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New Firmware 2.3.5.30
Just updated my Orbi to 2.3.5.30. Seems stable so far. I see few "ads" for the Orbi app and links for app download in the web GUI. Otherwise I could not see much more new things. I'm keeping to loo...
I have an RBR50 with two RBS50 Satelites. I went to check if I needed a firmware update. iOS app always says no. So I logged into the RBR50 UI on my phone. Sure enough it set an update was needed. I hit update and waited.
When I restarted the UI I had version V2.3.5.30. I could not remember if that's what I had or not. So I tried logging into netgear.com.
After 30 minutes of trying to log in, including changing my password twice I gave up and just started browsing support.
In support it showed the current update as being V2.3.1.60. No where could I find anything higher than this version. Am I dense? Why do I have firmware that's a number of iterations past what is listed on the website?
Welcome to "Orbi World". You have every reason to find the situation puzzling. Previously, Netgear had the Orbi set up to update firmware automatically on a signal from Netgear. (Some) Users were upset and angry when their networks updated and things stopped working. Netgear started a beta program for "early adopters", but that still didn't address the problem.
So, these days, Netgear routers will "discover" that a new firmware is available when the user happens to navigate to web interface, and it's up to the user if they want to update or not. Meanwhile, some other people at Netgear who maintain the support web site will eventually decide it's time to put the new firmware on the support site for download.
So, YES, the firmware you have is the "latest" firmware. Since you posted on this thread, you are aware that lots of people have installed it. Some are happy (me), and some are definitely NOT happy.
Those gadzillions of Orbi customers who never look at the Orbi web interface are blissfully unaware, and probably happy to be so. At some (future) point, Netgear will probably force a firmware update on them, and they will (most likely) still be blissfully unaware. UNLESS, of course, something "goes horribly wrong", in which case they may find this user forum and post a question.