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Forum Discussion
Mayhugh1
Dec 27, 2017Apprentice
Open letter to Netgear...
The Orbi was released over a year ago, and its firmware has evidently proven to be a more difficult task than originally envisioned by its design/management team. Not only has promised functionali...
tagteam
Dec 27, 2017Virtuoso
Mayhugh1 wrote:
...give the users the option of turning on/off automatic updates of the firmware in the user interface.
Absolutely! Netgear provides the option to disable automatic firmware updates on (most, if not all, of) its other routers. I have no idea why the Orbi system is the exception in this regard (make "enable" the default and hide the option in advanced settings if the fear is some neophyte users will inadvertently disable it).