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Orbi firmware v2.1.1.16 discussion
do we need to do nvram wipe for this 2.1.1.16 Firmware just released today? noticed it downloaded automatically.
Netgear please test your firmware before releasing?, Orbi AC 3000 users now have no control over firmware updates as they will download automatically V2.1.1.16 is probably more unstable than all the previous updates and my Wi Fi speed has droped to 55 % of what it use to be, in version V2.1.1.12. Unfotunately when you install the older firmware versions orbi will automatically update back to the latest version. Please netgear give your customers control over auto updates? I spent a fortune on buying 3 addititional satalites and feel like I have been mug.
In my experience today, once your manually load firmware, the auto-update feature seems to be turned off. After loading v2.1.1.16, I was experiencing frequent self-reboots of the router and a blank attached devices page on the satellite. This morning I did factory resets and manually forced both the satellite and the router back to v2.0.0.74. That was over 10 hours ago and no firmware auto-updates have occured. Also, no self-reboots have occured and my satellite is once again showing attached devices.
My system came with v2.0.0.74 installed, but it auto-updated to v.2.1.1.12 during the initial setup. That was five days ago. v2.1.1.12 experienced frequent self-reboots and had the blank attached devices problem on the satellite. I had great hopes that v2.1.1.16 would solve these problems, but it did not. v2.0.0.74 is the only version that has run 10 hours without a self-reboot. My plan it to let it run without additional configuration changes to see how long it will go without a self-reboot. If it stays up for 6 or 7 days, I'll be satisified, since I normally schedule a weekly reboot of my routers anyway. Fingers crossed.