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Orbi RBK852 4.6.3.16 broken (Solved)
This topic is only for the Netgear Orbi RBK852 / RBK853 / RBK854 / RBR850 Introduction: I bought my Netgear Orbi RBK852 last year. It's work fine and I am happy with that until they release 4.6...
- Especially with Netgear, always do a "Pin Hole Reset" after a "New Version Update" and input the operational information by hand. NEVER use a Backup File. Especially across different versions.
I got V4.6.6.11_2.1.4T1 from the customer desk for RBK850 and this also works perfectly for 3 days now.
I also heared they are working on an new generic firmware version which would also be ready within weeks.
That isn't my experience with V4.6.6.11_2.1.4T1, System is still tragically unreliable. With this firmware my router appearsto be doing a soft reset several times a day and WiFi still drops several times daily.
Glad (envious) that it seems to be working for you.
ChrisBoer wrote:I got V4.6.6.11_2.1.4T1 from the customer desk for RBK850 and this also works perfectly for 3 days now.
I also heared they are working on an new generic firmware version which would also be ready within weeks.
- Um. I think you need to do the hard reset after the firmware update. Use that pin hole to reset your router. I don't really know is there any difference between the soft reset or hard reset. But hard reset work on me. So try to hard reset after you install firmware
- Yes, of course.
If you still having warranty. Just bring the router to the repair center. In your case, the issue maybe not caused by the firmware. Maybe there are some hardware failure
- Especially with Netgear, always do a "Pin Hole Reset" after a "New Version Update" and input the operational information by hand. NEVER use a Backup File. Especially across different versions.
Did you factory reset the RBR using the ERASE function on the web page and setup from scratch?
Rads wrote:
That isn't my experience with V4.6.6.11_2.1.4T1, System is still tragically unreliable. With this firmware my router appearsto be doing a soft reset several times a day and WiFi still drops several times daily.
Glad (envious) that it seems to be working for you.
Got wifi disconnects last night and this morning... so again an issue will try the other firmware in this post.
Good news the drops where not due to Orbi but the computer Wifi adapter I now have found out.
I have done a very simple test setup a ping -t hostname-ip to see when a drop occured and if it was with all devices or not. So when a drop occured it was only on the PC, other devices where still pingable.
So anyone interested in firmware please let me know.
