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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.
What channel you use will be dependent on what's around you. Go do a Google search for "what is the best wifi channel for me to use" and many articles will come up. Here's one link that may be helpful:
https://www.lifewire.com/best-wifi-channels-for-your-network-818278
To say I use this channel or that channel is not helping anyone. Not unless you happen to be their neightbor and a simple scan will help determine that.
Also - MANY people may think performing the various steps presented on this forum fixed their issue. I'll go out on a limb here and say it did not. It MAY have resolved some issues, but many wiill persist. Like that have through the various 4.x versions of firmware that came out. I didn't know about them and instead blamed teh devices or my ISP. It's the router functionality - period and it's the bad firmware - periiod. Watch your devices over time and you'll see connectivity goes in and out across the network. Heck - I even have a third party "interconnected" device telling me this device or that device has been found to disconnect frtom the network, you may want to check it out - how freakiing sad is that?
I'm just waiting for Asus stuff to go on sale or see if Netgear fixes the issue with an option to disable futher updates. i also paid for the Security package for the year - looking for a way to get refunded when I do replace this system or push iit to AP mode.
To those of you who have done the steps to revert to 3.x and block the update service - you'll want to ensure upstream through your ISP you have a good firewall with udpates as the 3.x alone does have serious security issues. I'm not going to say what they are here - you'll have to do your homework.
Any update when a firmware update will fix this disaster?