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Orbi RBR50 2.1.1.12 Wifi Password issue
I am in access point mode and I updated to the latest firmware (2.1.1.12) ealier in the week and everything seemed fine, then all of a sudden last night none of my devices would connect to the wifi s...
Same here—any $ in the password got automatically replaced with some numbers. I can just change the password to something without $ characters but man it's a pain to go to all of the devices in the house and update all of the passwords, especially when you have outdoor nest cams, you have to go outside and get on a ladder to scan them to start setup process all over again.
V2.1.1.16
I do have firsthand knowledge that netgear has a firmware that fixes special characters problem in passwords. I am sure it's imminent for release, but they could have found another problem in it and are tidying that up before release. Considering they have stopped auto-update it will not be biting more users than it already has and they unfortunately have had to deal with it already - So I do support them taking time to release that when it's right or fixes more issues.