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V1.12.0.18 still having disconnect issues
Unfortunately, (for me) the latest firmware doesn't resolve the wi-fi disconnection issue. I updated both router(RBR50) and satellite(RBS50) to V1.12.0.18 from V1.11.0.20, factory reset both, starte...
madbrain wrote:
esiebert7625 wrote:fyi if you manually downgrade it won't auto upgrade back to a higher version, mine just has the message saying the update is available
That is simply not correct. After a few days to a week, it will auto-upgrade to the latest again.
A few of us have sucessfully blocked it. Not sure what the magic was (it took several tries I know) --> I have 2 orbi systems both downgraded now over 3 weeks ago firmly stuck on 1.11.0.20 (confirmed). It does show every time that an upgrade is available (resist clicking it). . The key here was there is a router ahead of the orbi (orbi WAN , connected to lan port of old r7000) - that router ahead has downloads.netgear.com blocked. That block has to be in place before the downgrade.
Agree - way too complicated and frustrating tho - not sure why netgear does not have a way to disable this.
cyberprashant wrote:
madbrain wrote:
esiebert7625 wrote:fyi if you manually downgrade it won't auto upgrade back to a higher version, mine just has the message saying the update is available
That is simply not correct. After a few days to a week, it will auto-upgrade to the latest again.
A few of us have sucessfully blocked it. Not sure what the magic was (it took several tries I know) --> I have 2 orbi systems both downgraded now over 3 weeks ago firmly stuck on 1.11.0.20 (confirmed). It does show every time that an upgrade is available (resist clicking it). . The key here was there is a router ahead of the orbi (orbi WAN , connected to lan port of old r7000) - that router ahead has downloads.netgear.com blocked. That block has to be in place before the downgrade.
Agree - way too complicated and frustrating tho - not sure why netgear does not have a way to disable this.
That is my exact setup - R7000 as router, Orbi WAN connected to R7000 LAN port.
Blocking downloads.netgear.com in the R7000 did not work for me. I had no less than 4 automatic upgrades to the latest in this configuration. All my attempts at preventing upgrade failed.
Last time I had an auto upgrade, and I did a manual firmware rollback, my Orbi router got bricked. I got a replacement from Netgear monday. Right now, all running the latest firmware since then without satellite dropoff issue yet, knocking on wood ...