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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...
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.
Agian my main reason for the post was that when I said check for updates the systems RBR50/RBS50 did not show any new firmware updates. It was not until I went to the Netgear support website that I could see that there was newer firmware to address the "KRACK" security issue.
Netgears website post https://kb.netgear.com/000049498/Security-Advisory-for-WPA-2-Vulnerabilities-PSV-2017-2826-PSV-2017-2836-PSV-2017-2837 notes NETGEAR is aware of WPA-2 security vulnerabilities (known as KRACK attacks) that affect NETGEAR products that connect to WiFi networks as clients. Orbi and Orbi Pro WiFi Systems: RBS50 running firmware version 2.0.0.74 or earlier. My systems where running firmware version 2.0.0.74 so not patched.
You have the answer to your own statement just in the post above yours, read it.
