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mastervisa30
Nov 08, 2018Luminary
Is there anyway turning of auto uppdate?
my kids going crazy,when i wake up the orbi have uppdated to the newest firmwareV2.2.1.210 and i wan to stay on firmware V2.1.4.16 when its working
Now its been unstable and remote doesnt work anym...
LycanChief
Nov 08, 2018Star
Here is how to diable AutoUpgrade, please if you dont know what is Telnet and how to use CLI, Please dont try it....:
To stop the Orbi from installing the updated firmware automatically follow the steps below.
Perform these step after you downgraded the firmware to a prior release.
1) Launch your favorite web browser and go to <Router IP Address>/debug.htm
2) Login <username> <password> when prompted
3) Check Enable Telnet
4) Start a Telnet session. I use Putty. Enter the <Router IP Address> Telnet is using port 23
5) You can skip this step if you like. I am calling it out for illustration purposes only...
Type nvram show | grep auto_* <ENTER>
You will see a list similar to this:
root@RBR50:/# nvram show | grep auto_
vpn_access_mode=auto
wl_auto_antenna=1
set_auto_agreement=0
orbi_auto_upgrade=1
ipv6_autoConfig_dns_assign=0
ipv6_autoConfig_dns1=
ipv6_autoConfig_dns2=
upnp_enable_autoScan=0
ipv6_auto_dns_assign=0
bas_auto_conn_flag=0
orbi_auto_upg=0
autofw_port0=
ipv6_auto_dns1=
ipv6_auto_dns2=
qos_auto_bandwidth=0
green_enable_autorefresh_status=0
enable_dev_auto_refresh=1
wl_rate=auto
auto_check_for_upgrade=1
auto_update=1
root@RBR50:/# root@RBR50:/#
The 3 configurations highlighted above you will want to update the value from =1 to =0
orbi_auto_upgrade=1
auto_check_for_upgrade=1
auto_update=1
6) To update run the following commands:
nvram set orbi_auto_upgrade=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
nvram set auto_check_for_upgrade=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
nvram set auto_update=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
7) Type the following commands to confirm the 3 configurations are set to =0
nvram show | grep orbi_auto_upgrade <ENTER>
nvram show | grep auto_check_for_upgrade <ENTER>
nvram show | grep auto_update <ENTER>
8) After you confirmed the 3 configuration values are set to =0 then type nvram commit <ENTER> (this step will save the changes)
9) Type exit to terminate the telnet session
10) Go back to the <Router IP Address>/debug.htm web page and uncheck Enable Telnet
Please note within a day or so the Orbi will know there is an updated firmware release available but it will not automatically install it. If you do go back into a Telnet session after the Orbi knows there is an updated firmware release the configuration orbi_auto_upgrade will have a value greater than 1. That is okay. Do not change the value back to =0
- RocketSquirrelNov 08, 2018Luminary
Do the config variables need to be set on the satellites? Or is it all controled from the Orbi router?
- LycanChiefNov 08, 2018StarRouter Only...