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R6080 firmware .0.52 update won't install (browser, Nighthawk, manual)
Have been alerted by both iPhone Nighthawk app and browser access there is the 1.0.0.52 firmware update available. Tried the Nighthawk app first and it goes thru the process and eventually states it...
Thanks but I would prefer a Netgear option rather than resorting to a third-party solution. Netgear says it's options can perform an update, whether its their app, browser interface or even manally-- and as a customer, I'd like to believe them. But if one has to go third-party, I guess that might be the direction to take.
BTW, I returned to the Nighthawk app to attempt the update and after a few minutes, I got the report back the update was successful. (See screen cap.) But once the app returned to the main Nighthawk screen, the update alert logo was still there. I checked the firmware status and it is still the same old firmware.
To Netgear: using the title of a Monday Night Football segment "C'mon man!"
tftp is built into windows. Netgear uses it all the time to push firmware to devices.
What about Macs?
You can download a tftp client for mac's. Netgear doesn't make a tftp utility as there's already plenty on the market. Why reinvent the wheel>
I have downloaded nmrpflash for mac and looking into what it might bring. Just a shame one has to resort to a third party solution to install an update. This should be a simple process and at the very least be able to be easily handled by an up-to-date Nighthawk app but no...