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Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability
We’ve been monitoring issues that some customers have experienced in OrbiOS 2.1.4. In response, we’re releasing firmware that provides a permanent fix for the homekit issue along with various other f...
Foolishly installed V2.1.4.16 today. At first everything seemed OK. Then started having intermittant problems with my gigabit FIOS connection. Kept loosing internet connection. Rebooted RBK50, rebooted RBS50. 5 seconds of internet connection. Did this over and over. Called Verizon spent an hour on the phone with tech support. Nothing. Finally in utter frustration went back to older version firmaware. Only one I could find in my DL folder was V2.1.3.4 Installed that. Internet back. Had been running V2.1.4.10 with no problems for a while. After getting running with V2.1.3.4 again I reinstalled V2.1.4.10. So far things seem to be working. Keeping fingers crossed.
Next time try a ERASE on the router after updating to v.16 then set up from scratch. Be sure not to enable the speedtest app, traffic meter and access controls as these will impact your 1Gb ISP service.
madone28 wrote:
Foolishly installed V2.1.4.16 today. At first everything seemed OK. Then started having intermittant problems with my gigabit FIOS connection. Kept loosing internet connection. Rebooted RBK50, rebooted RBS50. 5 seconds of internet connection. Did this over and over. Called Verizon spent an hour on the phone with tech support. Nothing. Finally in utter frustration went back to older version firmaware. Only one I could find in my DL folder was V2.1.3.4 Installed that. Internet back. Had been running V2.1.4.10 with no problems for a while. After getting running with V2.1.3.4 again I reinstalled V2.1.4.10. So far things seem to be working. Keeping fingers crossed.
Please stop advocating a factory reset. You’ve done this for every release.
The code is flawed. You are only wasting people’s time.
i know you want to help, but you’re truly not doing any favors.
When the code is corrected, every one of us here will confirm.
See, this is why I F—N HATE Orbi. Where did you get this info from about speedtest app, traffic meter and access controls? And, if true WHY the hell is this in the code to enable traffic metering if it will only impact your speed!? Are these engineers freaking retarded?
First it was IM Beamforming, MU-MIMO, and Fast Roam that when enabled caused issues, THEN WHY EVEN OFFER THEM? When you can’t get your firmware working right with them on! Then wired backhaul is broken. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
And I’ve been doing nothing BUT erase/installs of firmware updates with setting up from scratch with sh*t still not working 100% reliably. I’m so fed up I bought Linksys Velop and switching over, done with this crap product, Netgear lost a customer.