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Feb 25, 2019

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 ...

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mastervisa30

Luminary

Mar 08, 2019

Firmware Version 2.3.0.32 didnt work for me,i have droops out all the time on my 2 satellites,

poor signal and not connected all the time,my kids and wife are going mad on me.have tried reset and asked people on this forum for help but still have the same problem.

But i was going back to firmware version 2.2.1.210 and now its working again.

Iv been using orbi a wile now and the firmwares is a nightmare sometimes.

I called my store i can send it back if i want?but i dont know?

Maybe i should go for aimesh asus?ore wait for the new wifi 6 ax orbi/asus

this is startimg to be a nightmare,have been working long time now and suddenly droops out on the new firmare.

I like to test but not my wife and kids:)

raven_au

Virtuoso

Mar 08, 2019

mastervisa30 wrote:

Maybe i should go for aimesh asus?

I don't think you will be happy with AiMesh.

I have three ASUS devices and I try each new firmware release.

They don't last very long before I swicth back to somehing else.

The Velops used to be fairly good but lately they get kicked out in favour of the Orbis within a day or two.

People have spoken very highly of Google mesh devices and I suspect the Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh devices are fairly good too but I don't have any of these.

But, now that I've identified the settings to leave off for me to have a stable network, I'm staying with the Orbi for a while.

From what I have seen in the forums what works for me likely doesn't work for others and I believe many of the problems people have are due to one or more particular devices that don't play well with the Obi. Consequently Netgear must play "wait for Qualcomm to fix it" game that takes a long time, not that Netgear are all that quick at fixing things either, a double gotcha.