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RBS50Y Firmware Upgrade Fails
Currently have the Orbi Pro with 2 additional satellites, hardwired backhaul. I purchased 2 Netgear Orbi Outdoor Satellite RBS50Y units that had the following firmware: V2.3.0.28 It is suggesting ...
MaBell wrote:It is suggesting new firmware of V2.3.5.22.
The most recent firmware version on the Netgear support site is V2.3.5.22. What exactly is recommending a different version? (Orbi app? web interface Firmware Update page?)
I would probably stick with the version on the support site. It seems a bit strange that they have two different Download pages, one for RBS50Y and one for RBS50Yv2. Maybe it matters?
App and Web interface is recomending the update
Well, this beats me. I know that sometimes Netgear's support Download site "lags" behind the product. i.e. the product can update before the files make it to the support site. (Mostly, I think, because the location the Orbi downloads from is different.)
For my RBR50,
The Orbi configuration file has this string: fw_download_url=https://http.fw.updates1.netgear.com/rbs50/V2.3.5/ww
whereas
The Download site is: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBR50.aspx#RBR50%20(Orbi%20Router)%20Firmware%20Version%202.3.5.30%20(Read%20Release%20Note%20before%20downloading)
Different web servers completely.
If the "automatic" method won't work, I think the only option is to wait for the support site to catch up.