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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.
After suffering imense frustration for a month with this mesh wifi system, (which made my Sonos system and my Homepod stop airplaying and lose handoff, and crapped out my Apple TV close to the satellite, among other annoyances), I finally gave up and clicked return on my Amazon account. Just my luck, because it so happened that today was the last day to return it. However, I decided to dig deeper and found this forum. I started scrolling through the messages, at first with zero hope of a solution and then slowly gaining more and more hope. Netgear has a solution, and it seems to be working.
Unfortunately, the firmware upgrade solution posted by Christian DID NOT solve my issue. I still cannot airplay to my HomePod Mini, my Apple iphone remote won't work with one of my Apple TVs (the one next to the satellite), and my Apple Watch doesn't connect to that same Apple TV either now. Goodbye Apple Fitness...
It is a shame that Netgear royally messed this up. I will be going forward with my return, because after a month of incredible frustration, I'm done with this company. And I'm sorry, but I will spend the time adding yet another bad review on Amazon about this mesh system, with screenshots from my iPhone showing the errors it created.
I'm sorry for those who are stuck with this device and are unable to return it. I hope Netgear comes through for you.
P.S. - This is my second Netgear router and the previous one R7000 was disconnecting multiple times a day.
Also, Netgear Upper leadership probably does not even know of this and how LONG it has been going on or eben the firmware that never even changed its minor version for a patch for a bug, hmmmm..... Leadership?