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No Orbi RBR50 firmware update (from V2.5.2.4) available
Today, I received an email from Netgear stating that a new router firmware version is available for Orbi RBR50 routers. However, both the iOS app and the "Firmware Update" section in the web admi...
I had the same experience with the Android app and web admin. Contacted Netgear Customer Support yesterday. Got this response this morning:
It would be better to manually update the firmware version of the router and satellite/s,
Here's a link below to do it:
https://kb.netgear.com/31573/How-do-I-manually-upgrade-firmware-on-my-Orbi-router-using-orbilogin-com
https://kb.netgear.com/000037217/How-do-I-check-and-manually-upgrade-the-firmware-on-my-Orbi-satellite
I did a manual update to satellite and then router this morning. Everything's running fine.
The two updates took a total of about 30 minutes, including testing after each update.
Glad that worked for you. Manual updates work well.
Enjoy.
khemist wrote:I had the same experience with the Android app and web admin. Contacted Netgear Customer Support yesterday. Got this response this morning:
It would be better to manually update the firmware version of the router and satellite/s,
Here's a link below to do it:
https://kb.netgear.com/31573/How-do-I-manually-upgrade-firmware-on-my-Orbi-router-using-orbilogin-com
https://kb.netgear.com/000037217/How-do-I-check-and-manually-upgrade-the-firmware-on-my-Orbi-satellite
I did a manual update to satellite and then router this morning. Everything's running fine.
The two updates took a total of about 30 minutes, including testing after each update.