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New - RBR750 / RBS750 Firmware Version 4.6.5.14 Released
Enhancements:
Adds support for the RBS350
Security Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
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WOW, this morning about 2am i decided to update my two ORBI RBS satillites first. and that went ok, till a fantom ORBI showed up in my Orbi App. i then proceeded to update the RBR750, that went well till it said it was online but it wasnt. i followed the directions according to Furrye38, (ty) and i unplugged the sats and then the router, waited 2-3 minutes then i plugged in the router and then the sats and waited........it took a few minutes and the router came online then the sats followed. it still took some time for all my devices to get back on line (about 60), which is normal thing that has been happening. then today was the test. we had some heavy thunderstorms roll in, these south florida storms alway knock out some power or damages some weak transformers to were the power goes on and off real quick. it happened 3 times in a half hour i also have the comcast modem and the RBR750 plugged into a surge and battery back up. the weakest like here is the sats, no battery-back up for them and they used to take forever to re-sync but after the upgraded firmware last night, WOW, the ORBI's came right back online which shocked me, i thought i would need to reboot the sats. but no input from me and the whole system came back online quick. i am no IT guy here but this is a major inprovement from the previous firmware that almost killed the ORBI system. thanks to all here on this forum, i have learned alot from here.
Well in current worldly conditions, I would not expect anything done in quick order. AT most, ive seen 2-3 months on a quick fix. Normally 6-9 months or even a year. It's how it is. Not much we can do.
Only thing you can do is that if your having problems with v4 FW is to downgrade back to v3 and wait it out. Downgrading DOES work.
As mentioned i use parent control and it s not available in v3. So basicly the product wasn t ready for the market if it takes so long to fix the base function... But anyhow i agree we can t change it.... I m only a stupid customer who is buying expensive staff which not working...
I hope that Netgear reads the messages from the community support boards and is aware of the issues being experienced.
Been mentioned many times. NG IS aware.
After the whole debacle that went on with:
Which took Netgear well over 1 year to respond to and fix. I now too am suffering from random router 'crashes'. In regards to the previous problem, one solution or workaround was to put the entire Netgear Orbi (AX4200) system in Access Point (AP) mode and use another router - from a different brand - in front of the Orbi as the actual router. Well, considering all the issues I faces with DNS timesouts/website crashes. I never stopped using this workaround.
However, now, every now and then with these new firmwares. I am observing:
- satellite loses connection to the router (Orbi) at random moments
- satellite appears to be losing connection whenever a 'certain' device rejoins the network (mobile phones/laptops).
In regards to the point #2, it happened on occassions that I get back home after being a couple of days away. And exactly at that moment in time the satellite has lost connection to the router. I guess this can also happen if the device rejoins the router (Orbi) instead of the satellite.
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martin1982 wrote:
As mentioned i use parent control and it s not available in v3. So basicly the product wasn t ready for the market if it takes so long to fix the base function... But anyhow i agree we can t change it.... I m only a stupid customer who is buying expensive staff which not working...Frankly as a parent i suggest you look into a more robust solution. My suggestion is to look at pfsense or if you want something with robust application and web filtering untangle home (it costs between 50 to 150 a year).
They are very easy to run and even come pre-configured with the firewall etc. I installed it since i got a teenager i look after, and stuck it with an old Intel NUC. Then proceeded to downgrade the orbi and leave it on 3.2.18xx and blocked all updates and left it running in AP mode. So far it seems to be holding up.
I do have a stable unifi setup too for my own office work (2 story house).
- Hi ,thanks but for me it was also important that its working if the kids aren t at home. But yes i found now another solution for parent control. But i will not downgrade, i already spent a lot of time for try and error.
I got yesterday my dream machine pro and tomorrow some acccesspoints. So i m done with Netgear. And yes also on Unifi is not all fine (community) but i will see.- Hey at least it’s easy to downgrade and lock in on good firmware on unifi. That’s what I’ve done