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firmware update
i get an email that tells me i have a firmware update and so i connected this router up to see if the update would let me use this router with my c3700 combo and it dosen't do the update. the router says itis up to date. hard to believe it is when it has been off line for months and i got this email the other day. i tried to find it to download it and then upload it for my end but i have no idea where to look to get the download.
this is the firmware it says it has now maybe it is the latest?
Firmware Version
V1.0.2.80_1.0.59
what i'm trying to do is get this router connected so i can use this and not the c3700 router part of the combo. it seems my devices want to go back and forth between either router and that gives my phone and tablet fits when i'm viewing my cameras. so i was hopeing the update may fit that. thanks
thanks that must be it. i was talking about the r6300 router not the modem combo. so it them is up to date. but the issues it is giving me now means i will be just turning it off. it seems all my devices are still connected to the c3700 and 1 to the r6300 but my tablet showing my cameras now drops the video feed all the time. i connected it back up to see if it had an update coming it may stop this but it has not. so i will jsut get another combo unit and then not have to worry about my devices switching back and forth. thanks
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which router are you attempting to update? The C3700 is a modem/router combo and the firmware comes from the ISP not from the owner. so you must be talking a different device.
You might have gotten the email stating to upgrade the firmware but over the last month there was a bunch sent out that already had up to date firmwares. They're a good reminder but don't necessarily mean you weren't already on the latest firmware.
thanks that must be it. i was talking about the r6300 router not the modem combo. so it them is up to date. but the issues it is giving me now means i will be just turning it off. it seems all my devices are still connected to the c3700 and 1 to the r6300 but my tablet showing my cameras now drops the video feed all the time. i connected it back up to see if it had an update coming it may stop this but it has not. so i will jsut get another combo unit and then not have to worry about my devices switching back and forth. thanks
- Make sure your r6300 is in AP mode.
https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode-after-I-ve-already-run-setup
And then name the wireless names different than the c3700. Should prevent the switching around between the 2.
