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Firmware V1.12.0.18 Discussion
This does indeed appear to be based on (identical to?) the last private beta V1.12.0.16 and has been released to the public. Hope it helps!
Guest mode AP isolation finally works 100% over IPv4 and IPv6 - much happiness in my household. =)
Rodney
New Features and Enhancements:
- Supports ReadySHARE Printer for Orbi devices that are equipped with a USB port
- Updated the OrbiOS API to v3.14
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes the iOS disconnection issue.
- Fixes the Dropcam disconnection issue.
- Fixes the convergence issue when an Ethernet connected device moves from one Orbi to another.
- Fixes the issue where the Orbi app can’t find the Orbi router if the router is using IPv6 and is in AP mode.
- Fixes the issue where the Orbi app can’t display more than 20 connected devices.
- Fixes the issue where the installation assistant might not display if the device is connected to the Orbi network wirelessly.
- Fixes the issue where the 2.4 GHz backhaul setting is disabled if the fronthaul MU-MIMO and TxBF is disabled.
- Fixes the issue where IPv6 devices on the guest network can access the Orbi router’s web GUI.
- Includes security fixes for the following security vulnerabilities:
PSV-2016-0133, PSV-2017-0607, PSV-2017-0615, PSV-2017-0736, PSV-2017-2190
Download Link:
RBR50 - http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/RBR50-V1.12.0.18.zip
RBS50 - http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/RBS50-V1.12.0.18.zip
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So it appears that the ability to disable either 2.4GHz or 5GHz has been removed even though it was already available. In my situation, the 5GHz band outperforms the 2.4GHz everywhere on my property so I disabled the 2.4GHz band. It was causing my devices to be "stuck" on 2.4 channels half the time due to the forced band steering. Even with this new update I am getting the same behavior. This is quite upsetting as now I have to connect and disconnect several times before my devices are on 5GHz. I have tried waiting, and it does not switch correctly 50% of the time. By all means, keep both bands enabled by default. But give back the option to disable them in the advanced settings.
captain_phaser So, I had a similiar problem before, back when I had only one router and one satelite. What you can do is drop TX power for 2.4Ghz to like 25% on Orbi, which will level it up with 5Ghz band. Clients should stop switching to it.
I still don't see the logic to take away the option to disable 2.4GHz those who want both on can, those who don't have the option. In my environment speeds and range were fine using only 5GHz radio. I have absolutely no need for 2.4Ghz. Now even take away the ability to lower the radio power on top of taking away the option to disable? we all have different needs and environments one shoe does not fit all.
Can anyone help me!?!
My orbi system was previously auto updated to V1.12.0.20. Today it is now on this version and now I have the following issues.
The satellites are NOT showing up under "Attached Devices" as satellites...they do however, show up under connected devices. Logging into their respective status pages by way of their listed ip, I see that both of my satellites are updated to this latest version and the wireless AP are listed as OFF, 2.4ghz & 5ghz are listed as disabled.
My router is acting fine and the satellites are connected to it...how do I enable the wifi on the satellites so my devices can connect to them?
Please advise, this is driving me crazy! Thanks in advance.
MacrossMike and others having the router auto-upgrade issues despite telnet block: See my tips on Page 12 of this thread and as well the original telnet post on page 5. What may be different in my setup is that I'm in AP mode AND I have a DD-WRT netgear wndr4300 ahead of the orbi that is running Access restriction --> WAN --> Access restriction for : downloads.netgear.com --> not sure if the the dd-wrt router is preventing upgrades but I'm well over 10 days with no auto-upgrading occuring. If you're able to have another router ahead of the orbi and put the Orbi in AP mode and still perform the telnet block, perhaps that is the trick whereas others are reporting it keeps auto-updating despite all attempts to downgrade permanently.
So in my setup : Cable modem --> Border router running DD-wrt --> ORBI
cyberprashant wrote:MacrossMike and others having the router auto-upgrade issues despite telnet block: See my tips on Page 12 of this thread and as well the original telnet post on page 5. What may be different in my setup is that I'm in AP mode AND I have a DD-WRT netgear wndr4300 ahead of the orbi that is running Access restriction --> WAN --> Access restriction for : downloads.netgear.com --> not sure if the the dd-wrt router is preventing upgrades but I'm well over 10 days with no auto-upgrading occuring. If you're able to have another router ahead of the orbi and put the Orbi in AP mode and still perform the telnet block, perhaps that is the trick whereas others are reporting it keeps auto-updating despite all attempts to downgrade permanently.
