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Tutor

Jun 05, 2018

Why is netgear forcing a firmware update on my RBR/RBS50 system despite being disabled?

Hi everyone and Netgear support staff. I have manually downgraded my netgear orbi rbk50 pair firmware to version Firmware Version 2.1.3.4 from version 2.1.4.10 due to client wifi dropouts. I then...

Guru - Experienced User

Jun 05, 2018

There is newer FW available here:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-firmware-update-v2-1-4-16-availability/m-p/1584969/highlight/true#M32898

You can better voice yoru concerns about autoupdate here as well:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home

There are a few articles here in the forum which detail on some methods to prevent autoupdate from occuring. Might try a search.