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I bought new RBR50 router. Current Firmware version is 2.2.1.210. While setup, it is showing new firmware version 2.3.5.30. Can I upgrade the firmware?
ekstam1105 wrote:I bought new RBR50 router. Current Firmware version is 2.2.1.210. While setup, it is showing new firmware version 2.3.5.30. Can I upgrade the firmware?
Yes. 2.3.5.30 has been out for several months. Some people report issues and are unhappy. Many of us updated immediatly and have been quite satisfied. If it happens that you upgrade the firmware and discover problems, it is possible to "go back".
I would do it before anything else.
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ekstam1105 wrote:I bought new RBR50 router. Current Firmware version is 2.2.1.210. While setup, it is showing new firmware version 2.3.5.30. Can I upgrade the firmware?
Yes. 2.3.5.30 has been out for several months. Some people report issues and are unhappy. Many of us updated immediatly and have been quite satisfied. If it happens that you upgrade the firmware and discover problems, it is possible to "go back".
I would do it before anything else.
ekstam1105 wrote:I bought new RBR50 router. Current Firmware version is 2.2.1.210. While setup, it is showing new firmware version 2.3.5.30. Can I upgrade the firmware?
A couple of other thoughts/questions......
Is your system working fine now? If it is, why upgrade?
Did you read the release notes to the new firmware? Some updates are fucntional specific. If what it attemps to fix and you don't use it, why update?
Retired_Member wrote:Is your system working fine now? If it is, why upgrade?
Seriously? Have you heard of Orbi's auto-upgrade feature? None of the posted ways to block the auto update are bullet proof. I would love to downgrade to an old Orbi firmware in the V1 series and not have it updated.
My memory is not perfect, but I have a distinct impression that the upgrade immediately before 2.3.5.30 was the first to give users the choice of upgrading (or not), and I did upgrade on purpose to 2.3.5.30. I believe that going back to 2.2.1.210 will immediately cause an upgrade to (whatever the heck that number was).