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Orbi Firmware 1.4.0.16
Looks like new Firmware just released today 1.4.0.16 anyone taken this yet? I will as soon as I get some time today hopefully it address frequent random wireless drops.
Just wanted to throw my experience with the latest upgrade out there...last Friday, I logged into Netgear and saw the firmware upgrade available button and since I had some time, I ran it....Router and one satellite updated, the other satellite failed to upgrade...somehow, my router went through a phase of blinking magenta and blinking white...best I could tell, that meant it was resetting to factory settings???...after all of that commotion, (and I do mean commotion, since all my wifi vampires were home and sucking down some serious downloading) the router and both satellites reset to 1.3.0.26 and the option to upgrade is no longer showing when I log into Netgear.....I really do not care about the guest network capability at this time, so should I just wait until another upgrade is issued before I update the firmware? I'd hate to have some voo doo issue with speed loss, as some have encountered with the update.
the fw is now available on the netgear web site to manually upgrade if you like , just update both sat's first and then the router , it doesnt take long just do it when usage demands are low or kick them outside and scare them with the sun lol
Thanks Petey....when I got home today, my laptop would not connect with the orbi, but my mobile devices would....ran the windows troubleshooter for wifi, and it said to rest the connection to the modem.....unplugged the modem and restarted it.....orbi router turned magenta and stayed that way....restarted the router, and after it reset, I still could not connect...windows troubleshooter then reset the wifi switch and after that, I could connect...when I logged into Netgear, voila, I was running version 1.0.4.16...only one satellite was connected...turned it off and back on, and it was good to go....still not sure how the firmware updated without me manually initiating it, but whatever, the thing is working....one thing though, before this upgrade every speed test was 170+....now, it won't break 100....curious...
check what band you are connected to , also re enable beamforming in the advanced wireless section
Pete, I too have noticed a general sluggishness when new page requests are sent. My speeds are the same, but the responsiveness of page loading has slowed dramatically. With the previous versions, pages snapped onto the screen, now they simply load.