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jjlees
Mar 25, 2020Tutor
FW 2.5.1.8 took my hardwired satellites offline
Hello, Once again Netgear forced an auto update creating havoc with a system that had been stable for months (stable after I had taken days to get stable). Situation: I have 3 hardwired satellit...
- Mar 25, 2020
A big thank you to FURRYe38, SW_ , Retired_Member for actively responding to me all day, multiple times in the day.
Here is the latest. It is all working as of this post. In desperation, I took it all down (again). Powered down from beginning to end. And with the satellites in wireless backhaul when I did. I brought it up from front to back (Fios to RBR to switch to each device and each RBS). Again, the RBS's were wireless. I confirmed each device was working, each RBR/RBS and Sonos, TiVo, garage door, ring, etc. I then wire-connected an RBS to its switch. After 3-5 minutes, it changed in the console to wired backhaul. I verified all devices were working. I then connected the next RBS to the switch. It also converted to wired backhaul. I verified every device in every room continued to work. I then did the same with the last RBS. It is all up and working as desired. Almost an hour in and no drops or interruptions. Hopefully not too soon to declare a win.
I don't know what did it. Maybe everything ...? Maybe nothing ...? But it was a major ordeal. I do appreciate the support of the community walking me through it.
jjlees
Mar 25, 2020Tutor
It was an auto-update.
Retired_Member wrote:How did you get 2.5.1.8?
Retired_Member
Mar 25, 2020
jjlees wrote:It was an auto-update.
Retired_Member wrote:How did you get 2.5.1.8?
That's amazing....I'm also on auto-update (according to the Orbi web login) and I haven't had an update since Oct 2019