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New Orbi firmware 2.1.2.18 update issues?
I noticed that there was a new firmware version 2.1.2.18 for Orbi RBK50. Has anyone installed this version, and has there been any issues after the installation. Please provide any details that you...
tagteam wrote:
Hydro130 wrote:
...I just installed it over the prev version (2.1.1.16) via the firmware update option in the GUI...Kind of strange - I have v2.1.1.16 and there is no update being offered in the GUI ("No new firmware version available").
That's odd, maybe it's being realeased incremetally? I was fully expecxting to have to do a manual update, but decided to first check the Firmware Update page for giggles, and there it was...
It's been quite a while since I've updated that way, but it worked fine... Well, so far anyway! But I wasn't having any issues at all with v.16, so I'm pretty confident this latest f/w will be OK for me too.
>>Hydro130 wrote:
>>>>That's odd, maybe it's being realeased incremetally?...
Yeah, I think that must be the case since it just appeared earlier this morning. I need to be online so I haven't installed it yet, but I haven't had any major issues with 2.1.1.16 so not a big deal.
tagteam wrote:@>>Hydro130 wrote:
>>>>That's odd, maybe it's being realeased incremetally?...
Yeah, I think that must be the case since it just appeared earlier this morning. I need to be online so I haven't installed it yet, but I haven't had any major issues with 2.1.1.16 so not a big deal.
I was in same boat (v.16 working just fine), and I've been on this latest version for ~18 hours with zero issues, so I'd be pretty confident that your upgrade would go well too (if/when you decide to do it).