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perfarny
Mar 16, 2020Guide
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...
Retired_Member
Mar 16, 2020The part I missed is how you came upon 2.5.1.8.?
The recommendation is to stay away from manual updates.
OrbiPhilip
Mar 16, 2020Luminary
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.
- Retired_MemberMar 16, 2020
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.
- OrbiPhilipMar 16, 2020Luminary
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.- OrbiPhilipMar 17, 2020Luminary
Knock on wood, zero timeouts since downgrade to v2.3.5.30 (~7.5hrs). Prior to that it was 5-10x per day.