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New - NetGear Orbi Firmware Version 2.3.0.32 now available...
FW 2.3.0.32 is now available on our support site :
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50.aspx#download
RBR/RBS 50 Series Only.
To manually update the firmware, there is a need to ...
So odd one
I manually did the interim update firstly for the satellite from 2.2.1.210, to 2.2.1.212, and then the router.
after both reboots, i manually updated satellite then router to 2.3.0.32
two observations.
i have manual channels
2.4ghz - ch6
5ghz - ch44
as those have worked for me.
I have now tried changing those to auto, and different channels but no change, so i have put them back to my original settings.
However with the latest firmware the signal strength is noticeably worse.
and my second issue is that the guest network is now suddenly available, even though it is still disabled.
i tried, rebooting, enabling guest wifi, then disabling it.
In addition I am starting to get some disconnects from clients, but that may be now from clients that are now in a low wifi area, when before they had good coverage.
so far it has remained. I obviously don't want to do a reset, so will fiddle about with it later on tonight at home.
I am using the orbit in AP mode.
I shall tinker about and let you know if anything changes, but wondered if anyone else had found this or similar
Try a factory reset on the system and setup from scratch and let us know your findings please.
Besure to enable Beamforming and MIMO under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings.
thombe wrote:
So odd one
I manually did the interim update firstly for the satellite from 2.2.1.210, to 2.2.1.212, and then the router.
after both reboots, i manually updated satellite then router to 2.3.0.32
two observations.
i have manual channels
2.4ghz - ch6
5ghz - ch44
as those have worked for me.
I have now tried changing those to auto, and different channels but no change, so i have put them back to my original settings.
However with the latest firmware the signal strength is noticeably worse.
and my second issue is that the guest network is now suddenly available, even though it is still disabled.
i tried, rebooting, enabling guest wifi, then disabling it.
In addition I am starting to get some disconnects from clients, but that may be now from clients that are now in a low wifi area, when before they had good coverage.
so far it has remained. I obviously don't want to do a reset, so will fiddle about with it later on tonight at home.
I am using the orbit in AP mode.
I shall tinker about and let you know if anything changes, but wondered if anyone else had found this or similar
So I updated my RBK23 units today manually, since it wasn't happening automatically. It was succesfull, but I beleive daisy chain topology is still bugged. After I had updated everything I decided to disable daisy chain topology to see if things would work work properly. Well oddly enough on attaced devices it was showing that one of my sattlites was coneecting to other rather than connecting to the router. So I had decided to power cycle both the modem and Orbi and see if that fixed it.
When everyting booted up again the two sattelities connected to the router but it took a few extra minutes and I think its because they were trying to connect to one another, so apparently having daisy chain topology enabled still means disabled now.
Also I have also been getting some DDOS attack warning in my logs today since the update. Some were from California but the latest one a few hours ago, 203.54.134.170 in the log. I had decided to check it on https://www.iplocation.net/ and it came up it being from Australia, New South Wales. Should I be concerned?
