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EVERYTHING is broken after V2.1.1.12
I am seriously ticked at Netgear. This update has broken everything, we tried to play a local lan game last night and EVERYONE kept disconnecting. My sattelites are all disappering, and not showing...
Hello netgearguy
That is correct orbi will auto update to the latest version.
DarrenM
DarrenM - thanks for confirming how things work now.
Does Netgear believe that this is an issue that requires addressing, or is the intent to never allow any ability to block or reverse FW updates, even in an Advanced or Expert mode?
I understand if Netgear is concerned about customers being exposed to security risks and bugs w/older FW, and there are difficulties supporting multple versions (I work for a large consumer tech company so I get that). However, the inability to block (or at least reverse) a FW update is a definte Con in my Pro/Con for Orbi, and will influence my (and others likely) decision about keeping or returning mine, recommending it to family and friends, etc.
- It's a nightmare situation.
I am going on holiday in the next few weeks and I have a relatively stable setup.
The last thing I need is an auto FW update.
mastervisa30 wrote:Has anyone tested this https://www.pocnetwork.net/technology-news/review-zyxel-multy-x-ac3000-tri-band-wifi-mesh-network/
You might want to check out their community board (link below) and note that some features, such as ethernet backhaul and AP mode, have not yet been implemented.
https://homeforum.zyxel.com/discussions/tagged/multy-x/p1
V2.1.1.12 has been the most unstable firmware for me by far, which is pretty bad since no firmware I have had on this system since I bought it has been stable up to an acceptable level.
I have downgraded to V1.11.0.20 now since that seems to have been stable for a lot of users in the past. Hoping it will stick and not auto update away.
If I could return this piece of crap network equipment and get my money back I would do it in a heartbeat.
First day w/Orbi after setup yesterday.
RBR40: 2.1 FW
RBW30: 2.0 FW
So far:
1. Wife had to turn wi-fi off/on in the AM to stream radio station on her phone
2. Lost both internet connectivity twice for < 1 minute
3. Lost the entire network for ~1 min
In some senses that's not a lot, but it's setting a bad start to my decision regarding whether or not to keep Orbi. Speed when it works is fantastic. But my family won't react well to itermitten loss of connectivity, and since I'm the home IT guy, it's going to make me unhappy personally for my own use, and unhappy w/the "support calls" I'm going to get from my family on this. :(
I've just rolled back to 2.0 on the RBW30 satelite to see if that helps, but using older FW is not a long-term solution for me, I want the security updates and hopefully bug fixes that newer FW provides.
Starting to look the Orbi may be going back to try the Eero. Sad...I've been a Netgear user for about as long as we've had a network in our home.
Bing-Stroller wrote:
....I am going on holiday in the next few weeks and I have a relatively stable setup.
The last thing I need is an auto FW update.It doesn't appear as if that is going to happen anytime soon, at least according to what was implied in a post on this board by a Netgear employee. Regardless, this is precisely the reason Netgear needs to incorporate some sort of "auto-update FW disable" option in the web UI and/or app. It's beyond my comprehension why there is no such option for the Orbi system when it exists for most of their routers.
