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Orbi RBR50 firmware question
Greetings, I have an Orbi RBR50 currently with firmware V2.7.2.104. It's been dropping my connection a number of times over the last week so I thought I'd check for a firmware update. On Netgear's su...
2.4 is set for auto, 5ghz set on 48.
I live in a wood and cinderblock house, main unit on ground floor 10 feet from my Mac, satelite on 2nd floor approx 25-35 feet awat through a ceiling of 2x6 joists.
Aside from my own networks, I can see one neighbor's wifi plus a local community network.
My cable provider is Altice/Optimum and the modem is an Arris TM1602.
I try a factory reset and power OFF the ISP modem for 30 seconds then back ON and setup the RBR from scratch. See if this changes any behaviors.
One User Experience/Configuration:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Most-Stable-Orbi-Configuration/m-p/1941087/highlight/true#M97026
IF the problem seems to continue, you can manually update to v22 if you want too.
https://kb.netgear.com/31573/How-do-I-manually-upgrade-firmware-on-my-Orbi-router-using-orbilogin-com
https://kb.netgear.com/000037217/How-do-I-check-and-manually-upgrade-the-firmware-on-my-Orbi-satellite
Update the RBS first then RBR lastly.
I would leave OFF Armor and Circle and Traffic Meter after the reset as well. See how the system does.