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Firmware 2.7.3.22, a poll
So I have an RBR40 with two RBS20 satellites and the 2.7.3.22 firmware just showed up in the app as an update. I’m currently on 2.6.2.104. I’ve seen some threads here with bricked main routers and ...
Users choice though.
FURRYe38 wrote:Users choice though.
To buy another router, and block site access? LOL, no thanks.
Here's a wild idea - put an option in the router software to NOT automatically install FW updates.
Brilliant concept.
This illustrates the essence of the community forum. There are any number of things that Netgear could or might do. The plain fact is that the community has no control or even influence over such decisions. What community members can do is describe what can be done by users. The most obvious choice is to accept. "It is what it is. Live with it or buy something else." For users who do not want to accept what Netgear has provided, there are ways to block automatic updates. Not easy. Not free. What the community cannot do is dictate how Netgear programs the firmware.
Brilliant concept.
CrimpOn wrote:
This illustrates the essence of the community forum. There are any number of things that Netgear could or might do. The plain fact is that the community has no control or even influence over such decisions. What community members can do is describe what can be done by users. The most obvious choice is to accept. "It is what it is. Live with it or buy something else." For users who do not want to accept what Netgear has provided, there are ways to block automatic updates. Not easy. Not free. What the community cannot do is dictate how Netgear programs the firmware.
It does seem like a no-brainer for them to add a setting to enable or disable automatic updates. Any idea why they are pushing out this version so hard? Is there a significant security glitch fixed that isn't immediately evident? I'm a newbie to the Orbi system, having only had a system since the summer of 2020, but in that time I've only had one update automatically pushed to my system, and in that instance it only updated the router and not the satellite.
For what it's worth, I've been running 2.7.3.22 for about 25 days now, and aside from a rebooting issue that's still occuring on my RBS50Y, my RBR50 and RBS50 have been rock solid.
Probably some serious security issues. They list some of them (typically after a fox is available) here
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
