Very Sad Orbi RB50 experience

Mudds
Star
Jan 05, 2018
*Continue*

After upgrading the router - I logged back into the router and found the device was not broadcasting the SSID

This also happened when I tried to downgrade from the beta to 2.1.1.16/2.1.1.12/2.0.0.74 all showed the same error -
Refer to this link - https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Wifi-goes-OFF-everytime-I-reboot-the-router/m-p/1467460#M18837

I had to reset both router/satellite and revert back to 2.0.0.74 just to have the router broadcast wifi and satellite to connect. After that I went ahead and upgraded to 2.0.0.76 for KRACK fix.

I will not be using the beta file and I will not be upgrading pass 2.0.0.74
- Mudds
  Star
  Jan 06, 2018
  Also - I went ahead and disabled Auto Firmware update for the router and satellite.
  
  https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/A-way-to-disable-auto-update-of-firmware-V1-12-0-18/m-p/1325391#M10499
  
  Warning - IF you don't know how to Telnet don't. I don't suggest people do this if they are not sure what they are doing and I don't know if this breaks warranty or anything if anything happens in nvram or what.
  
  Which I followed the steps below for both the router and satellite. All credit goes to the poster of this solution.
  
  Butch1326 - https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-V1-12-0-18-Discussion/td-p/1320421/page/5
  
  To stop the Orbi from installing the updated firmware automatically follow the steps below.
  
  Perform these step after you downgraded the firmware to a prior release.
  
  1) Launch your favorite web browser and go to <Router IP Address>/debug.htm
  
  2) Login <username> <password> when prompted
  
  3) Check Enable Telnet
  
  4) Start a Telnet session. I use Putty. Enter the <Router IP Address> Telnet is using port 23
  
  5) You can skip this step if you like. I am calling it out for illustration purposes only...
  Type nvram show | grep auto_* <ENTER>
  You will see a list similar to this:
  root@RBR50:/# nvram show | grep auto_
  vpn_access_mode=auto
  wl_auto_antenna=1
  set_auto_agreement=0
  orbi_auto_upgrade=1
  ipv6_autoConfig_dns_assign=0
  ipv6_autoConfig_dns1=
  ipv6_autoConfig_dns2=
  upnp_enable_autoScan=0
  ipv6_auto_dns_assign=0
  bas_auto_conn_flag=0
  orbi_auto_upg=0
  autofw_port0=
  ipv6_auto_dns1=
  ipv6_auto_dns2=
  qos_auto_bandwidth=0
  green_enable_autorefresh_status=0
  enable_dev_auto_refresh=1
  wl_rate=auto
  auto_check_for_upgrade=1
  auto_update=1
  root@RBR50:/# root@RBR50:/#
  
  The 3 configurations highlighted above you will want to update the value from =1 to =0
  orbi_auto_upgrade=1
  auto_check_for_upgrade=1
  auto_update=1
  
  6) To update run the following commands:
  nvram set orbi_auto_upgrade=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
  nvram set auto_check_for_upgrade=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
  nvram set auto_update=0 <ENTER> (no spaces after set)
  
  7) Type the following commands to confirm the 3 configurations are set to =0
  nvram show | grep orbi_auto_upgrade <ENTER>
  nvram show | grep auto_check_for_upgrade <ENTER>
  nvram show | grep auto_update <ENTER>
  
  8) After you confirmed the 3 configuration values are set to =0 then type nvram commit<ENTER> (this step will save the changes)
  
  9) Type exit to terminate the telnet session
  
  10) Go back to the <Router IP Address>/debug.htm web page and uncheck Enable Telnet
  
  Please note within a day or so the Orbi will know there is an updated firmware release available but it will not automatically install it. If you do go back into a Telnet session after the Orbi knows there is an updated firmware release the configuration orbi_auto_upgrade will have a value greater than 1. That is okay. Do not change the value back to =0

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