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More info?)
Dick Kistler wrote:
> joker wrote:
>
>>The reason you don't want to install a firmware update via wireless is
>>because sometimes the signal will drop. This can kill the
>>basestation.
>>
>>A wired connection doesn't have this problem. THat is why you have to
>>install the firmware on a wired connection.
>>
>>You can just temporarily move the MN-700 next to one of the computers
>>after downloading the update & install it that way.
>>
>>Coloradken wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A recent reply indicated that this update can only be
>>>installed using a direct Ethernet cable connection. This
>>>is extremely impractical since neither of my computers are
>>>even in the same room as my MN-700 Base Station. What is
>>>the purpose of a critical update if it's virtually
>>>impossible to use? Secondly, I now get a pop-up screen
>>>about the critical update everytime I turn on my computer
>>>even though I can't use it. How do I get rid of this
>>>annoyance? When will there be a critical update that can
>>>be used wirelessly?
>
>
> Unplug your MN-700(from wall, from cable modem, etc.), carry it to
> one of your computers, install wired NIC, hook up MN-700, update MN-700. Put
> system
> back the way it was. Reconfigure if necessary.
>
> By the way, if you are networking desktops, you should be using
> wired connections. Wired connections are superior in almost every way
> (security, speed, reliability, etc.) except for portability. Desktops
> normally don't
> need to be portable. The only thing you save with wireless connections is
> setup trouble and cost, which is usually insignificant in the long run.
>
> Also: When will there be a critical update that can be installed
> wirelessly?
>
> The smart money is on never.
You can install the manual update on the MN-500 via wireless at least on
the 1.8.003 firmware & earlier. Once again Microsoft took the option
away because they had units damaged by doing that. Thus they made the
router more ID10T resistant, as you can never make a product 100% ID10T
proof.
>
> 1. We will probably never see another firmware update for the MN-700, since
> Microsoft doesn't make or sell them any more.
>
> 2. Microsoft would be nuts to write an update so that you could install it
> that way. The wireless connection is too unreliable for such administrative
> tasks.
> This is in addition to any real, technical reasons that you wouldn't
> want to do it that way. Like that you couldn't update the firmware without
> dropping
> the wireless connection at some point any way.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dick Kistler
>
>