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JMU1998's avatar
JMU1998
Luminary
Dec 19, 2017

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. 
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godspeed's avatar
godspeed
Apprentice
Dec 21, 2017

Update:

This is my last attempt with Orbi.  For the last few weeks, i have been using an Asus AC68 as the router, and the Orbi system in AP mode.  Still getting reboots and dropped connections, no matter what settings i set, or how many times i factory reset.

 

This time, i am going to use the Orbi as a router.  I factory reset both Router and Satellite, and setup all my port forwarding rules, changed DNS to openDNS, etc.

 

Will see if maybe the Asus router was causing issues with the Orbi in AP mode...

 

will update as the day goes on...

  • southflguy's avatar
    southflguy
    Star
    Dec 21, 2017
    Constant WiFi loss here. Router reboots. Affecting the entire network. In one day I have had probably 5 or 6 episodes of WiFi going down. At this point I’m thinking of abandoning it and going Eero Pro. I might give it a shot and see.
    • miskaone's avatar
      miskaone
      Aspirant
      Dec 24, 2017

      I was having similar issues and it turned out that I had '$' in my network key (password). This stablized most of my issues. I will say I am on my 3rd set of Orbi's.  I am not sure all my issues are resolved but at least I am not rebooting several times a day.

  • NickC4555's avatar
    NickC4555
    Star
    Dec 21, 2017

    My Orbi and 2 satellites had all been previously updated manually, but still did an auto update to the new release without prompting, so the suggestion that this switches it off is not correct. I was left with a completely unusable system this morning. The information here seems to be the best advice to disable it: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-V1-12-0-18-Discussion/td-p/1320421/page/5

     

    I rolled back to beta V2.0.1.2, which has been rock solid for a couple of months.

    • RogerSC's avatar
      RogerSC
      Virtuoso
      Dec 21, 2017
      NickC4555 wrote:

      My Orbi and 2 satellites had all been previously updated manually, but still did an auto update to the new release without prompting, so the suggestion that this switches it off is not correct. I was left with a completely unusable system this morning. The information here seems to be the best advice to disable it: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-V1-12-0-18-Discussion/td-p/1320421/page/5

       

      I rolled back to beta V2.0.1.2, which has been rock solid for a couple of months.

      I wouldn't waste your time trying to block auto-update, unless you have a lot of time to burn. I've tried everything mentioned in this forum to block auto-update, including using dd-wrt on my R7800 (Orbi is in AP mode) and restricting access to "netgear.downloads.com" and "netgear.download.com" as well as all the telnet stuff on both the router and satellite. The dd-wrt dodge that I had high hopes for doesn't seem to have worked. When 2.1.1.16 went out, my Orbi said that there was new firmware available from Netgear, a bad sign for blocking auto-update. While I didn't wait to see if the Orbi could download it or not, I sort of assumed that the path that the Orbi uses to check for new firmware is the same path that it would use to download it. Once I find out what that path is, I can block it until Netgear changes it, but not there yet.

       

      Sometimes it takes days for auto-update to catch up to you, but you can just assume that it will sooner or later *smile*.