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donawalt
Mentor - Experienced User
Feb 06, 2024

ATTN RBR960 Orbi network users! Need a piece of info from you

HI all, we are trying to hunt down an anomaly that may be an issue and may not be - namely, that the 960 series of Orbi routers seems to regularly use more memory out of its 818MB than older Orbi sys...
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owlyn
Luminary
Feb 06, 2024
Here’s mine:
Basic Information

Firmware Version: V7.2.6.21_5.0.20


CPU Load: 12.57%

Memory Usage(Used/Total): 420 MB/818 MB

System Uptime: 27 days 03:44:51
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 06, 2024

owlyn What is the BootLoader version on your RBR please?

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    owlyn
    Luminary
    Feb 07, 2024
    Boot Loader Version: 2016.01_rtm-5.0.1.32
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      donawalt
      Mentor - Experienced User
      Feb 07, 2024

      Wow...am I the only one on Boot Loader version 2016.01_rtm-6.0.2.21....?

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Feb 07, 2024

      Ah ah, owlyn is the culprint. LOL. đŸ˜
      Ya I know owlyn, we got our systems at the same time. đŸ˜‰
      Possible generation gap here. Hoping to find out what the differences in Bootloaders is and why. 

       

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        owlyn
        Luminary
        Feb 07, 2024
        Newer isn’t always better, especially with NG firmware 🙂