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Has anyone with version 44 of the firmware installed had their Orbi auto-update to ver 48? I'm confused about the release notes for ver 44 and some other posts about the clandestine switch that was recently added to the firmware. Mine didn't auto update to 48 from 44 and so I'm wondering if auto update has been disabled by default.
As the orginal name of this post does not contain "Orbi" in it, I am writing to let others surfing the Netgear community that this is an Orbi Mesh System related situation. Please ignore this discussion if you do not have an Orbi system.
*THIS DISCUSSION PERTAINS TO ORBI MESH SYSTEMS*
Best,
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Mayhugh1 wrote:
Has anyone with version 44 of the firmware installed had their Orbi auto-update to ver 48? I'm confused about the release notes for ver 44 and some other posts about the clandestine switch that was recently added to the firmware. Mine didn't auto update to 48 from 44 and so I'm wondering if auto update has been disabled by default.
According to DorkiOrbiFW, firmware auto-update should not happen after 2.3.0.28, see this post.
Mayhugh1 wrote:
Has anyone with version 44 of the firmware installed had their Orbi auto-update to ver 48? I'm confused about the release notes for ver 44 and some other posts about the clandestine switch that was recently added to the firmware. Mine didn't auto update to 48 from 44 and so I'm wondering if auto update has been disabled by default.
Mayhugh1, in version 2.3.0.28, Netgear removed the forced auto-update firmware function. I repeatedly messaged them via Facebook messenger in working with them to implement this feature and inquired when they would have it implemented and they delivered (surprisingly)! Now, firmware versions on the Orbi (2.3.0.28 & current) will now have the Orbi check for updates like all other routers that Netgear manufactures.
Let me break this down for by referring to the discussion I opened up announcing this change would occur: Orbi "Online Update" Feature Now Works Differently (2.3.0.28 & Up)
On another topic, the enable/disable auto-update switch will not appear in any firmware update you have (current version and past firmware versions). That was a discovery found by SW_ , in which you should not need to go through the trouble and do. In the past it may have been valuable, but as Orbi shall no longer auto-update, again, you should not need to.
To answer your main question in your discussion: NO. My system did not auto-update, which is what is suppose to happen! :smileyvery-happy:
Message me if you have any questions. I know the Orbi system inside and out (I am experienced in IT).
Best,As the orginal name of this post does not contain "Orbi" in it, I am writing to let others surfing the Netgear community that this is an Orbi Mesh System related situation. Please ignore this discussion if you do not have an Orbi system.
*THIS DISCUSSION PERTAINS TO ORBI MESH SYSTEMS*
Best,My iMac bogged down around 9:00 a.m. this morning. Having seen this before when the Orbi started an automatic update, I logged into orbilogin.com and went to Advanced -> Administration -> Firmware Update. That page said the current firmware version was V2.3.1.48 and displayed the "A New Firmware Update is Available" banner. However, it must have already been doing something since I wasn't doing anything that would have slowed the iMac. Maybe it was just downloading the new Firmware? At any rate, the iMac REALLY bogged down soon after I went to that page even though I didn't click on anything. Pretty nearly frozen even for local apps that don't access the Internet. After 10 minutes or so I got out my iPad and discovered I could browse the Internet with it so I started the Orbi app and selected Network Map. The details for the RBR and RBS said the firmware was V2.3.1.60 for both, my iMac was connected and all was well. On the iMac, System Preferences -> Network also said it was connected and all was well. But the iMac was still nearly frozen. (It took tens of seconds to bring up the System Preferences app.) Rebooting the iMac restored it to normal operation. However, my wife's iMac and both our iPads came back without rebooting. Maybe my iMac was hung up because that was the machine that was logged into the RBR when the updated started?
At that point, I went to this forum to see if anyone was having similar problems and discovered your explanation of the change in how Online Update works. Thanks a bunch. Don't know how I'd ever have figured out how it was supposed to work without you. I'm glad to see Netgear giving some control of updates to users but it looks like they have some more work to do.
Please post about this here:
Over all the system will still check for updates and pull down the files needed. However it should not be automatically applied.
