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MR60 not seeing firmware update
I have an MR60 with two MS60 sattelites (purchased from Costco). After initial setup I was able to update the firmware through the Nighthawk app to v1.0.6.102 (the same version firmware is running o...
OP checking in here. Since updating to v1.0.6.112 about a month ago I haven't been seeing any other updates. I recently replaced my phone (unrelated to all this, but from one Android device to a newer one), installed the Nighthawk app, and now I occasionally see a red "Update" box on the app's home screen. The app also ALWAYS says that it's connected to the router via Anywhere Access even though the phone is clearly connected to the router's SSID.
I have the red "update" box now and I just tapped it. The app sat for about a minute then said that "There was a problem checking the firmware." I retried and it tells me that there is an update to v1.0.6.116 available, not the latest ...122 I see when I visit https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr60.aspx#download.
I am hesitant to perform the update. Has anybody had a similar experience?
My device never shows the update as available. I did briefly install the update and had some issues I posted here about. Immediately they told me to downgrade.
Which was a bummer, as that updated firmware added an Advanced setting to enable MU-MIMO (Multi User - Multi In Multi Out...the original MIMO only worked for one client device per router).
Oh, how I wish these had open source firmware we could hack on... Guess that'll have to inform my next buy decision.