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acayci
Aspirant
Jul 07, 2025

Looking to buy a satellite for MR60

Hello,   Our Smart TV is located on the opposite site of our house where the MR60 router is located in the office.  The TV with AppleTV is constant buffering and picture is always pixely.  The dist...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 07, 2025

What is the size of the home in sq feet. Do you have just the MR60 or there any other MS deployed? 

 

If no other MS are deployed then ya, adding a MS60 can help.

 

Look at places like Amazon, ebay or shopgoodwill for MS units. 

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acayci
Aspirant
Jul 09, 2025

Hello FURRYe38,  As you suggested,  I purchased for MS unit from Ebay.  It is coming in Saturday.  In the meantime,  do you have any YouTube that show how to sync the satellite with the router?  Thanks for your help.  

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    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 09, 2025

    Review this: https://kb.netgear.com/000061554/How-do-I-install-my-NETGEAR-Mesh-WiFi-6-System

     

    Something to be aware of, the incoming MS may not be at same level in FW as your existing system. You might first ethernet connect the MS to the MR and see if it will sync and if you can get a IP address on the new MS, log into that IP address with a ethernet connected PC and web browser and manually update the new MS to same version of FW that is on your existing system. You'll need to download the MS FW file to your PC and unpack the .zip file to reveal the FW file you'll be sending using web browser to the MS web page where there is a FW update feature there. 

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      acayci
      Aspirant
      Jul 14, 2025

      Hello FURRYe38,  Just an update on this ...  I got the new satellite in the mail today.  I am in the same room with the router and I plugged in the satellite.  I followed the steps here and observed the blue light.    I moved the satellite to our TV room.   I plugged in the satellite and observed the blue light again.  I turned the AppleTV and the TV.  I logged into NightHawk app and observed that the AppleTV was connected to the satellite.