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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.