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FYI: Firmware update 2.5.1.8 causes DNS timeouts only fixed by reboot on my RBR50 and RBS50's
Hi All, Mostly an FYI as I've downgraded back to 2.3.5.30 and all is well again. I have one RBR50 and three RBS50's that have been working flawlessly for pretty much as long as I can remember be...
The part I missed is how you came upon 2.5.1.8.?
The recommendation is to stay away from manual updates.
I went into the Orbi app and it showed an update was available, prompting me to update.
And now that I'm downgraded, it again shows me that; same if I go to routerlogin.net (see attached)
perfarny wrote:I went into the Orbi app and it showed an update was available, prompting me to update.
And now that I'm downgraded, it again shows me that; same if I go to routerlogin.net (see attached)
so what's the problem? You don't have to update. Is your system working now?
What's the problem? The problem is the firmware update :) After I downgraded, it works again.
As the subject line of my original post states "FYI..." in case others were thinking of upgrading / had upgraded and were running into similar issues / or if support/dev ever takes a look here to see what they might need to address in future updates (I'm guessing that's a long shot, but...).
This explains the other comment I replied to. I did not manually upgrade, that I am aware of, and I am on 2.1.5.8
Retired_Member wrote:The part I missed is how you came upon 2.5.1.8.?
The recommendation is to stay away from manual updates.
OrbiPhilip wrote:This explains the other comment I replied to. I did not manually upgrade, that I am aware of, and I am on 2.1.5.8
Retired_Member wrote:The part I missed is how you came upon 2.5.1.8.?
The recommendation is to stay away from manual updates.
could be...I believe i saw the same thing with....FM ....2.3.5.30
when it was first available it was bad....then after a few months, NG started pushing it out auto. I've been on it since Oct19.
FYI...to me manual means you clicked something to start the download. auto means you wake up and there it is.
Retired_Member wrote:when it was first available it was bad....then after a few months, NG started pushing it out auto.
Are you saying that we should not only be looking at major/minor versions, but also build numbers? Is Netgear releasing those?
IMHO, if the version of 2.3.5.30 released on day 1 (manual) and the version of 2.3.5.30 released on day XX (automatic) are not the same, then they need to be appending build numbers to the version. Or at the very least, alpha, beta, GA, etc.
