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rdun72
Oct 03, 2018Tutor
RBS40 with 2.2.1.210 firmware!
Hi,
Just bought an RBS40 from Amazon (like new) to extend my existing system which consists of an RBR40 and another RBS40 (both running 2.1.4.16, wired backhaul, stable). Plugged new RBS40 into...
- Oct 03, 2018
Thanks very much for the reply. I solved it. Basically I got unlucky that there was a push of new software as I was trying to upgrade the new RBS40 I bought. So the solution was to manually upgrade the new RBS40 from v1.0.x to v2.0.x which got me around its complaint about the 2.1.4 firmware image. From there everything automatically updated to 2.2.1.210. All running ok so far with ethernet backhaul but let's see for a few days....
FURRYe38
Oct 03, 2018Guru - Experienced User
AFter the system was updated to v210 did you attempt a factory reset and set up from scratch to see if the problem continued? Some have said a factory reset helped them after a reset.
- rdun72Oct 03, 2018Tutor
Thanks very much for the reply. I solved it. Basically I got unlucky that there was a push of new software as I was trying to upgrade the new RBS40 I bought. So the solution was to manually upgrade the new RBS40 from v1.0.x to v2.0.x which got me around its complaint about the 2.1.4 firmware image. From there everything automatically updated to 2.2.1.210. All running ok so far with ethernet backhaul but let's see for a few days....
- FURRYe38Oct 03, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ok sounds good. Keep us posted. :smileywink:
- Blanca_OOct 07, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi rdun72,
Thank you for the update. Please observe the connection for few days then let us know of the result.
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team- rdun72Oct 14, 2018Tutor
Quick up date as requested - everything rock solid after 10 days, no issues with ethernet backhaul etc.
Thanks for the support!