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If 2.3.5.30 is stable, why upgrade to 2.5.1.8?
Serious question: What are the reasons someone using an RBR50 + Satellite that has been stable should upgrade to 2.5.1.8? I've heard that device naming works better. And that they may have update...
silpheedc wrote:I've heard that device naming works better. And that they may have updated their cert (still self signed, though).
Is there any other reason? Does it perform better? Is it more secure? Is it more reliable?
The "Release Notes" also mention fixing an issue with Sonos: https://kb.netgear.com/000061530/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-5-1-8
I will probably run out of busy-work sometime in the next month and do the update, but I see no real reason to (so far). Most of the comments on this forum have been in the context of the 2.5.0.38 firmware that totally hosed the device naming feature.