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New Orbi RBR50/RBS50 Firmware Version 2.3.1.44
Netgear is pushing out yet another a new Orbi firmware update.
Hopefully it's better than the last version v32.
Please share your experience.
Firmware Update
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For whatever it's worth....
I was on .16, having disabled auto-updates due to issues with .210.
Encouraged by some of the comments in this thread, I decided to do a manual update, going first to .212, and then to .44, without obvious issue.
Here's hoping that whatever was causing the periodic disconnects under .210 is fixed!
MikeTheActuary wrote:
For whatever it's worth....
I was on .16, having disabled auto-updates due to issues with .210.
Encouraged by some of the comments in this thread, I decided to do a manual update, going first to .212, and then to .44, without obvious issue.
Here's hoping that whatever was causing the periodic disconnects under .210 is fixed!
Well, this is not promising.
Several hours after the upgrade, I tried connecting to the built in VPN server. The router immediately locked up and had to be manually rebooted.
A few minutes ago, the router decided to reboot for no obvious reason.
I'll give it a few more hours. If I get a random reboot again, I'll attempt a reset. If that doesn't resolve it, I'll downgrade back to .16 and look into alternatives again.
Ok, let us know how the reset and setup from scratch goes.
MikeTheActuary wrote:
MikeTheActuary wrote:
For whatever it's worth....
I was on .16, having disabled auto-updates due to issues with .210.
Encouraged by some of the comments in this thread, I decided to do a manual update, going first to .212, and then to .44, without obvious issue.
Here's hoping that whatever was causing the periodic disconnects under .210 is fixed!
Well, this is not promising.
Several hours after the upgrade, I tried connecting to the built in VPN server. The router immediately locked up and had to be manually rebooted.
A few minutes ago, the router decided to reboot for no obvious reason.
I'll give it a few more hours. If I get a random reboot again, I'll attempt a reset. If that doesn't resolve it, I'll downgrade back to .16 and look into alternatives again.
Was automagically updated from .32 to .44 (Europe). Of course all IPs changed - bummer! - but otherwise seems to be smooth.
Got 22 devices running- what bugs me is that NG sometimes doesn’t know their names - bad database?
Can be, or a mishandling or not able to get actual host name values from some devices. Some devices may not have host name values from the Mfr so these may show up as unknowns.
Funtastico wrote:
Was automagically updated from .32 to .44 (Europe). Of course all IPs changed - bummer! - but otherwise seems to be smooth.
Got 22 devices running- what bugs me is that NG sometimes doesn’t know their names - bad database?
And to followup to my prior post... another random reboot lead to a rather vocal set of complaints from the wife....and in the interest of marital harmony, I shifted back down to .16...twice. (One immediate auto-upgrade finally taught me to disconnect the router from the modem when downgrading, so as to avoid the router and satellite auto-upgrading before I disabled that functionality.)
- Would it be correct to assume downgrade also comes with factory reset?
gr8sho wrote:
Would it be correct to assume downgrade also comes with factory reset?Knock wood, my Orbi has functioned as expected without needing a reset after the downgrades.
I'll probably do a reset anyway at some point this weekend...when my wfie isn't trying to stream video or facetime with family....
could you tell me how to do the disable as I want to stay on .210 for a bit.
I know in the past it used to be telnet in etc.. but not sure current method.
I have opendns so could potentially stop it there...
if you don't mind, would you let me know.
