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RBR850 Frequent Disconnects Starting March 9th AM EST
Yesterday 3/9, starting at about 6AM EST, my Orbi system is disconnecting my Nest Cameras and Thermostat and my work laptop every 10-20 mins or so. I have about 20 devices connected to my mesh syste...
DBV I provided instructions earlier for this:
To get back to 3.1.5.23 I had to do the following:
1) Log into the satellite's administration page directly (via the satellite's IP address) and click on firmware update. Load the 3.1.5.23 firmware version.
2) Log into the RBR (main unit) and click on Administration\Firmware update. Load the 3.1.5.23 version on the RBR (main unit).
3) Once everything has restarted, log into the main router's debug page (192.168.1.1/debug.htm) and click the enable Telnet button.
4) On a windows pc open a command prompt. Type telnet 192.168.1.1
5) Once a telnet session is established type:
5.1 nvram set auto_upgrade_enable=0
5.2 nvram commit
5.3 exit
6) On the debug page disable telnet.
You will be on 3.1.5.23 and your Orbi will no longer automatically reach out for firmware updates.
Were you able to fully stop the updates from happening? Just wondering here.
xnolightx wrote:
To get back to 3.1.5.23 I had to do the following:
1) Log into the satellite's administration page directly (via the satellite's IP address) and click on firmware update. Load the 3.1.5.23 firmware version.
2) Log into the RBR (main unit) and click on Administration\Firmware update. Load the 3.1.5.23 version on the RBR (main unit).
3) Once everything has restarted, log into the main router's debug page (192.168.1.1/debug.htm) and click the enable Telnet button.
4) On a windows pc open a command prompt. Type telnet 192.168.1.1
5) Once a telnet session is established type:
5.1 nvram set auto_upgrade_enable=0
5.2 nvram commit
5.3 exit
6) On the debug page disable telnet.
You will be on 3.1.5.23 and your Orbi will no longer automatically reach out for firmware updates.
On the Orbi Router (RBR850), preventing the auto-upgrade has proved challenging, so far.
I did set the "auto_upgrade_enable" to 0, but auto upgrade still engaged.
I've tried setting another parameter using nvram commands:
nvram set install_fw_upgrade_latest=0
I'm hoping that is the flag that tells it to install the latest firmware. I've set that parameter, and backrevved to v3.1.5.23 (the latest version which prevents the regular disconnects). Now, I just have to wait through a full 24 hours, and confirm if the auto-upgrade engages or not.
So my update
The older firmware version seems to do the trick however it keeps updating to the latest firmware every night.