WAX610 firmware check not working

A few points here, generic rather than specific to your WAX610.

Start with this bit:

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ekasboyan wrote:

I got notice that there was an update....

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Where did you get this notice? If it was an email message, that is usually a general thing that Netgear sends from time to time. More a marketing exercise then anything, it isn't always, if ever, tied to recent firmware updates for your model.

Treat it as a reminder to check for new firmware on the product pages.

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... I waited for the requisite 2 days before checking for non subscribers to insight. It didn't find anything.

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Netgear staggers the release of new firmware. The first place to see it is usually the support page for the device in question.

A few days later, perhaps to wait for reports of disaster, the new firmware gets loaded on to the update server. Then your hardware may find it with an update check.

Then there is the checking process on your device.

Many times people report here that they have "the latest firmware". But that may be wrong because the on-board system is not reliable. It says "no new firmware" when in reality people can be several version in arrears.

Experienced users also disable the automated update process that can load new firmware overnight. For safety's sake they prefer a manual update.

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