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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware

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The last SNB6500 firmware which can be downloaded from Philips

website are:

V1.09 for SNB6500 version with metallic Ethernet ports

V2.00 for SNB6500 version with black plastic Ethernet ports

This How-to manual will answer the following questions:

1. Why should I upgrade my SNB6500 firmware?

2. How do I know which SNB6500 version I have?

3. How do I know which firmware version I have in my SNB6500?

4. How do I know what the latest firmware is?

5. How do I upgrade to the latest firmware?

6. Your SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware is now upgraded.

Summary of content (8 pages)

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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware The last SNB6500 firmware which can be downloaded from Philips website are: V1.09 for SNB6500 version with metallic Ethernet ports V2.00 for SNB6500 version with black plastic Ethernet ports This How-to manual will answer the following questions: 1. Why should I upgrade my SNB6500 firmware? 2. How do I know which SNB6500 version I have? 3. How do I know which firmware version I have in my SNB6500? 4. How do I know what the latest firmware is? 5.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware 1. Why should I upgrade my SNB6500 firmware? • To add new functionality. 2. How do I know which SNB6500 version I have? The SNB6500 has been produced in two versions: • One with metallic Ethernet ports. • One with with black plastic Ethernet ports.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware 3. How do I know which firmware version I have in my SNB6500? Make sure your PC is connected to your Wireless Base Station (either by Wi-FI or by Ethernet) 3.1 Determine the IP address of your SNB6500 Wireless Base Station. Click on your PC Start => Run Type cmd and click OK. type ipconfig followed by Enter. The Default Gateway shows the IP address of the Wireless Base Station (192.168.1.2 in this example).
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware 3.2 Browse to your SNB6500 Wireless Base Station. Open Internet Explorer and type the Default Gateway address (192.168.1.2 in this example) in the Address bar. Click “GO”. You should now see the setup page. 3.3 On the Home network Setting page, click on Status and you can find the firmware version.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware 4. How do I know what the latest firmware is? Check the Philips support site for the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station regularly. To download new software version, please click on the following link: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgibin/dcbint/get?id=SNB6500/00&doctype=fus&redirect=1 * Unzip the files and store them in your PC and compare with your firmware version.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware Click first on “Maintenance” then “Firmware Upgrade”.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware Browse to the place where you’ve saved the new SNB6500 firmware in your PC. 1. Select the new SNB6500 firmware (metallic Ethernet ports for this example). 2. Click “Open” Click on “BEGIN UPGRADE”.
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How to upgrade the SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware Wait until the update is finished. 6. Your SNB6500 Wireless Base Station firmware is now upgraded. You can check the update by control as in chapter 3.