Firmware 2.3.5.30 valid for RBR50/RBS50?

My RBR50 "found" this firmware update, which sort of indicates that it is indeed intended for the RBR50/RBS50 products.  And, my router and satellite both updated firmware successfully.

Sad to hear that your update was not successful.  And, to be honest, I was a bit surprised that Netgear did not conduct even a short beta release of this version.  They must have been overly confident.  It is also a good thing that the Orbi will not stubbornly "auto-update" every time the user tries to revert to an earlier version.

Try a factory reset on the RBS and RBR and setup from scratch. Check the FW updates after checking to see if the RBS connect to the RBR. You might re-sync the RBS while in the same room as the RBR first, then if they connect, place them back at there remote locations. 

I had mine in the same room and used the auto updater to update, the update worked and system seems to be doing ok. 

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rjantigua wrote:

I see in another thread that people are upgrading their RBR50 routers to 2.3.5.30 with success.  I got the prompt on the Orbi app that this version was available for upgrade and I pushed the button to start the upgrades.  When completed, I saw that both satellites and router were upgraded to 2.3.5.30.  After a few min, the satellites were not connecting to the main router.  After spending a long time trying to debug the issue (restart the units, reset -- not to factory, etc.) I went to double-check the Netgear website to downgrade and saw the documented version for RBR50 is 2.3.1.60 on the product support page. I I also did a search and found that 2.3.5.30 was for the RBR40 model!

 

So what version should I be running??  I did eventually downgrade to 2.3.1.60 and got full use of my network again, so I'm a little disappointed if this upload push was in error for my device(s) model.

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I have upgraded frimware on RBR50 / RBS50 to v2.3.5.30 which I only use in WiFi mode (not as a router). Have notices since the upgrade 2.4Gz WiFi keeps disappearing. 5GHz is very stable. Anyone else seeing this?

Also took a long while to sync with Satellite.

Am thinking of going back to v2.3.1.60. Any one have any issues downgrading?

Thanks.

-upgraded today 

-did a factory reset RBS50 first , waited, then RBR50

-generated a new key 

-reset RBS50 using reset button as I lost connection after generate new key

(not sure if this was needed but I also wanted to make sure of slow Internet on RBS issue below)

-RBS was still not showing online even after a few power cycles so I just went out to do errands and when I came back 1 1/2 hours latter the satellite was connected finally, must have just needed time to sync. 

-Every device, iPad, 2-iPhones, 3-apple tvs 4K, and lots of other devises so far are connected perfectly and no disconnects at all yet. Will certainly post back if I find any problems. 

-One of my WiFi cameras has weak WiFi but works. 

-Now the problem I have and had with many firmware versions, sometimes the RBS satellite would give me full speed the first few days of a new firmware then after a few days or so I only get 1/4 to 1/2 the full speed of my ISP on devises connected to the satellite RBS 5G band(but this version was the slow speed after flash), BUT when these same devises connected to the main RBR 5G , I get full isp speed on Speedtest downloads.  I think this may be a common problem of these Orbi devices as another thread I read somewhere in this forum stated by some.  If there is a fix for this please advise.