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khad
Apprentice
Mar 30, 2020

BUG: Space certain strings completely break firmware 2.5.1.8

TLDR: The Orbi firmware team needs to learn how to properly parse strings with spaces.   I just upgraded to 2.5.1.8 (from 2.3.5.30), and everything started going haywire:   I kept getting discon...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 30, 2020

You might file a support ticket here:

https://www.netgear.com/support/#

 

I use a space with my SSID name and haven't seen any issues with it on my system. Separate SSID names is not supported officially by NG. So any thing you do behind the scenes for that would be problematic. 

 

I don't use a space in passwords or security answers. 

 

Can try using Voxels FW or Orbi 50 series.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/td-p/1839431/jump-to/first-unread-message

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