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Orbi/RBR50 - V2.7 was avabile, but Orbi thought it was already up-to-date with V2.5
Today (2020/Dec/29) I received an e-mail from Netgear from advising that an "Important Security Firmware Update" for my RBR50 was availble. As per the instructions linked in the e-mail (which is wha...
I only updated the RBR50, and then it automatically updated my one (and only) satellite, without any additional action on my part.
Too soon to see any performance difference -- but at least it appears to be working.
I should add one more detail:
I fetched the "latest" firmware package from this Netgear site:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBR50.aspx#download
The firmware package at this site was "V2.7.1.60 (for US Region Only)"
After I downloaded it into my RBR50, the OrbiLogin site immediately advised that a firmware update was available -- V2.7.2.102. WHAT?!?!
So, I let it "automatically" download that one - and it also seems to be working OK.
If did not happen to be a computer software engineer, my Orbi's firmware would probably be at least two years out of date by now. Not only would I have had no idea how to update it -- I would not have even known that it was out of date.
To update it, I did NOT follow the instructions provided in the e-mail from Netgear (which didn't work in this case) -- I had to "jump through some hoops". There's no way that the average "civilian" user would be expected to figure this out.
Netgear is so screwed up!!!
Thanks! I am in IT so I try to stay current on patches especially for routers. I have seen many security notices for the router and was wondering why no updates! I downloaded the patch (*.60) and uploaded to the satellites and then to the router. Once uploaded and installed I was able to do the update from the Android app.
Install was uneventful and all is working fine (so far).
Thanks!