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Your experience with Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18
The other long thread on the new firmware is useless and has become a tech support thread. Please only post your experience after upgrading to the new firmware, good or bad. I'd like to see everyone'...
Update went smoothly. However my two Carrier Infinity Touch thermostats lost connection and I could not get them to connect manually no matter what I tried. Every other device had no problem. I rolled back to 2.1.4.16 firmware, and they connected within minutes. They identify themselves as "Microchip Technology Inc.". Please fix this incompatability. I have a router and two satellites. When I check for networks to connect to it shows all three devices as separate networks. Three networks with the same SSID. I don't see this on any other clients.
The roll back procedure needs some work. When trying it with the cable modem connected the firmware kept going back to the latest version even after manually updating to the old firmware. I don't know if it was really, but the router kept insisting that is was on the latest 2.2.1.210 firmware. Once I disconnected the cable modem I was able to update everything back to 2.1.4.16.
This is not specific to this latest update, but I've noticed a lingering problem with my Orbi RBK50 system still exists:
Often (at least once a day on at least one device) I'm not getting a response when I surf to a website or social media site. I've found that turning WiFi off/on on the device cures the problem.
As this happens on my Macbook Pro, iPhone, iPad, and a Windows Surface Book 2, it can't be operating system specific....and the only common link I can think of is the WiFi network.
This is the problem most of us have had ....
This build seems to fix it.
After Manually Updating RBS40V to 2.2.1.62 and RBS50Y to 2.2.1.204, I then let Online Update take care of RBS50 and RBR50 to 2.2.1.210. This is through a PC Chrome browser connected wirelessly to the RBS50. Only the RBS40V daisy chains and that is through the outside Orbi, the RBS50Y.
The internet starting working almost immediately and the correct diagnostics (satellites actually showing up under the satelittes header, backhaul showing poor or config synch etc) worked themselves out after about a half hour of leaving it alone.
So alls well that ends well here, so far.
