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BillYoung
Luminary
Mar 16, 2021
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RBR50 - 2.7.2.104 firmware - Issues?

To whom it may concern, FURRYe38: After upgrading my firmware to 2.7.2.104, I have been having issues.  Devices successfully connect to the Orbi, but have no internet.  If I reboot the Orbi and ...
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    BillYoung
    Mar 16, 2021

    Hi FURRYe38:

     

    So far so good (very short timeframe).  Also, changed the NTP server from Netgear's to time.nist.gov.  If I continue to have connectivity issues, I'll do the factory reset and re-setup from scratch.  Thanks for your help.

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vajim
Master
Mar 22, 2021
Gebla wrote:

And in the meantime the firmware is still available for download without any comments on known issues.

 

It seams that things like this is outside the normal service procedures and therefore ignored. The problem, as customer, is that moving to another company makes no difference as the other company will have similar processes in place.

 

 

 

The root of the problem is that most people interpret 'available' to mean 'must have'

 

sad

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Gebla
Apprentice
Mar 22, 2021
The root of the problem is that most people interpret 'available' to mean 'must have'

 

sad

If teh only description in the release note is security fixes and the device portal highlights and recommends a firmware update is must have maybe the preferred response.

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    vajim
    Master
    Mar 22, 2021
    Gebla wrote:
    The root of the problem is that most people interpret 'available' to mean 'must have'

     

    sad

    If teh only description in the release note is security fixes and the device portal highlights and recommends a firmware update is must have maybe the preferred response.

    what?