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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...
YabbadabbaDooooMy question was not directed at you.
How can I help you? It's impossible to say without more information. If you create a new thread and describe in detail your setup, and what issues you are having, I will read it. All I know is you said your system was working great on old firmware, new firmware broke it, and now you cannot stop the new firmware from updating.
If I were in your position, I'd pursue a solution I know would work, and move on. I'd buy a $50 edgerouter or mikrotik and put that in front of Orbi, run Orbi in AP mode, and create a firewall rule to block all outgoing traffic initiated by the Orbi. I think that would stop the updates without impacting any features. Plus you'd have a full featured router and great WiFi.
BTW, I run my Orbi RBK50 on the latest FW (v1.12.0.18), in AP mode, behind a Mikrotik RB750gr3, behind a Technicolor C2100T DSL modem in bridged mode. Service is bonded VDSL at 100 Mbps. Orbi sits in the middle of a very large lot, so no neighbor's WiFi to interfere. I do have multiple wireless devices of my own though, including Sonos, Bluetooth temp/hum sensors, 900 MHz temp sensor, wireless weather station, XBee 2.4 GHz point-to-point sensor links, and RedLink wirless HVAC equipment.
st_shaw wrote:
YabbadabbaDooooMy question was not directed at you.
How can I help you? It's impossible to say without more information. If you create a new thread and describe in detail your setup, and what issues you are having, I will read it. All I know is you said your system was working great on old firmware, new firmware broke it, and now you cannot stop the new firmware from updating.
If I were in your position, I'd pursue a solution I know would work, and move on. I'd buy a $50 edgerouter or mikrotik and put that in front of Orbi, run Orbi in AP mode, and create a firewall rule to block all outgoing traffic initiated by the Orbi. I think that would stop the updates without impacting any features. Plus you'd have a full featured router and great WiFi.
BTW, I run my Orbi RBK50 on the latest FW (v1.12.0.18), in AP mode, behind a Mikrotik RB750gr3, behind a Technicolor C2100T DSL modem in bridged mode. Service is bonded VDSL at 100 Mbps. Orbi sits in the middle of a very large lot, so no neighbor's WiFi to interfere. I do have multiple wireless devices of my own though, including Sonos, Bluetooth temp/hum sensors, 900 MHz temp sensor, wireless weather station, XBee 2.4 GHz point-to-point sensor links, and RedLink wirless HVAC equipment.
I appreciate your post and no offense but it made me laugh out loud. It is sadly funny to suggest I spend more money and time to fix what is advertised as a simple, high end wifi system that should do what it claims it can do. I really don't think it is too much to ask after paying $300+ that the product actually work as advertised. You should do an experiment and unplug everything, set it back up as just the Orbi system functioning as a router from your modem, then see how well it works. Oh and to your comment previously that I have not elaborated on the problems I have been experiencing, look at several other posts. I have explained it in detail. Again, appreciate you offering what I know would be a solution but I am done screwing with Netgear. What I am going to do is have my buddy that works for Cisco use his employee discount and his skills to set me up a professional grade wireless network that is proven to work.
YabbadabbaDoooo wrote:
I appreciate your post and no offense but it made me laugh out loud. It is sadly funny to suggest I spend more money and time to fix what is advertised as a simple, high end wifi system that should do what it claims it can do. I really don't think it is too much to ask after paying $300+ that the product actually work as advertised. You should do an experiment and unplug everything, set it back up as just the Orbi system functioning as a router from your modem, then see how well it works. Oh and to your comment previously that I have not elaborated on the problems I have been experiencing, look at several other posts. I have explained it in detail. Again, appreciate you offering what I know would be a solution but I am done screwing with Netgear. What I am going to do is have my buddy that works for Cisco use his employee discount and his skills to set me up a professional grade wireless network that is proven to work.It's not a silly suggestion to buy a $50 Mikrotik or Edgerouter and use it with Orbi. Orbi has very limited router features, so the router would not be wasted money.
I already had an enterprise-grade router when I bought Orbi. I needed features Orbi doesn't have, so I never ran Orbi in router mode for more than a few minutes. I doubt I'll ever do the test you suggest, because I'll probably never use Orbi that way.
I actually looked through your posts to see if I could determine what your issues were. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see where you started a thread and summarized your issues and configuration all in one place.
Good luck with your Cisco. I hope it works for you.