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Major Failures After Firmware 2.0.0.74 Upgrade!
ORBI firmware version 2.0.0.74 is failing! I have used the ORBI RBK50 system since Apr 2017. While running the 1.xx.xx firmware, the conection was incredibly reliable & fast. I had max speeds fro...
This was fixed eventually. Everything was working fine until the V2.1.4.10 update: now AirPrint isn't working. It would be nice if Netgear could perform some quality control.
Just purchased RBK50 last Sunday and three days ago, I upgraded the hardware to the latest firmware.
I've been having the same issues as everyone else. For example, our iPad and iPhones have been losing connection to our Orbi...I have to manually connect to the Orbi WiFi network each time we use our devices, which is extremely annoying. If anyone purchases a new Orbi today, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of returns.
While I know that the Orbi is supposed to have excellent throughput performance, I might just go back to my Eero 2nd generation system and return our Orbi, if Netgear can't resolve this. I never ever had a problem with eero.
mightyoregon wrote:Just purchased RBK50 last Sunday and three days ago, I upgraded the hardware to the latest firmware.
I've been having the same issues as everyone else. For example, our iPad and iPhones have been losing connection to our Orbi...I have to manually connect to the Orbi WiFi network each time we use our devices, which is extremely annoying. If anyone purchases a new Orbi today, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of returns.
While I know that the Orbi is supposed to have excellent throughput performance, I might just go back to my Eero 2nd generation system and return our Orbi, if Netgear can't resolve this. I never ever had a problem with eero.
I've been considering simply eating the cost and going with the 2nd-gen Eero myself. Can you say more about why you switched from Eero?
I have two RBS50's connected to a single RBR50 and firmware 2.0.0.74 caused problems upon first update. I needed to manually apply the update twice to each device before problems went away.
Sames issues one version after another! Netgear either test your firmware updates with every single device or just don't try releasing new updates with the same issues!