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HomePod Mini Not working on MR60 Mesh WHEN Satellites are NOT Plugged in
After working with Apple support on this we came to the conclusion that the homepod mini can airplay fine (my Apple TV too) ONLY when none of the satilites are powered on. Works for all the AirPlay f...
- When you upgrade/downgrade, always do it satellite first, router after:
103 beta for MR60 https://ntgr.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/300000000xsV/a/0y00000056JP/J38PBLjMmRLFiBA.rZ3qMk516lZy0vHSpvBSeMBA_do
103 beta for MS60:
https://ntgr.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/300000000xsV/a/0y00000056JQ/68c76CRT0ugwEUuOpPyVBJVosFw8z36VQqT3wzdV6RI
According to their support the fix should come in next firmware, in between you can try this.
I figured I may as well tack on my issue to this thread as I too am having problems with my new Netgear MK62 mesh kit when using my Homepods.
I recently purchased a MK62 Netgear mesh router (MR60) and satellite setup (MS60). Both devices have been updated to 1.0.6.110 (from https://kb.netgear.com/000063755/MR60-MS60-Firmware-Version-1-0-6-110).
I am having immense problems getting stereo playback on my two Homepods when the satellite is plugged in. Instead, only one Homepod plays music, while the other Homepod remains switched off. Both Homepods are located closer to the satellite than the router.
When I unplug the satellite, the Homepods play in stereo correctly (but then I have unreliable wifi at the back of my house).
I did not have issues using my previous Amplifi HD setup, suggesting it's a problem with how the Netgear is handling the mesh setup.
Further to my previous post, I have assigned static IPs to the two HomePods and this seems to have sorted the stereo playback issue (for now), suggesting there's an issue with DHCP or similar. (As an aside, I should not have to be assigning static IPs to devices to have them work properly.)
As for AirPlay, I too am finding that the Apple Private Address feature is conflicting with the ability to AirPlay through the mesh network. Once I turned the setting off, AirPlay worked properly. Netgear needs to review how its devices operate with this feature of iOS and update their firmware...
I did the satlite and router manual formware install from the files thy sent in the link above and after that my AirPlay so far for the last couple days workd for once!!!!! Christian_R MELso76