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Moby2kBug
Follower
Dec 19, 2019

No automatic firmware updates anymore for RBK53 (RBR50 + RBR50)

Beginning with some firmware versions ago I have to manually initiate firmware updates by downloading them and then perform the manual firmware update steps. Before that, the Orbi systems did update...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 20, 2019

NG now only automatically push updates Orbi using Major version upgrades of there FW. Minor version upgrades are left to users to decide to update the system or not. There is a notification with in the RBRs web page when these minor updates are made avaiallbe for users to choose to update or not. 

Moby2kBug wrote:

Beginning with some firmware versions ago I have to manually initiate firmware updates by downloading them and then perform the manual firmware update steps.

Before that, the Orbi systems did update themself without any necessary human intervention. I would like to return to this state.