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New - RBR50 / RBS50 Firmware Version 2.7.0.70 Officially Released
New Features and Enhancements: Supports Smart Parental Control Supports forcing HTTPS for the web GUI management Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue where Option 61 could not use the “@” character in t...
It shows for me while using rbk50...
FURRYe38 wrote:It shows for me while using rbk50...
It does not appear on "Firmware Update" on my RBR50 running 2.5.1.16. Perhaps this is related to whether a person has "gone past" 2.5.1.16 at any point?
Setting my timer today to consider updating Nov 1.
CrimpOn wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:It shows for me while using rbk50...
It does not appear on "Firmware Update" on my RBR50 running 2.5.1.16. Perhaps this is related to whether a person has "gone past" 2.5.1.16 at any point?
Setting my timer today to consider updating Nov 1.
The 2.7.0.70 mystery continues:smileywink::smileylol:
It's rock solid here.
I just performed the textbook Netgear instructions for manual firmware update.
Satellites first, then router, then reboot. Only issue was I had to go to a few devices and forget the WIFI network and rejoin. In the app there were offline devices that were also showing online as well with a different MAC address. I deleted all the duplicate offline devices. The GUI never really had any issues.
Possible your unit may not be reg'd with the NG servers correctly or NG isn't trigging it on everyones unit yet.
CrimpOn wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:It shows for me while using rbk50...
It does not appear on "Firmware Update" on my RBR50 running 2.5.1.16. Perhaps this is related to whether a person has "gone past" 2.5.1.16 at any point?
Setting my timer today to consider updating Nov 1.
I was asked to post this:
Just got off the phone with my NG rep. He said the ONLY official releases are located here:
https://www.netgear.com/support/download/
He said any other pushed releases may be a result of settings on the Orbi device, such as Armor, Disney, etc., and specific for that particular device, but not official for all devices.
He said he is aware of the download pages for newer firmware, but didn't comment further.
So the Netgear firmware version confusion continues.
Both versions appear when I input rbk50...
Also found here when you select DOWNLOADS:
https://www.netgear.com/support
RBK50
CrimpOn wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:It shows for me while using rbk50...
It does not appear on "Firmware Update" on my RBR50 running 2.5.1.16. Perhaps this is related to whether a person has "gone past" 2.5.1.16 at any point?
Setting my timer today to consider updating Nov 1.
I manually upgraded to 2.7.0.70 this afternoon from 2.5.1.32. So far I haven't seen any issues.
However, I have also had problems with it not auto updating or even detecting that a new firmware is available. I know I had the same problem when I wanted to update to 2.5.1.32 back in July, and I think the problem existed last year as well. Has anyone been able to explain this? People were reporting the issue last December:
Also, is the UI very slow for everyone? Internet speeds are fine, but the UI is slow as molasses. Even the main page takes several seconds to load.
lukpac wrote:However, I have also had problems with it not auto updating or even detecting that a new firmware is available. I know I had the same problem when I wanted to update to 2.5.1.32 back in July, and I think the problem existed last year as well. Has anyone been able to explain this? People were reporting the issue last December:
Also, is the UI very slow for everyone? Internet speeds are fine, but the UI is slow as molasses. Even the main page takes several seconds to load.
My RBR50 router never suggested an update. I manually updated mine as well. This is because some router settings like no Armor or Circle activated, etc, don't need to be updataed. So Netgear doesn't push the firmware to the routers, until the releases are reported on their website. Even then it may take a while for the router to receive an update. Some routers will get a notification and some won't. A couple RBR50 routers I've setup did get the notification and others did not. Now we are manually updating all of them.
Regarding slowness, I never experienced slowness, but did experience eroneous information for a day or 2 in both the GUI and app.
Mstrbig wrote:Regarding slowness, I never experienced slowness, but did experience eroneous information for a day or 2 in both the GUI and appI am currently experiencing the issue with erroneous information. The first time I went through the web GUI after the update to
2.7.0.70, the router indicated "Update failed" despite the fact the indicated version was 2.7.0.70. Just several minutes ago, the indication in both of my satellites on the web GUI was that the firmware was 2.7.0.70, yet "downloading firmware" came up on the firmware page. About a minute later, the GUI read "No new firmware available". Kind of whacky.
