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jeromefong
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2020

Is firmware 2.5.2.4 an issues for the RBR50 and RBS50 satellites? Download speed is < 200MB

I have an Orbi RBR50v1 with 2 RBS50v1 satellites.  Performance was fine (getting about 400  mbps download speeds), until I upgraded from firmware version 2.5.1.32 to version 2.5.2.4.  Now, I'm barely...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 12, 2020

Any progress on this? 

jeromefong wrote:

I have an Orbi RBR50v1 with 2 RBS50v1 satellites.  Performance was fine (getting about 400  mbps download speeds), until I upgraded from firmware version 2.5.1.32 to version 2.5.2.4.  Now, I'm barely getting down load speeds of 200 mbps.  I also upgrade to xfinity 1 GB network so I'm really surprised my download speeds are now slower.  I power off all three devices and re-powered them back one by one.  They all reconnected correctly, but it the down speeds are still the same.   When I run the Orbi app's speed test, it says it is getting 800+ mbps download speeds.  Any suggestions on what I should try next?  Is it possible to downgrade the firmware?