New - RBR850 / RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.14.3 Released

Manually updated Netgear Orbi 853 (2 satellites first, then the router) successfully.

Has fixed the New Zealand Daylight saving timezone issue too.

No issues detected so far and working well. Streaming 4K services well. Wifi devices all appear correct under both router admin and the Netgear app. Running smoothly. Will update if anything occurs after a few days of monitoring/checking, but so far, so good. A great firmware release, cheers.

Have a great Christmas!

I updated  my RBK853 to the 4.6.14.3 firmware manually. Update went smoothly, no problems. First I updated the two satellites, then the router. After that, I powered off the three devices and swithed them back on after a few minutes. First the router, then the satellites. They all came back online quickly and are running fine. This is probably the most hassle-free update on my Orbi so far.

As from the previous update (4.6.9.11) I notice a very positive thing: devices connect to the nearby satellite and stay connected to that satellite. Before the previous update, devices switched back to the router after a while, even though there was a satellite nearby. Also with this new update I see my devices connect to the nearby satellite. That's great.

So far so good!

Smooth manual upgrade process on my side (first RBS then RBR).
No apparent issue.
I considered doing the upgrade as important as the release note signals it fixes a number of security issues.

Installed 4.6.14.3 last Saturday and it's been pretty lackluster since. I did a "Very Dirty Install" just to see and I turned on all the unnecessary toys that one would want. So far nothing out of the ordinary; IPv6 has been up and running the whole time; while adding many WiFi Switches and Dimmers, re-initializing streaming devices I have noticed that clients that could utilize IPv6 addresses, are. When using a third party networking analyzer app I am seeing the IPv6 addresses are presented first and foremost. I did notice that on-boarding all the WiFi Clients was fast and easier than normal.

One thing that was wonky were the logs. Not eMailing as they should. Clearing daily though. Todays' log was just short of 106,000 characters. Mostly:

[email failed] * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+ Friday, Dec 09,2022 18:23:08

Mixed with clients, mostly those on the Guest Network, which I am using as an IoT network, on and off-boarding every fifteen minutes or so.

Other than that, things are good . . . so far.

I've upgraded my RBS 850 FW without problems I think.  When I download the file for the router, I don't see a file ending in .img. The router file ends in .chk.  Am I suppose to use this instead? Thanks

Updated. Strange to see the Satellite report 2.5G network is up to 573 Mbps instead of the 1147 Mbps it used to say. The Router still lists 1147. In the past the Satellite reported the same as the Router. 

The other thing that was strange in my process was the Firmware update page stated there was an update on the Router but not the Satellite. I manually updated after downloading the files and performing it on the Satellite first. 

Logged into the router and updated the firmware through the admin page. Edited to include changing the DHCP pool to between .100 and .200. Worked flawlessly.

Impressive.

Thanks for the notice Furry!

Finally received my RBK852 on the 29th. I had just jumped on a $150 discount from Amazon and was worried because Amazon had missed the first delivery date. Installed it with the IOS Orbi app and updated the firmware during setup.

Comments:

• used the same SSID as my previous RBK50 setup, all connections restored automatically, IoT devices included
• ISP speed test: download 769.8 Mbps, upload 32.2 Mbps
• router main floor, satellite in basement office, 3 story, home (2200 sq ft)
• basement desktop cable connection to satellite, Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 1000/1000 (Mbps)
• basement laptop with wifi 6 card, wireless connection to satellite, 5 GHz band, channel 48, Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 1201/1201 (Mbps)

So far, I am happy with this investment. My prior Orbi, the RBK50 with one satellite served me well for many years. Especially since I switched to the Voxel firmware about 2 years ago. Everything got quicker and absolutely no drops. But for now, the Netgear firmware with the 852 is doing its job - very pleased.

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I use my RBR850 in access point mode, not router mode. I use a different DHCP server (ie not my Orbi) to assign IP addresses to all devices on my network, including the Orbi's, and I have those IP addresses set up in a local DNS server (also not my Orbi). With this setup, I can go to https://ap1.example.com (not the real domain name, but you get the idea) and get the RBR850 login prompt, after which I can access the web interface for the router.

Just updated 3 RBS850s and 1 RBR850 to V4.6.14.3_2.3.12. Post upgrade, accessing the web interface on the RBR850 generates an HTTP error 500 (Internal Server Error). I can access the web interface by using the ip address directly, ie https://10.10.10.36 (also not the real ip address, but you know....). On the RBSs I can access their web interface just fine via https://ap2.example.com. Once I have accessed the web interface, everything seems to work fine, satellites are synced, WIFI works, etc.

I did a factory reset on the RBR850, and restored settings from backup. Same result. I did another factory reset, and manually configured all settings without doing a restore. Same result. I've tried multiple browsers on multiple computers, including clearing browser caches. Same result: HTTP Error 500 Internal Server Error.

Anyone have ideas how to troubleshoot and/or resolve this?