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MR60 Mesh and Chromecast
I am wondering if there is going to be a fix for the NETGEAR - Nighthawk AX1800 Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (2-Pack) with chromecast compatibilty. From all the forums that I see there is no actualy...
I have the Nighthawk MK62 Bundle (1 MR60 router, 1 MS60 satellite) running firmware V1.0.6.102_2.0.45. I, like everyone else was having issues with my Google casting devices. What ended up working for me was to uncheck "Disable IGMP Proxying". Ever since I did that everything has been running smoothly. I hope this will help someone out there.
i did this (disable IGMP processing) and also the RIP direction (both and version = rip_1) - and was able to get one chromecast working, but not another one. Damn netgear !!!
- Upgrade to the latest firmware , that fixed the Chromecast issue and other connectivity issue with my satellite .
ok, so i noticed on the box there is a special costco call number for support - so i called it this morning and got thru like right away. She had me log into the router and go to settings/advanced/advanced setup/wireless settings - and then uncheck the "Enable AX" box. Then i went thru and was able to connect all (3) of my chromecast devices - SUCCESS FINALLY !!! So i did three setting changes on the router - the first 2 didnt seem to work, but the third did - ummmmmmm.
I'll keep it for a bit - if it flakes up again, im taking it directly back to Costco and getting the google mesh system !!!
Prestoh888,
Changing the settings don't work. (It may seem to work, but after a while the devices connect back to the sattelite and the problem returns.) The problem was around since the router was first released. Netgear has only recently addressed and fixed the issue.
The solution is to upgrade to the latest firmware (1.1.6.122). If the upgrade button doesn't work then you'll have to do it manually. You can download the new firmware from here:
https://kb.netgear.com/000064370/MR60-MS60-Firmware-Version-1-1-6-122
ok - i did the firmware update - was a bit difficult as the instructions said use the app on my S20 android, but i could not get that to work - so i had to hook ethernet into it from my laptop and do it manually - and the slowness of it made it a challenge.
Also - the screen when you login to the app showed no updated were available ...Bottom line - their app leaves a lot to be desired ...
That all said - it seemed to fix the chromecast problem - and the (3) of them I have not seem to be working great, finally !!
So, my next problem, now my alexa does not talk to my Hue bridge - ahhhhhhhh, and grrrrrrrrr - the Hue bridge works fine with the Hue app on my S20, but not thru Alexa, I assume due to the mesh ... gonna search about for a solution to this, next, problem - grrrrrrrr ....
But on the bright side, thanks for the pointers on the mesh update for the chromecast :)
thanks
Dave