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ALERT TO USERS RBR50/RBS50 you may have to do a manual FIRMWARE update
ALERT TO USERS RBR50/RBS50 your systems may not show that a NEW firmware update is advalable when under Advanced / Firmware you choose "CHECK" I had to do a manuel update. I know that the averag...
LOL Netgear is dammed if they do dammed if they don't, many people on these forums complained because all previous firmware was auto-updating, now they get complains because it doesn't auto-update lmao.
Anyways dude relax, I'm almost certain that the firmware will automatically update at some point in the future the next time the router is rebooted or power cycled, no need for these alarming headlines.
- The problem was that the “check” function did not work.
Great news ever! Now I don't have to worry about auto update being forced to me breaking my network setup.
No, the 2.0.0.76 firmware seems to be a special hot-fix patch made available to Orbi customers demanding the KRACK fix: https://kb.netgear.com/000049562/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-0-0-76-Hot-Fix. It was not made generally available on their download page nor set to auto-upgrade. This was a special case and should not be interpreted as a general "you must manually upgrade your Orbi firmware" requirement.
