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jpollo02
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2020

upgrading CM500 firmware if ISP won't do it?

I have a Netgear CM500 modem.  After logging into it, I discovered it's on V1.01.04 but it should be at V1.01.12.  I spoke to my ISP (it's called WOW!) and they said that because it's my modem, they ...
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jpollo02
Aspirant
Aug 21, 2020

No, there's nothing wrong, but I like to stay current with updates, in part because some of them may be security related.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 21, 2020

For your ISP, you'll need to run with whats loaded. You'll be fine.