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RBR50/RBS50 Firmware update
Hi all,
Newbie to all of this stuff and am looking for some help / advice wrt updating my Orbi system.
It was a Costco buy 1 router (RBR50) & 2 satellites (RBS50).
When I first bought them ...
Yes I prefer manually upgrading myself. ALways have. Yes there was a sequence and yes, satellites should be updated first then the router when you do manually update FW.
Yes, when I manually got everything updated to v.10, I chose to update using the routers UI for both router and satellite when .v16 was available. and let the router push the update for both instead of manually downloading and sending the file.
FURRYe38,
Thanks for the reply!
I read thru the link you provided. My main take aways were:
- You have to sequentially update the firmware (orbi's don't like you skipping over an update).
- You manually updated sats then router.
I don't like updating for sake of updating especially when things are working fine, but I also don't like the idea of having to run thru updates to get to an update that I may need.
Right now my units are at V2.1.4.10 and the UI is showing me the V2.1.4.16 update.
You said "I used the UI to force the detected v.16 update to both at the same time." Does this mean you used the button in the UI to update all of the units? or did you again manually do the sats then router?
When I got my first set of units the update all button was what I pushed and I bricked one of the sats some how. This was a while ago, but I think a couple of browser windows poped up and I may have updated the router before the one of the sats and then assumed everything was done and closed some windows prematurely. A little worried I may make the same mistake. Manually seems to be the safest route. Would you agree? or am I worring for nothing?
Thank again for the help!
Yes I prefer manually upgrading myself. ALways have. Yes there was a sequence and yes, satellites should be updated first then the router when you do manually update FW.
Yes, when I manually got everything updated to v.10, I chose to update using the routers UI for both router and satellite when .v16 was available. and let the router push the update for both instead of manually downloading and sending the file.