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MicW
Mar 13, 2018Luminary
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 ?
- Mar 13, 2018
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
Mar 15, 2018Luminary
JSchnee21: Bear in mind that both MicW and I are running our M1's without battery, on upgraded mains chargers (higher power than the supplied 2A charger). At least I think that's what MicW said. When I did the test yesterday to check simultaneous downloads on both WiFi bands, I wasn't running solely on the battery. Have you tried doing the same test using an upgraded charger instead of running on battery?
Regarding the various firmware releases in different countries and for different carriers, although the version numbering system may appear to be sequential / chronological, it's possible and even likely that there are different branches in the numbering. So a version issued to Telstra customers may appear to be more advanced numerically than one issued to AT&T customers but the included features may be a mishmass of whatever happens to suit or be compatible with that carrier. Why on earth would a contiguous firmware development jump from 10.x.x.x to 12.x.x.x (TeeJay74 in Finland)?
That's why I asked Netgear to demystify their firmware version numbering and to make update/changelog histories available to the public (see my link in message 2 above). For example, does the version numbering contain an indication of a specific branch, i.e. an identifier for a specific carrier? Or does Netgear maintain a private list that documents which version is for which carrier? How many of us in different countries with different carriers are on identical firmware version numbers? It seems to me that we're all on different numbers. Perhaps we should all contribute to a list that documents the following:
Country - Carrier - Firmware Version - Build Date - Install Date.
It may be necessary to hold this list somewhere other than this community page because threads scroll lower as more are added, unless we can encourage a Netgear moderator to make the list "sticky" - this may be difficult if their intention is to keep us guessing.
JSchnee21
Mar 16, 2018Virtuoso
Thanks Everyone,
I'll have to try running with/without a battery on my Anker QC3 charger whilIe running and loading both Wifi bands. I haven't done so as this is not really my use case. I'm fortunate to have Verizon FIOS at home so no need to run it in such a setup.
I use the hotspot "as intended" (no offense intended) on the go from the battery so my spoiled kids can watch Youtube and Netflix in the car (-: My wife and I do occassionally use it for work as well.
Currently I'm running with just 5.8Ghz @ 40MHz which works great for most modern devices, though the Wifi range is pretty poor. Of course 5Ghz range is always less than 2.4Ghz. I haven't been able to find out if the MR1100 can do MIMI on 802.11ac to see if its 1x1, 2x2, or 3x3. I suspect it's only 1x1 since they don't mention SU-MIMO in the product literature. But at at 5.8Ghz @ 20MHz (not currently enabled in firmware) Wifi bandwidth would still be adequate for my needs and the range would be a little better. They could also boost the transmit power up to their FCC limit if its not already.
But we also have some older devices without 5.8GHz support so I'd like to leave dual band enabled and "set it and forget it" and minimize the support calls from the family (-:
- WakeSSMar 16, 2018Aspirant
AT&T still on NTG9X50C_10.20.05.02 as of 3-16-18 7:00 AM EDT.
Hoping they fix ethernet after reboot and don't strip out the Arlo camera support!