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RBK753S - Much slower wifi speeds after AUTO firmware upgrade to 3.2.18.1! 3.2.17.x was MUCH faster
I had intentionally downgraded my RBK753S from 3.2.18.1 to 3.2.17.x and with 3.2.17.x, everything was great! But this morning I noticed that my firmware updated automatically to 3.2.18.1, which seem...
Quick update - Since I am / was experiencing the low speeds noted above (330 - 350 Mbps), I just disconnected and reconnected my Netgear A7000 wifi adapater from the network in Win 10 (did NOT unplug it).
After reconnecting to the network, speeds improved to 430 Mbps on first run after reconnecting, then 471 Mbps, 476 Mbps, 468 Mbps, one slower one of 451.7 Mbps but much better than before the disconnect/reconnect, and then 470 Mbps.
Will monitor stabilty after a few hours and also after a full day or two / after restarts / hibernates/ shutdowns etc.
Correct. However, since 3.2.18.1 is working great, I am going to stick with it and glad to have the latest security fixes again. However, I am going to block connections to the update server, so it can no longer update automatically.
It has been written in many places that once you update manually once, the Orbi supposedly no longer updates automatically. However that is not the case anymore / not the case with the RBK753S.
Sure. I prefer to play it safe with security though 🙂
Interesting that you have not seen any auto updates in so long; which model do you have?
I had also noticed the reference to the ability to turn off auto updates (jn some old threads); they must have removed that option again (assuming it did get implemented at the time), or perhaps it only applied to a specific model.
Thanks...a couple of thoughts....IMHO the whole thing about security fixes is over blown. I believe in most cases it's just NG padding the update to get people anxious to try it. As far as auto updates, I personally haven't seen one in maybe 2 years and for me it's not due to manual updates for I don't do those. Some say you turn off auto updates, if you can, I've never seen how.
Mine auto updated the other night. It was about 2am Eastern and my wife woke me up asking why the satellite in the room was blinking blue. I looked at my tablet and saw it was down, and realized what might be happening. As soon as it was back up, I looked and lo and behold, it was the .18 firmware (I know for a fact that it was on the .17).
Another reason why I'm dumping Netgear/Orbi on my next upgrade and going back to Asus.