NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Orbi RBR50 Device Names not Saving
I'm using the RBR50 through my Verizon Router as an AP and I'm trying to change the device names of my connected devices to know which device is which. Initially, when I was setting up the first few...
I manually updated my firmware from V2.5.0.38 to V2.5.0.40 to see if it would also fix the device naming issue. It did for some devices, but others it will not allow me to change. So the v40 hot fix did not resolve the device naming issue. Note that I did not do a factory reset as it takes me hours to reconfigure the device manually.
tomschmidt Mine wont allow me to upgrade to .40 or downgrade. Keeps telling me it cant complete the upload and to verify it is the right FW for my device...which it is.☹️
tkrdhd wrote:tomschmidt Mine wont allow me to upgrade to .40 or downgrade. Keeps telling me it cant complete the upload and to verify it is the right FW for my device...which it is.☹️
tkrdhd, make sure that you are manually loading the RBR firmware image on the Router and the RBS firmware on the Satellites. That could be why it is saying it is the wrong firmware and will not allow you to upgrade or downgrade.