Stuck at 79% updating to Firmware 8.1

Product Discussion Pepwave AP & Surf
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Hi,

Trying to upgrade from the 8.x firmware that came with my Soho mk3 to 8.1 version. All seemed to be going well but it has been stuck on 79% progress for the last 45 minutes.

Can I stop the process without bricking the device?

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Sometimes it doesn’t reconnect after upgrade. Can you open another web browser and try to access it?

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Thanks for the suggestion! I tried it but it did not work.

I took a chance and just powered the unit off/on and hoped for the best.

The unit came back on and the firmware update did occur.

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For me 8.1.0 appears to succeed but on reboot 8.0.2 is still in place. Tried manual download (same) - I don’t use InControl. I see web reports that ppl only get this wo work when using InControl.
Need diagnostics? TY

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@GLFx, please try the provided firmware below.

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I have two SOHO MK3 units that are both having trouble with the firmware upgrade from 8.0.2 to 8.1.0. I have tried to upgrade several times from within the Web admin interface and from InControl. I would prefer to see the automatic update work. Is there a fix coming?

Thanks,
TimC

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I found the following message in InControl for my two Soho units:
8.0.2s091 build 1507 (Too many firmware update attempts. Update aborted. (Check device’s connectivity to firmware download site. E.g. https : // download dot peplink dot com.) )

When I put that link into Vivaldi, I get:
This site can’t provide a secure connection
download.peplink.com. uses an unsupported protocol.
ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

When I tried Firefox and Opera I get a nearly blank page that only says:
http : // download dot peplink dot com

But https://download.peplink.com/manual/pepwave_surf_soho_user_manual_fw8.1.0.pdf works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
(You might be aware that the editor wouldn’t let me enter more than two links.)