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JSchnee21
Virtuoso
Mar 22, 2018

New Firmware -- AT&T USA

Hi Everyone,   There is in fact a new firmware for AT&T rolling out now.  I'm trying to update, but first download attempt failed.  I did two factory resets (one soft through the web admin, and the...
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winger13's avatar
winger13
Guide
Mar 27, 2018

I tested the M1 yesterday for about five hours (after the updated)

 

It was a very frusturating experience, to say the least.  The M1 kept on disconnecting my three devices every 1-25 minutes, and once a device was disconnected, they were unable to log back on to the M1 until I manually rebooted the device.

 

I ran tests with the battery only, battery + wall charger, on wall charger only - same behavior.

 

For the last hour, I decided to reset the M1 to Factory (using the Settings|Administration|Factory Reset option when logged into the device from my laptop)

 

After the Factory Reset, I noticed that the battery temperature came back !    Long story short, I ended up stress testing the M1 for the entire hour and NO DISCONNECTS !!!   This morning, I am just wrapping up two more hours on M1, again no disconnects.  I guess the Factory Reset did the job.

 

I will report back if I find anything else out.

 

 

JSchnee21's avatar
JSchnee21
Virtuoso
Mar 27, 2018

Hi winger13,

 

Thanks for the update!  That's good news.  I used to have other Netgear routers for home Wifi etc. so I was kind of used to the drill -- factory reset often (-:  In preparation for my firmware upgrade I actually did 4 factor resets (sorry OCD).  Two before (one through software (web admin) and one through hardware(reset button)) and two after the firmware update.  I then proceeded to customize the config manually (not using a config file).

 

So perhaps I avoided the unpleasant experience you had by proactively wiping my device first.  I cannot say one way or the other as to whether or not my device runs "hotter" but it does seem to run through the battery faster.

 

I wasn't able to test my MR1100 on Tmo today as the kids need it after school.  But I did test my iPhone in the fastest location I've been able to find location and got roughly the same speeds (90-110MBit) as I've seen on the MR1100.  Interesting my lowly iPhone 6s with Cat6 baseband was 10ms better in latency (mid 20ms vs 30-40ms when tethered via 5.8GHz wifi) and managed a faster upload speed of ~10Mbit (iphone got 25-30Mbit up vs. 15-20Mbit on the MR1100).

 

I haven't had a chance to test out the Ethernet connection on the MR1100.

 

 

-Jonathan