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BleedingCash
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Jun 25, 2019
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Need help on updating Orbi RBR40/RBW30 firmwares

Hi,   I need some advice on what to do.  I have the RBK33 kit, which includes the RBR40 base and the RBW30 satellites.  When I first installed them, I manually updated them to firwares 2.2.1.210 fo...
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  • BleedingCash's avatar
    BleedingCash
    Jun 25, 2019

    I just wanted to report back.  Everything went well.  Steps taken were as follows (to help myself in the future, if needed):

     

    1. Disconnected the router base from my modem so that it had no internet so that the router base wouldn't automatically update itself while I'm trying to update the satellites first.
    2. Over wifi, logged in to the router and manually downgraded the firmware of the router directly from 2.3.1.44 to 2.2.1.210.
    3. Had to unplug and replug in the satellites to their electrical outlets to get them to change from "Waiting for connection" to "No internet" so that I could update their firmwares.
    4. Updated the firmwares of the satellites (one at a time for my own feeling of comfort) directly from 2.2.1.204 to 2.3.0.4.
    5. Updated the firmware of the router base directly from 2.2.1.210 to 2.3.1.58.
    6. Plugged the router base back into the modem.

    Internet is up and running and statuses are good on all 3 devices.

     

    Thanks for the help, Furry!

BleedingCash's avatar
BleedingCash
Tutor
Jun 25, 2019

Hi Furry,


Thanks.  Do I have to downgrade in steps, or can I just jump all the way back down to 2.2.1.210 for the base?  Same sort of question for the upgrades...when I go up, can I skip all firmware levels and go straight to the latest, or do I have to do them in steps?

 

Thanks!

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 25, 2019

You can go to v210 I believe...

You can go directly to v58 on the RBWs first. For the RBR, you may need v212 first, then v58. 

  • BleedingCash's avatar
    BleedingCash
    Tutor
    Jun 25, 2019

    Hi Furry,

     

    Okay.  Thanks.

    • FURRYe38's avatar
      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jun 25, 2019

      Hope it works....Good Luck.

      • BleedingCash's avatar
        BleedingCash
        Tutor
        Jun 25, 2019
        FURRYe38 wrote:

        Hope it works....Good Luck.

        Thanks.  Last question.  Should I disconnect the base from my modem during the manual downgrade/upgrade process to make sure that the base doesn't try to update itself automatically before I finish manually upgrading the satellites, or will this totally crash the manual firmware update process?

         

        Thanks!