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Sweetmo
Mar 21, 2020Aspirant
Firmware V2.3.5.32
Today (3/21/20), I had an issue with my Orbi RBR40 connecting to internet, so I immediately went to the app and saw a note indicating new firmware was available. After two attempts to leverage the ...
LadyoftheLake
Mar 22, 2020Aspirant
I'm in the same boat. My wifi is on and off at least ten times daily but the internet is working so it's this darn Orbi router. When I signed in today I saw there was a firmware update but no release notes. When signing in to the net gear support site the update.32 isn't shown and hotfix update.34 is with a date of 11/2019. I'd checked for firmware updates on the router sign in page many times and this was never there. I'm never notified by email. I have an R6700 Nighthawk at my 3 level mountain lakehouse and I get emails notifying me of updates and it's much more reliable than the Orbi which I purchased for my large 2 story house with a solar enphase setup on our shop some distance from the house that's connected to the wifi.
I guess we don't know what this 32 update is until NetGear posts it?
I guess we don't know what this 32 update is until NetGear posts it?
Retired_Member
Mar 22, 2020
LadyoftheLake wrote:
I'm in the same boat. My wifi is on and off at least ten times daily but the internet is working so it's this darn Orbi router. When I signed in today I saw there was a firmware update but no release notes. When signing in to the net gear support site the update.32 isn't shown and hotfix update.34 is with a date of 11/2019. I'd checked for firmware updates on the router sign in page many times and this was never there. I'm never notified by email. I have an R6700 Nighthawk at my 3 level mountain lakehouse and I get emails notifying me of updates and it's much more reliable than the Orbi which I purchased for my large 2 story house with a solar enphase setup on our shop some distance from the house that's connected to the wifi.
I guess we don't know what this 32 update is until NetGear posts it?
...and of course there's that group of folks who never check for FW updates. Never understood the reasoning behind that.