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Jroach
Mar 16, 2021Luminary
RBK50
Back again... this am I could not get to the internet, solid failure, wireless or wired. Looked at logs, nothing of note. Rebooted modem, nothing. Rebooted Orbi and all is back. I had recently ...
r0b0tvampire
Mar 17, 2021Star
See this post for options:
- vajimMar 17, 2021Master
r0b0tvampire wrote:See this post for options:
until the next firmare update
- JroachMar 17, 2021Luminary
Still conflicted on what Firmware version to roll back (.102 or the 2.6). It doesn't appear that RBK V1 or 2 makes a difference regarding firmware.
- vajimMar 17, 2021Master
Jroach wrote:Still conflicted on what Firmware version to roll back (.102 or the 2.6). It doesn't appear that RBK V1 or 2 makes a difference regarding firmware.
unless you know which one was stable for you it's a crapshoot
go with the one(s) that display when you enter your model number in the download are above
- JroachMar 17, 2021Luminary
Thanks. At least that adds some clarity as to what is going on. Unfortunately "A" is the only option for me at my experience/fruistration level :).
- r0b0tvampireMar 17, 2021Star
Jroach wrote:Thanks. At least that adds some clarity as to what is going on. Unfortunately "A" is the only option for me at my experience/fruistration level :).
Try option F - It dones't require any technical skills, just a couple clicks in the GUI.
I haven't tried it (I did try the other options and I am currently using option D), but there are now more than half a dozen people who have inidcated this has worked for more than 15 hours of operation.
- JroachMar 17, 2021Luminary
r0b0tvampire, thanks for the reply.
I had switched to the .gov source yesterday...woke up this am and down again.
While I hate to throw away things that maybe aren't broken, I think it's time to toss the old girl in the trash (not meant to be sexist). My issue now is will I be getting something new with the same issues because I don't know what the root cause was. Looking at the MK83, RBK852 (but very concened I'm getting what I have now but faster), Arris and Google.