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Aaron2019
Aspirant
Aug 15, 2019

Orbi version 2.3.5.30 issues

Hello, iv had the orbi a year.. It had issues with some hardware problem so replaced about 2 months ago. Was running smooth till this firmware. It's causing spastic 900+ ping spikes every 30 sec - 2 M...
Aaron2019's avatar
Aaron2019
Aspirant
Aug 15, 2019
It was manual.

I managed to get it, pulled the damn net out of orbi. Downgraded manually then went into debug mode via putty and turned off all auto update options.

Trialling it now so report back in a day or two if problem gone with old version.
Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Aug 15, 2019
Aaron2019 wrote:
It was manual.

 

OK...so the lesson learned is 'stop doing manual' FW updates.

 

Only you need to know why you did it.

  • ekhalil's avatar
    ekhalil
    Master
    Aug 15, 2019
    Retired_Member wrote:

    OK...so the lesson learned is 'stop doing manual' FW updates.

     

    I don't think there is a difference if you do manual or auto update here.

    2.3.5.30 has few issues, but I think that there are workarounds for every single issue. The software has also fixes for many other issues so -with some extra troubleshooting effort- this software can turn your Orbi into a stable robust wifi mesh network.

    I hope that Netgear will soon fix the few issues in 2.5.5.30 so that no workarounds will be needed.

     

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member
      Aug 15, 2019
      ekhalil wrote:
      Retired_Member wrote:

      OK...so the lesson learned is 'stop doing manual' FW updates.

       

      I don't think there is a difference if you do manual or auto update here.

       

       

      Perhaps....but then the real question is WHY do a update IF your network is working?  Talk to NG as to why they stopped pushing most FW updates.

       

      • Aaron2019's avatar
        Aaron2019
        Aspirant
        Aug 15, 2019
        What the hell u guys on about.. Manual is only option to downgrade, it auto upgrades on its own. It's the problem. Net gear need to sort their **bleep** and not release bugged crap firmware updates or atleast disable the feature as an option. Atm u need to use putty in debug mode to disable auto update.. Which is retarded.

        So the moral of the story is net gear can't deliver a good firmware and forces us all to update to broken ones.