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hwong668
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Apr 01, 2018

Is Netgear recommending downgrading from 2.1.2.18 to 2.0.1.4?

Hi all,   Got an email from netgear to upgrade my router firmware.  When I got to the download page, I see that version v2.0.1.4 is the latest firmware, and my current firmware version installed on ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 01, 2018

.v.18 was pulled from automatic update due to users reporting bad problems with it. Thus NG recommended for users having issues with that version of FW, downgrade to v2.0.1.4.

 

However there is a newer Beta FW that seems to have better experiences found here:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-MR-2-1-Update-3-23-18/td-p/1533584/jump-to/first-unread-message

 

Users of 50 series models are encouraged to upgrade to this version of FW.

Please do a factory reset on both router and satellite(s) after loadings this version of FW and setup from scratch.