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New Orbi RBR50/RBS50 Firmware Version 2.3.1.44
Netgear is pushing out yet another a new Orbi firmware update.
Hopefully it's better than the last version v32.
Please share your experience.
Firmware Update
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Users in the forum.
Various issues seen in FW that users post about. Daisy Chain was the last one. Seems to be fixed now.
One issue that seems to still be inherent is this auto FW update process. Some seem to have good luck with and others no so much. Reason why I keep telling those that don't have good luck, try the factory reset. Others have mentioned that this has brought there system around to stability. Even manually update FW seems to be better than auto update. Again, there maybe trailing code or mis-configurations left behind during auto update that that process doesn't seem to clear out. Doing a reset and setup from scratch and and NOT loading a prior saved configuration seems to help this. One user just posted that he was having problem with his RBR after FW update, however after a factory set and he loaded the older saved config from file, the problem remained. Wasn't untill a reset and setup from scratch and not loading the prior saved config did the problem get resolved. So there is that.
Directions like "factory reset required" should be included in the release notes. The collective we should have to figure it. The release notes should also include deprecated settings for those of us perform advanced changes to the configuration. NG needs to step up. NG needs to treat their commercial line products like their enterprise class devices.
1midniterider wrote:
Directions like "factory reset required" should be included in the release notes.I don’t agree with this. They can suggest it perhaps under advanced troubleshooting steps, but I’d rather see more comprehensive validation of user settings after firmware upgrade through proper in house testing. If they need help using a beta program, do it, I’m sure people will help out. But average users shouldn’t have to struggle with this device and have to know what a factory reset is.
- The point I was attempting to make, is many of the helpers here tend to suggest factory resets as the cure all, yet NG is deafly silent on the issue, meaning that there is no mention of a factory reset mentioned in the release notes. So we are in agreement the firmware should silently remove, delete and/or ignore settings no longer pertinent the upgraded firmware. In other words it should just work...
