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Orbi RBK40 broken by latest firmware V1.12.0.18
I have had the RBK40 (RBR40 and RBS40) since April. Had constant problems with it from the first week, all documented in one place or another on this Forum. I was just about to return it for a refun...
YabbadabbaDoooo wrote:
Yep they released it (1.12.0.20) and it did the usual havoc on my system. May as well have been a carbon copy of 1.12.0.18. I am so done with you Netgear. Yet again I have to spend an hour resetting my system to 1.11.0.20 since you refuse to give us the logical option of shutting down auto updates. Why is that so hard? Clearly some people for whatever reason have stable systems on different FW releases. Clearly one size doesn't fit all so let us keep what works!!!! Last time I checked, we were the customers who paid $300-$400 for your garbage product.
Evidently, they released 1.12.0.20 for the Orbi AC2200 systems, but not the AC3000 systems. I have the RBK53, so there is no 1.12.0.20 listed. Not that I'm complaining, though. Mine is running fine with 1.12.0.18.
I will bet you money that you just haven't received it yet. Nobody has every implied Netgear could selectively send FW updates to specific models of their devices. If that was the case, I never would have received 1.12..0.18 since the release notes said it was all about the RB50 models (AC3000). It goes back and forth. Break one, fix the other, fix the other, break another. Good luck when it comes to you. Even if it doesn't, without an ability to stop auto updating, you can be sure one of them will surely screw your system.