So in my setup : Cable modem --> Border router running DD-wrt --> ORBI
Well, have I just had some strange stuff happening...decided to try AP mode, using another Netgear router with the wireless turned off as my main, wired-only router, to see if I could get 2.4GHz. wireless turned off on the Orbi without worrying about auto-update. And I put in the restriction for the "download" domain mentioned above on the main router, to see if that would help the Orbi to not auto-update. The Orbi was on the latest at that point, so I figured I would set it up in AP mode and then flash the previous firmware. Not a smart move...I got it working fine in AP mode, and then it fell apart before I could flash the Orbi back to the previous firmware. It appeared that the satellite was still in contact with the router, but the router was showing magenta. After a few minutes, they were both showing magenta. I could log into the satellite for a while, but not the router, so the router was basically isolated. Not a great situation, totally nonfunctional...so went to Plan B. This was the first problem that I've had with the latest firmware, AP mode not working properly, and it made the Orbi unusable.
Plan B: Reset the Orbi router and satellite, and got them up in router mode. Reloaded my saved settings, that worked fine. At that point, I flashed the previous firmware, and again went to AP mode once everything stabilized. The router and saltellite are even now working fine with the previous firmware release in AP mode. However, I found that one can't turn off 2.4GHz. wireless on the Orbi in AP mode, the Advanced Wireless settings screen would not display, don't know if that's typical for an AP or not...So I flipped the Orbi back to router mode and turned off the 2.4GHz. wireless in router mode. Then back to AP mode, where the "Advanced Status" still showed the 2.4GHz. wireless turned off. And it's working fine as an AP.
Okay, now the bottom line. Even though the Orbi's "Advanced Status" shows that the 2.4GHz. wireless is off in AP mode, Wi-Fi Analyzer on my clients shows that the Orbi's 2.4GHz. wireless is on. Not only is it on, but it's using 40MHz. channel width, taking over half of the 2.4GHz. band. So, for all the time that I've spent on this, about half a day in total, lots of times waiting for the Orbi to come up after each thing I've had to do to it, I've accomplished absolutely nothing. Other than to verify that the latest firmware doesn't work in AP mode for me. And that I can't turn off 2.4GHz. wireless on the Orbi no matter what I do.
I can also tell that it's only a matter of time before this thing will auto-update, since it has the purple "a new firmware upgrade is available, click here to get it" thing on the "Advanced Status" page. If the Orbi can see that firmware, it'll apply it when it's darn good and ready :-). Pretty sure of that.
So I'm going back to regular router mode and wait for the auto-update that's coming. I should start a pool to guess when it'll auto-update.
Not happy. Hoping that Netgear pulls their firmware together so that this thing is more usable.
Unless I'm overlooking something, it looks like you can no longer adjust the radio power in this version.
Also, I'm still seeing the bug on the home screen where the number of connected sats shows 0 momentarily. Happens much less frequently now though.
I also can't find the radio power options in the settings. Over the past few updates it seems the ability to manually upgrade/downgrade firmware (without Orbi autoupdating), control radio power output, and enable or disable either 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands has been removed. Again, I say it's great to leave these changes as default settings, just leave them configurable in the advanced settings for people who have more specific issues.
- Hmmm.
"Fixes the issue where the 2.4 GHz backhaul setting is disabled if the fronthaul MU-MIMO and TxBF is disabled."
I thought the backhaul was 5 GHz??? Where does 2.4 backhaul come from? - Early days but iPhones have so far been pretty solid. Will see over next few days.
One note, our surround sound system has suddenly started connecting on 5GHz instead of 2.4. Never seen if do that on the Orbi.Took netgear almost a year to release the fix for the disconnects if this actually fixes them. I would have expected better from such a large company.
I have been transferring 100GB video files to watch for drops.... 7 hrs and all is good.
thanks for the update doug, I currently have mine set up in AP mode.
13 hours.. stable through-put
I was hopeful this update would show me the following under attached devices:
1. Which band (2.4 or 5.0GHz) a wireless device is attached to. How about just replace the term Wireless in that column with 2.4GHz or 5.0GHz?)
2. which unit (base or satellite) an attached device is linked with
Does anyone know how I can determine from the router interface what band a given devices is using at any given point in time?
note : you can enable the feature to display the band that each attached devices is connected though. Follow the instructions here :
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/hidden-features/td-p/1149584
It does not tell you which unit it is attached to though,
Link will not work for me.
I can see the satelite on the router log in & the adress was changed. Tried logging into the satellie with new address & no joy.
- The Orbi seems to behave differently for those that have experienced issues when running in AP vs Router mode. Router mode seemed to give people more problems than AP. It would be nice to see as more people comment on this thread what node their system/configuration is running in.
AP mode for me, working ok.
I can feel your pain. My daughter starts to tether her cell phone and simply uses her (unlimited) mobile data for her MacBook Air too since I bought the new toy 2 weeks ago.
yeah that's what I was thinking, downloads.netgear.com is the download URL it appears from their download link on their website. Talking to support right now about it.
The problem is, is there any previous firmware version that does not have the Wi-Fi disconnecting issue?
every version has been solid for me up until this one, their phone support is pretty crappy, some Indian lady wants me to enable Implicit Beamforming and all my disconnect problems will magically go away supposedly.
She also claims if you do a manual firmware update it will disable any future automatic updates, not sure that I believe that.
