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New - RBR850/RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.9.11 Released
RBR850/RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.9.11 Released
New Features:
Adds an auto-firmware upgrade enable/disable option <Long awaited feature is FINALLY HERE!
https://kb.netgear.com/...
Some info RE guest Network that might be of help to Netgear.....
I have 850 with 6 satellites on 2 different sites
Below relates to a system on this latest firmware
Yesterday while checking setting via on site web IP I noticed
When in "Basic" mode nothing unusual re wi fi guest
When in "Advanced" mode as soon as you enter "wireless" tab the guest wifi jumps ON even if the tick box is blank (off), leave the tab and guest turns OFF.
Also when "apply"ing whilst in wireless tab the Wi fi guest will switch on and off within that save process - again with guest set off.
This repeated a number of times.
I have a name in the guest SSID as previous this was in use - I did not check with guest SSID blank (deleted) or factory blank
I had an iphone next to me looking at wifi signals available
PLEASE NOTE - I was not deliberately checking this , I just noticed it doing other things and so changed tab a few times to confirm.
This may be of help,
Thank you,
Andy.
AndyKH wrote:
Some info RE guest Network that might be of help to Netgear.....
I have 850 with 6 satellites on 2 different sites< Meaning that you have to locations with two Orbi systems?
Below relates to a system on this latest firmware
Yesterday while checking setting via on site web IP I noticed
When in "Basic" mode nothing unusual re wi fi guest< Whats Basic Mode?
When in "Advanced" mode as soon as you enter "wireless" tab the guest wifi jumps ON even if the tick box is blank (off), leave the tab and guest turns OFF.<What is Advanced mode?
Also when "apply"ing whilst in wireless tab the Wi fi guest will switch on and off within that save process - again with guest set off.
This repeated a number of times.
I have a name in the guest SSID as previous this was in use - I did not check with guest SSID blank (deleted) or factory blank
I had an iphone next to me looking at wifi signals available
PLEASE NOTE - I was not deliberately checking this , I just noticed it doing other things and so changed tab a few times to confirm.
Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update?
Might be better to post screen captures of what your doing...
Hi Yes I have 2 orbi systems in different properties both router plus 6 sats.
Basic and Advanced are the two tabs at the top of the page ORBI page accessed via direct IP address - image attached
I'm not having any issue with this - Others posted about the guest wifi being on when they had the box unticked (off) - I mentioned this as I was able to create a scenario with guest wifi on when it should be off - AND how it happened in the hope it may be of use to those trying to replicate the issue and resolve.
Ok thanks for the clarification.
You don't even need to go into Guest network tab in the web interface. Applying a change like lowering the Wifi signal power to 50% made reappear my guest network just after applying the change...and then 5 minutes later it disappeared.
Prior to that, after applying the update, guest network was always on. What did the trick is to enable it (because it was not ticked in the interface), apply the changes, wait a few minutes and then disable it, wait a few minutes and it disappeared (for now).
Not sure if I am clear.
Ok, thanks for the clarification. As long as it disappears.
I'll pass this on to NG for review.
Will monitor and keep you posted if it comes back. For now it seems to be off permanently.
I am using the outstanding Wifi Analyzer app on Windows 10 to check that.
Can you try this again with your RBS turned OFF and see if the GN SSID appears at any time with only making changed to the RBR and the RBS turned OFF. I just tried this with mine, no RBS connected. Made some changes to the wifi and also lowered the power on the RBR whilst leaving a wifi scanner app running and did not see the guest network appear at any time. I did enable the GN and it appeared then disappeared when I disable it.
Wondering if there is something being seen from the RBS when they are online.
