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tamanaco
Apprentice
Nov 05, 2021
Solved

CAX80 Updated to Firmware 2.1.3.5

This morning I was presented with Firmware Update 2.1.3.5 for my Netgear CAX80. After thinking it over for a couple minutes I took the plunge and installed it. The Firmware Update installed fine, but...
  • nsne's avatar
    nsne
    Nov 10, 2021

    Comcast tech just left. The signal coming into the house was apparently extraordinarily strong. He added some kind of step-down attachment onto the coax connector that balanced the upstream vs. downstream power a little better. CAX80 is now reporting a good signal.

     

    So the new diagsnostics weren't in error. They ID'd a legitimate problem as intended!

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Richard1864
Luminary
Nov 05, 2021
I noticed that my CAX80 now works properly with the Nighthawk app with that firmware update.
tamanaco's avatar
tamanaco
Apprentice
Nov 06, 2021

After one day these are the positive changes I noticed, so far, with this update:

 

  1. As mentioned in the previous post, the NightHawk App works better with this release, but still needs improvement.
  2. Samsung TV Plus now works as it should on my Q80R QLED TV.  TV Plus Channels connect right away and the Guide works as expected. With the previous firmware update the TV Plus channels worked, but I needed to wait almost a minute for most channels to connect... f they connected at all. The TV Plus Guide was useless.
  3. The one thing that surprised me was that with this update all of my Google Homes (1 Nest Hub Max, 1 Nest Hub, 3 Nest Minis and one original Google Home) are now all in sync.  With the previous firmware, two or more of my Home devices responded at once or with delays to commands. I also experienced delayed responses from Home devices that were not the ones closest to me. I had to play with the audio sensitivity settings to try to resolve the issue. It was driving me crazy. I thought it was an issue with the firmware in the Nest/Home devices, but Nah!... it was the CAX80 firmware causing the issue. Now all of the Google Home devices audio settings are back to normal (Default). They respond quickly to commands and only one the closest one replies.

Will post if I find other improvements or if I find new bugs.