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RBS50 makes network unstable
A while ago, I bought a RBR50/RBS50 combo with one router and two satellites. From the first day I had it, I couldn't use one of the satellites. It was running older firmware than the router and th...
This post has steps that a user in a similar predicament had and got it working.
Thanks plemans, but I'm not sure if that is going to help. That procedure describes upgrading to an intermediate release to get to the current version (a very reasonable approach). I'm just not sure how to update the satellite if the entire network falls apart as soon as I connect it to the router. Is there a way to update the satellite without connecting it to a router?
you can use tftp to update satellites. FURRYe38 has actually had posts about doing so before. :)
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-Satellite-corrupt-firmware/m-p/1636597
here's the windows tftp procedure. Read through some of the other posts I linked to to see what problems they had, fixes they used. Valuable research in problems others have had while doing so.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP