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orbi router restarts several times a day with firmware 2.7.3.22
with the firmware update 2.7.3.22, my orbi router restarts several times a day. it only started happening with 2.7.3.22. i manually downgraded to 2.7.2.104, and that worked like a champ, but it autom...
Can't be turned off. If you have a upstream router for firewall, can be blocked there.
also, i tried factory resetting first, and that didn't work. when i downgraded the firmware that fixed it completely, i'm just hoping someone can help me turn off auto-update for the firmware, until a new version is available and hopefully not problematic for me. thanks!
I have been having the exact problem since the new firmware update...how do you downgrade the firmware to the previous version?
rudyPHX wrote:also, i tried factory resetting first, and that didn't work. when i downgraded the firmware that fixed it completely, i'm just hoping someone can help me turn off auto-update for the firmware, until a new version is available and hopefully not problematic for me. thanks!
Just load the FW file from NG download page using same process to upgrade FW files:
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-satelliteThank you very much! I'll give it a try!
Be aware that the system might auto update back to v22. Unless you have a upstream router that you can use to block the auto update services, you might get v22 again. Had the system been factory reset and setup from scratch after v22 was loaded?