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Orbi software change without notice
Im curious where, in the T&C for netgear I agreed to when registering my Orbi, I said it was OK for Netgear to do software uploads to my Orbi without my knowledge and permission? Between last night ...
What do you mean by software update?
The only item on any Orbi system that gets updated is Firmware. This would included on of the additional features like Circle and Armor.
On Orbi systems, NG has the ability to push FW to users systems via the Auto Update feature which the system check to see if there is any new FW available. If there is, it will update the FW. Something some users don't care for and NG doesn't allow the autoupdate feature to be disabled for unknown reasons. :smileyfrustrated:
What Firmware is currently loaded?
Yesterday there were 5 items on the home screen: Internet, wireless, attached devices, parental controls, guest network.
Today, there are 6 items on the home screen: internet, wireless, attach devices, parental controls, guest network, A security.
Current firmware version is indicated as 2.3.1.44. The last time I updated this was shortly after I installed the system (december/january timeframe of this year). A weekly check is made by me and the last check there was not update available.
So, since NG can push, without permission, firmware updates (echos of Microsoft!), what port/ports are used to do that?
Just checked the logs, and around 0250 firmware 2.3.1.44 was initialized. So NG has direct access to my router, bypassing my admin login credentials, even though they are set to NOT allow external access. This is very disconcerting and worrysome. "Trust us, we are a big company and know what we are doing" is not a comforting answer.
Armour came with v44.
sjemmett wrote:
Just checked the logs, and around 0250 firmware 2.3.1.44 was initialized. So NG has direct access to my router, bypassing my admin login credentials, even though they are set to NOT allow external access.
It's not pushed (no direct external access, so no bypass of admin) - the Netgear devices do pull firmware updates.
