Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability

Stand in line with the other 100s of people who all ask the same question. How to roll back to 2.1.4.x, which does not have the "newer" auto-update disable ability. I too have commented to Netgear, as with MANY others, and it is clear "NETGEAR DOES NOT CARE".

What they do care about is MONEY. If you open your eyes and observe where Netgear puts the majority of their resources...it is with new products and new features that in many cases add revenue ability to Netgear.

Case and Point...if you look at my thread (which Netgear actually responded to, surprising actually)...Look at the choice of words and response. The “Netgear Employee” goes on-and-on about how awesome Netgear is and how they have released new hardware products and introduced new features for Orbi. The "employee" focuses on "Netgear Insight" as a bragging point. Is that feature FREE-TO-USE???

New hardware (MONEY)...Netgear Insight (MONEY).....

Orbi Firmware updates..."QUARTERLY"...As per the Netgear Employee. Hence, any (MOST) problems they create or already exist will require YOU waiting 3 months. Unless it’s a "critical" issue, then maybe they respond faster. And by critical...I think the EMPLOYEE means 'major PUBLIC security bug, or something that BRICKS your Orbi (can't have that bad PR impacting revenue).

If you take the time to read my thread and the Netgear response, you will see my response where I TRY to stay factual and provide KEY POINTS of how Netgear’s concern and priority and commitment to "FIXES" is flawed.....Many of the same and heavily reported issues STILL EXIST after SEVERAL firmware updates, as with new feature requests still not fulfilled. But they have time to release new products and provide new features that focus on REVENUE creating ability such as Insight and new Orbi devices running the same code, and will likely have the same problems.

Take a look....

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Pro-WiFi-for-Small-Business/Don-t-buy-Orbi-Pro-Buy-something-else-Anything-else/m-p/1693857#M1052

Users also have had good operation with v210 as well. Yes it's got it's own oddities about it and some bugs, however seems to be good for users who have done the manual FW load and then factory reset and setup from scratch. Placement is key as well. 

Something you should try and see. 

ttps://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Your-experience-with-Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1681722/highlight/true#M48325
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1647303/highlight/true#M42416

On the other hand others have had good operation from what we know with out any resets. Auto update seems to work for them. I for one set up my friends system over a year ago and at that time, I manually loaded FW, reset and setup from scratch upon first install. I just went over to his place last month to check on it. It had updated automatically to v210 and had zero complaints about it. It's kind of hard to narrow down where the really issue is. I still think that there is a auto udpdate issue that for some, just doesn't work correctly and doing a FW reload, reset and setup from scratch seems to resolve this. I see this on my Orbi system testing and other NG routers as well. I'm just not a fan of the auto update feature. :smileyfrustrated:

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Placesandspaces wrote:
With all the problems with the firmware issues any suggestions should be welcome regardless of the age of the suggestion. I tried rolling mine back to 2.0.1.4 and it has been somewhat more stable. Not sure if it will remain that way but better than sitting on my hands doing nothing.

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