge device.
*Displays realtime current/ voltage
*Mine actually seems to be running cooler
*The M1 reboots fine without hanging now(previously used to hang on a reboot)
### RS-SINR still does not work(always displays 0dBM).
hmm after an hour with battery on charger all it says is Power state in standby mode. Its not even attempting to recharge( This is with a quickcharge 2 charger not the usless 1A charger that comes with the M1).And battery level is dropping.Before it used to recharge very quickly with the quick charge
Otherwise the M1 seems fine so far.
Thanks for the extra info hippolyte
Still waiting for some firmware love here in the USA. Just checked for updates, still on NTG9X50C_10.20.05.02 here on AT&T as of 14-Mar-2018.
Any thoughts on whether the new firmware finally allows dual concurrent band Wifi (2.4G & 5.8G) without crashing all of the time?
Any improvements in Wifi client range?
Thank you!
Jonathan
MicW- thanks for your explanation and list of new features. I found the same problem with updating without a battery and wrote this post a while ago that you also contributed to. In my case, the M1 appeared to have attempted to start the update and then stopped with a flashing amber LED. When you clicked the "CHECK FOR UPDATES" button, did you see that there was a new version available even without the battery installed? Or did you have to install the battery just to display the fact there was a new version available? I'm wondering if the software checks the battery status and if it's below 20% it doesn't bother checking for new firmware.
Regarding the new features, it seems that Netgear are running multiple firmware branches because the 10.22.03.00 version that I'm on (build date Nov 2017) doesn't have the Ethernet sleep option or the Arlo camera support but it has all the other features you mentioned.
Last night when I clicked the "check for updates" button I did not have the battery installed, and it returned with information about an update being available that was 104 mb in size. That was when I decided to post on the forums to check for some information before beginning the update process.
The battery finally recharged I just had to stop accessing the internet and it topped up before I removed it again.
I agree with you UK-based they definitly seem to be running a few versions of the firmware, the last one I was running was the July build last year, and last night was the first time it found an update.
I've been running mine with both 2.4 and 5 ghz enabled at the same time on both the old (July build) and now the new firmware (6 hours since upgrade), so far no issues and never had issues on the old firmware. Though I'm not a heavy wifi user( I rely on the ethernet primarily) and I can't say I have accessed 2.4 and 5 Ghz at the same time. The wifi client range seems about the same as prior the upgrade.
I've just been derailed by the same issue - Telstra sent an alert about the firmware update via the device - you have to do it using the "upgrade now" facility - the device does have the usual option to let you update from a file BUT.... neither Telstra nor Netgear make the file available. I've been trying to get both companies to respond - Telstra insists Netgear is responsible for all hardware support (and that's what the User Manual says) but if you try the Netgear Support / Download Centre you get the message - no firmware/software available for this device !?!
Firmware updates should come available as soon as they are approved. QA testing takes time and if there uncertainties it is probably wise to postpone firmware availability. So there might be a good reason if no update is available(something is not ready yet).
That's understood. The firmware update came via the official channel of my telco Telstra. I did the update. It caused multiple issues. I suspect file errors. Telstra made it available thru the device's webpage so there's no file for me tore-install. Telstra insists Netgear is responsible for hardware updates. But Netgear says there is no firmware available for the device. See my problem?
