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issue attempting to upgrade Nighthawk cm2050v
I have an issue i've been fighting for months, latest is that my ISP (Comcast/Xfinity) says I need to upgrade the firmware on my Nighthawk CM2050V, but since I own it they will not do it. The NetGea...
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I have an ongoing problem where various sites are saying that I am not in the United States (even though looking at my IP with sites such as whatismyip.com, ipchicken.com and ipinfo.io have no issues with reporting my location).
The support personnel for the various sites say that Xfinity is not returning the correct info when they ask about the location of my IP.
I contacted Xfinity and they say the problem is that the firmware on the modem needs to be updated, and (as of over a year ago) they no longer update the software on Customer Owned Modems.
Unfortunately (as the case on a lot of areas) Xfinity is the only ISP in the area offering High Speed Internet (I.E. 1GB+).
Is there a solution other than finding and purchasing another Cable Modem that has the ability for me to do firmware upgrades (and I assume for $$$)..
question about the Firmware available on the NightHawk CM2050V - the modem shows it is running v10.01.03, research shows that this was released March 2025, can anyone confirm that this is the latest version available?
If so, I can go back to XFinity and ask them for a different resolution as this is already at the latest version of FIrmware Available.
