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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...
FYI for users out side of the USA and Canada region wanting to use v70 FW:
So, my RBR50 and RBS50 finally pulled down firmware updates today (Oct 6), but pulled down 2.5.2.4, not 2.7.0.70. I am currently on 2.5.1.16 and am in the United States. Does this seem normal?
Yes. Not everyone may see v70. This one was directed towards a new kind of parental and Circle app controls. Users can apply this if you want too. However if you don't use Circle, I would probably avoid it.
stewlevine wrote:So, my RBR50 and RBS50 finally pulled down firmware updates today (Oct 6), but pulled down 2.5.2.4, not 2.7.0.70. I am currently on 2.5.1.16 and am in the United States. Does this seem normal?
- Yeah, I’m thinking I should have waited. I manually applied and don’t use either feature. I have a client stuck in the wrong profile because the default limit is 20 and I moved the wrong one.
Also don’t want to rock the boat loading a another firmware as everything else is great and have faster speeds from the previous fw.
GMoGoody8 wrote:
Yeah, I’m thinking I should have waited. I manually applied and don’t use either feature. I have a client stuck in the wrong profile because the default limit is 20 and I moved the wrong one.
Also don’t want to rock the boat loading a another firmware as everything else is great and have faster speeds from the previous fw.There is nothing wrong with 2.7.0.70 as long as it was installed properly. And if one has issues, a simple factory reset solves it.
With that said you are better off with the new firmware because of the posted fixes. I find it faster and more reliable under power loss reset.
Regarding the stuck client, the fix is to forget and reset the network on the client and install it as if it is the first time.
I had 1 TV, 1 laptop and several cameras having the same issue. After resetting them they all report correctly.
FURRYe38 wrote:Yes. Not everyone may see v70. This one was directed towards a new kind of parental and Circle app controls. Users can apply this if you want too. However if you don't use Circle, I would probably avoid it.
stewlevine wrote:So, my RBR50 and RBS50 finally pulled down firmware updates today (Oct 6), but pulled down 2.5.2.4, not 2.7.0.70. I am currently on 2.5.1.16 and am in the United States. Does this seem normal?
Where is it stated 2.7.0.70 was "directed towards a new kind of parental and Circle app controls"? There are several things in the release notes unrelated to those:
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 the Internet setup GUI page.
- Fixes the issue where the Nintendo switch failed to connect to the Internet after the Orbi installation due to IP conflicts.
- Fixes the issue where the VPN passthrough configuration could not be saved using the web GUI.
- Fixes the issue where the client devices potentially could not access the Internet after enabling Circle.
- Fixes security issues
stewlevine wrote:Does this seem normal?
Based on what I'm seeing, yes. I've been at this with many users in this thread a long time. My RBK50 is seeing the same exact information as yours, and frankly I'm not going to bother with the latest 2.5 update. Eventually, NG will get around to offering 2.7. At that time, I'll apply the update in the prescribed order, and will do a factory reset. Fortunately my setup is rather simple so it won't be too difficult to get things back to normal .
FYI, I got word that NG is reviewing the problems found in both v4 and v70 versions of FW.
Users on this firmware and utilizing ethernet backhaul. Anyone try adding back in an ethernet switch that supports green standards(802.3az)? I'm curious if Netgear got their act together and fixed this.
