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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 ...
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.