Greetings Orbi Community, We are looking for a select group of Orbi Community members that are interested in beta testing current and upcoming Orbi firmware to help broaden our scope of use cases in real environments. We are kicking off this beta testing program with OrbiOS Rel. 2.2 that is currently available for testing. This release contains the following: Significant bug fixes for stability & performance Update on Guest WiFi Schedule usability Update as of 8/22/18: Upon further investigation the Guest WiFi Scheduling feature has been removed from this release as it requires further testing. We will reintroduce this feature in an upcoming release. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please note: This Beta Firmware is available only for RBR50 & RBS50. Beta firmware for other Orbi systems will be available soon. If you’d like to participate and provide feedback in our Orbi Beta Firmware Community please post a reply to this topic with “I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community” or send a private message to Christian_R to be granted access. By requesting to participate, you agree to share your feedback strictly within the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. You will receive a private message once your username has been added as a participant. We look forward to working with you! Orbi Team

Hello RocketSquirrel, Thanks for the mention! Yes, we are still allowing new participants. If you don't mind please give me a few hours to process the new requests. I am also working to obtain an ETA on when the new firmware will be available for general availability. :-) Back in touch soon! Kind Regards,ChristineT

Jeremyinsf wrote: So, just curious - so many of us here "I would like to participate" - has anyone heard back from Netgear with a link or further instructions? Yes - recieved confirmation ASAP last week Thursday - the new Beta firmware has been very stable and seems promising from users that have had problems in the past.

ChristineT wrote: Greetings RocketSquirrel, Thank you for your interest in participating! Are there specific issues that you are experiencing that I can ask the engineering team to confirm has been fixed in this release? Thank you kindly, Christine Yes, ChristineT, a couple of issues. Thanks for asking. 1. Setting up wired backhaul is a long, frustrating process. Instructions imply it should "just work", but users (including me) have experienced network storms and long waits for stabilization before wired backhaul begins to work. 2. Wired Orbis tend not to recover after a power glitch, bringing down the entire LAN. They require tender loving care and quite a bit of time to get back up and running. A split-second power glitch has caused me to spend 30-60 minutes baby-sitting my network to get it up again. (I now have all 3 Orbis on UPSes.) 3. The QOS GUI page confuses users because there's nothing there but a speed test.

i have century Link gig service in las vegas looking to beta test hitting about 580mps wifi

ChristineT

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Aug 15, 2018

Looking for a select group of Orbi Community members that are interested in beta testing firmware

Greetings Orbi Community,

We are looking for a select group of Orbi Community members that are interested in beta testing current and upcoming Orbi firmware to help broaden our scope of use cases in real environments. We are kicking off this beta testing program with OrbiOS Rel. 2.2 that is currently available for testing. This release contains the following:

Significant bug fixes for stability & performance
Update on Guest WiFi Schedule usability
- Update as of 8/22/18: Upon further investigation the Guest WiFi Scheduling feature has been removed from this release as it requires further testing. We will reintroduce this feature in an upcoming release. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Please note: This Beta Firmware is available only for RBR50 & RBS50. Beta firmware for other Orbi systems will be available soon.

If you’d like to participate and provide feedback in our Orbi Beta Firmware Community please post a reply to this topic with “I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community” or send a private message to Christian_R to be granted access. By requesting to participate, you agree to share your feedback strictly within the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. You will receive a private message once your username has been added as a participant.

We look forward to working with you!

Orbi Team

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KodiakZero
Aspirant
Nov 30, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
minivag
Aspirant
Dec 10, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
Chuck_M
Mentor
Dec 11, 2018
I would very much like to participate in any Beta Community/Testing. I currently do that for other hardware systems)
- dgrigo
  Guide
  Dec 14, 2018
  I would like to join the current beta
  - Chuck_M
    Mentor
    Dec 17, 2018
    I see a lot of people asking to be in Beta progam.... has anyone actually been selected or contacted to participate?
Slamboman
Aspirant
Jan 03, 2019
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community.

I have been having issues with the internet dropping with my current firmware which is the latest available. Please let me know how I can participate.
bballhead
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2019
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
- Chuck_M
  Mentor
  Jan 05, 2019
  There are 17 pages of folks who want to be beta testers.... is there really a beta program and has anyone been asked to participate in it?
  - bryandmlee
    Apprentice
    Jan 05, 2019
    Yes, there is a beta program (I was one of the first few in it), and I believe most of the first 14 or so pages of users would have been invited/added previously already. There *currently* isn't a beta version of the firmware though, after v2.2.210 was publicly released.
    
    Chuck_M wrote:
    
    There are 17 pages of folks who want to be beta testers.... is there really a beta program and has anyone been asked to participate in it?
Sarre91
Aspirant
Jan 11, 2019
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community

and test beta firmware.

Current system includes 2 Orbi units:

RBR50, Firmware: V2.2.1.210, Environment: Earth

RBS50, Firmware: V2.2.1.210, Environment: Earth
brettich
Guide
Jan 15, 2019
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community

Currently running the RBK23 kit in wired backhaul mode with two sattelties.

BR
Hditter
Guide
Jan 19, 2019
“I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community”

ChristineT wrote:

Greetings Orbi Community,

We are looking for a select group of Orbi Community members that are interested in beta testing current and upcoming Orbi firmware to help broaden our scope of use cases in real environments. We are kicking off this beta testing program with OrbiOS Rel. 2.2 that is currently available for testing. This release contains the following:

Significant bug fixes for stability & performance

~~Update on Guest WiFi Schedule usability~~

Update as of 8/22/18: Upon further investigation the Guest WiFi Scheduling feature has been removed from this release as it requires further testing. We will reintroduce this feature in an upcoming release. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Please note: This Beta Firmware is available only for RBR50 & RBS50. Beta firmware for other Orbi systems will be available soon.

If you’d like to participate and provide feedback in our Orbi Beta Firmware Community please post a reply to this topic with “I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community” to be granted access. By requesting to participate, you agree to share your feedback strictly within the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. You will receive a private message once your username has been added as a participant.

We look forward to working with you!

Orbi Team
- Cfleming001
  Tutor
  Jan 19, 2019
  I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. I was part of the last round.
  
  Thanks Chad Fleming
  
  Senior Network Engineer
  - ARF
    Aspirant
    Jan 20, 2019
    I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
Clopezdc
Aspirant
Jan 24, 2019
I would like to participate ASAP. I have been so disappointed with the perforo this devices since it keeps disconnecting from the internet every 30mim. I still want to give it a chance but I think I will give soon. This is my last resource.
Shad0w
Guide
Jan 24, 2019
Can i get a copy of the latest beta files? Appreciate it!

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