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BSmithline
Aspirant
Dec 14, 2017

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...
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guzzijason
Apprentice
Dec 17, 2017
BSmithline wrote:

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 average user does not even check for updates.  It was my hope that these newer devices where going to auto update firmware.  Looks like we are now going to have these devices all over the world that will never be updated.  What a same.

I'm pretty sure this behavior is deliberate. When new firmware is first released, it can only be used for manual updates by "early adopters". Eventually (assuming things go well), Netgear will enable it for automatic updates. In other words, the people doing the early manual updates are essentially acting as testers for the new code before it is switched on for automatic updates for everyone else.