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Orbi 753 automatically updated
Hello, I have an orbi RBK753 for months on routers and satellites I had the firmware version 4.6.3.16 which let's say it worked quite well for me, before without me doing anything the RBR750 router st...
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy.
Yes, the satellites can be updated manually to the current version found on the Netgear support site:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbk753.aspx#download
Click on RBS750 and then click the link to Download the firmware for the satellite.
Once the zip file has downloaded, "unzip" it to extract the firmware image, which will be named
RBS750-v4.6.8.5.chk and make a note of where it is on your computer. (Mine would be in the "Downloads" folder. Your system may be different).
On the router, use the Attached Devices web page to learn the IP address of the satellites.
Use a web browser to open each satellite web page using the IP address, e.g. http://<IP of satellite>
Select the bottom menu item, Firmware Update.
Browse on your computer to find the image file.
Follow the directions, and the satellite will update and reboot.
Hi thank you so much for your reply. But then the satellites can be updated manually after even if the router has automatically updated to the new version? Now I have version 4.6.5.14 on the router and on the satellites it remains version 4.6.3.16. So from the site I download the 4.6.5.14 version for the satellites and manually install exactly? Why didn't the satellites update automatically? It's right? Thanks again for your reply.
I have never seen a satisfactory explanation for how Netgear's firmware update process is so chaotic. It's just a mess.
Reading through the posts again, it is clear that the router is also not at the current release level. (sigh) Now is your opportunity to do the satellites first and the router last.
I have some pithy comments:
- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you are happy with the way your Orbi system is working and there are zero "issues", why f**k with it?
- "Fools rush in where Angels...". When new firmware comes out , some customers immediately rush to install it on their systems. My preference is to wait several weeks until the posts appear in the forum describing "what happened" when they installed new firmware.
- "If there IS a problem, no one will pay any attention until the system is on the current release". Who is going to spend time diagnosing firmware that is obsolete? The first piece of advice will be, "you need to update the firmware, and then we'll look at your problem."
Geez. What a cranky old fart.
- Since last year I was using version 4.6.3.16 on routers and satellites which installed itself automatically on routers and satellites and worked quite well so I have not updated anymore. Now tonight only the router has been updated automatically to version 4.6.5.14 and the two satellites have not. So now I have the router at version 4.6.5.14 and the two satellites at version 4.6.3.16. So now can I manually update the two satellites to version 4.6.5.14 even if the router already has version 4.6.5.14? thank you so much for the replies.