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Nighthawk MR1100 FW NTG9X50C_10.20.05.02 Wont Update
No matter what I do. I can't get my router to do a Firmware update. It's driving me crazy. I have to manually power off then on the router every 24 hrs. Why? Because after 24hrs, the router stops wor...
>>1) Be very careful upgrading a rev 1 unit.
As far as I know, there are no SPK files available for that unit.
TL;DR: At best you are wasting your time - at worst, you'll have a pretty paperweight.<<
With that advice, I'll stop and not go further. We've had issues with the hotspot locking up / quit passing some wifi traffic and originally, I thought an upgrade might help. From what I've read, it may be an at&t transparent proxy problem (which explains why when it happens, I can still ping, etc.)
AT&T will block traffic on port 80 if it thinks the service is being used too much/against tos. I have not heard of them causing the unit to lock up. I have upgraded both generations without issue.