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How to disable automatic firmware updates?
Where is the option to disable firmware updates? There seems to be no option in the Orbi App and no option on the Orbilogin web browser log in page either.
I’ve been (happily) on the same firmware for about a year and in the last 24 hours the router and satellites automatically updated firmware.
I’ve been (happily) on the same firmware for about a year and in the last 24 hours the router and satellites automatically updated firmware.
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- Hello. There isn’t an option available to us for controlling automatic updates. NG apparently wants to reserve the right to push updates when they deem necessary.
I was moved to 2.7 overnight. I see others saying the same thing.I spent three hours today fixing what Netgear broke last night when it updated my Orbis AND installed a Netgear Armor trial package. I have a physician and an engineer working from home and we're all pissed because we lost a day's work. I absolutely need a way to kill these updates. I note from another recent thread that there was a way to do this - but Netgear now has an "access denied" tag on the referral page with the instructions.
hofendis wrote:I spent three hours today fixing what Netgear broke last night when it updated my Orbis AND installed a Netgear Armor trial package. I have a physician and an engineer working from home and we're all pissed because we lost a day's work. I absolutely need a way to kill these updates. I note from another recent thread that there was a way to do this - but Netgear now has an "access denied" tag on the referral page with the instructions.
tell us more about NG updated your Orbis.
gr8sho wrote:
Hello. There isn’t an option available to us for controlling automatic updates. NG apparently wants to reserve the right to push updates when they deem necessary.
I was moved to 2.7 overnight. I see others saying the same thing.tell us more about how you were moved to 2.7 overnight.
vajim wrote:
gr8sho wrote:
Hello. There isn’t an option available to us for controlling automatic updates. NG apparently wants to reserve the right to push updates when they deem necessary.
I was moved to 2.7 overnight. I see others saying the same thing.tell us more about how you were moved to 2.7 overnight.
I happened to be up in the middle of the night and spotted a gremlin running down the internet site carrying a bag that had 2.7 prominently written on the side.
I have an RBR20 and see no option for automatic firmware updates. It informs you an update is available, and you must go into Advanced > Administration > Firmware Update and click the Update button.
I have never had the unit update firmware automatically.
Looks like it happened again. I have the RBK23 modem/satellites and just a few hours ago everything was force updated to 2.7.3.22.
Prior to this, I was happily on 2.5.1.16 for over a year.
The part I don't understand is how this happened, especially since I've manually disabled all automatic updates in the router using the Telnet method. This is where you log into the router and disable the below configurations.
orbi_auto_upgrade=1
auto_check_for_upgrade=1
auto_update=1Anyway, been running fine with all the firmware updates being bypassed for the past year except now with 2.7.3.22.
Has this occurred to anyone? How did the router bypass the disabled update configurations?!
I presume NG puts in code to allow updates regardless on whats set ON the RBR. I tried this with my 8 series Orbi and found the only way to block auto FW updates is to have a upstream router in place that blocks:
http.fw.updates1.netgear.com and updates1.netgear.com
But then you daisy chain two routers and ISP Modem, is that right ?
I still don't get it, my NG forced updates to their customer, it's one way to ruin their great products.
Yes, it happens to all of us....
I even try to block the DNS to no avail
- Netgear reserves the right to push firmware that deemed needed to fix security holes regardless of what telnet settings you have chosen.
