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FURRYe38
Sep 17, 2020Guru - Experienced User
New - RBR50 / RBS50 Firmware Version 2.5.2.4 Officially Released
Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue where the Nintendo switch failed to connect to the Internet after the Orbi installation due to IP conflicts. Fixes the system stability issues that occurred after the fi...
Raekon
Oct 25, 2020Tutor
Every time I see a new firmware update I download it, hoping to see improvements in stability and bugs compared to the last version, and every single time the situation seems to get worse! I can't remember a firmware update that clearly made my network much better since the very first ones I did years ago, it's actually quite upsetting that I had a much better product years ago when I bought it, despite the regular stream of updates. This particular new firmware makes your wifi go extremely slow and it's definitely the first time I considered downgrading because it was straight up unusable on all devices. However, looking at the logs I think I found at least part of the problem. I noticed my orbi was detecting a lot more DoS attacks and tried to block them. Pretty sure all of them were incorrectly detected because it was a constant stream of DoS attacks, much more than I've ever seen before on previous firmwares, even coming from the orbi IP itself! So I disabled the DoS protection and the wifi now is stable and working as intended. My guess is that there is something very wrong with the DoS protection and/or DMZ, it doesn't seem to work as smoothly as intended. Try this aswell if you notice your wifi becomes unusable.
FURRYe38
Oct 25, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Something to let NG support know about your experiences and concerns.
So far, v16 seems to be the best version of FW for Orbi 50 series.