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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CarbonY
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Sep 23, 2018
Count me in.
I have a few Devireg Smart (heating controls) that does not work with Orbi but it works fine with my old netgear dualband router.
pabearsman
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Sep 23, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. Thanks!
daninsc
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Sep 24, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community”
Joelcc
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Sep 24, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
n2booz
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Sep 24, 2018
“I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community”

My Setup: Xfinity gigabit > Surfboard SB8200 DOCSIS 3.1
obigunkenobi
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Sep 24, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
- Latitudes33
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  Sep 25, 2018
  Firmware version — 2.1.4.16
  
  yes, I’m interested in participating.
mmcnamara
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Sep 25, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community. I have Gigabit internet and have been frustrated with the inconsistent bandwidth that I’ve seen when hardwired into a satellite connected via Ethernet backhaul. At times I have seen 600+ MB/s, which is fairly reasonable given inherit losses; however, on many occasions I have noticed that I am being hard capped at 100 MB/s (for wired connections) even though I can pull 200+ MB/s on mobile devices connected to the same satellite. It doesn’t compute for me to see higher satellite bandwidth for mobile connections vs hard-wired connections. Seems like a bug that could/should be addressed. Happy to provide diagnostic logs, etc.
- Dawgneck
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  Sep 25, 2018
  I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
  - baraider
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    Sep 25, 2018
    I like to participate in this as well. I got the RBK53 package from Costco with the latest firmware and still haven't got it to set up the way I like.
vargrica
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Sep 25, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
- gHiDoRa
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  Sep 26, 2018
  I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware.
joeyalex
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Sep 26, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community
zeejay
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Sep 26, 2018
I’d like to participate in the Orbi Beta Firmware Community

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