WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9

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WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9

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WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-02-07 02:08:59
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Hello,
I own a TL-WPA4220 kit (1 transmitter + 2 receivers).
One of the receivers had a problem, and has been replaced by Amazon.

Now I see that the two devices (both have hardware V1) have different firware versions...:
- one has 1.2.8 Build 140401 Rel.49960n
- one has 1.2.9 Build 160525 Rel.35241n

That's not the only difference: I see that in the top right corner of the web GUI, one shows AV500 and the other one shows AV600.
And one more difference is in the Wirelesse settings page.
Firmware 1.2.8 let me choose the Region, while firmware 1.2.9 doesn't.

I have updated the firmware of both devices to latest versione (Italian website, latest firmware is from 15 May 2017).
The only option was to update via PLC Utility, by uploading NVM and PIB file.

The two devices still show different versions: 1.2.8 and 1.2.9, despite the two rows below are the same:
MAC-QCA7420-1.3.1.2141-00-20160428-CS
PIB_422091_170518_004

My question is... how do I align both devices to latest 1.2.9 (or newer) firmware?




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Re:WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-02-09 10:46:34
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Re:WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-02-09 15:36:26

Shield101 wrote



That's exactly what I have installed: May 2017.

The screenshot I've provided is after firmware update: they still show different versions.
One is 1.2.8
Other is 1.2.9
One shows AV500
Other shows AV600
One let me choose Wi-Fi region
Other does not le me choose.
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Re:WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-07-24 20:07:05
Can you still use it with difference firmware?
There is a major difference for AV600 to AV500, AV600 is a newer version of the cpu of the extender, thus, the firmware won't be the same for both I guess.
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Re:WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-07-24 20:10:13
I believe you can't get the same firmware as AV600 and AV500 is the name of the processor of the new and old extender. Difference in processor use cause the firmware differences. Can you use it properly?
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Re:WPA4220KIT with different firmware 1.2.8 / 1.2.9
2018-07-25 14:27:28
Yes, it does work.
They are exactly the same model, and the same hardware version.

Here's what I think... firmware has three different parts
- WebGUI
- WiFi section
- Powerline section

PLC utility updates WiFi and Powerline sections.
WebGUI updates WebGUI (and eventually WiFi and Powerline).

So, when I updated via PLC utility, I have updated only the underlying WiFi and Powerline sections, while keeping the same Web GUI (that kept showing AV500).
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