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Notice-New-Firmware Orbi 971/970 V12.1.10.12_5.3.16 NA Only
New firmware for Orbi 971/970 V12.1.10.12_5.3.16 currently available only through the Orbi app. Router and satellites upgraded to the new firmware via the Orbi app with no issues. No release notes av...
While my upgrade was successful, I think UPnP got turned back on after the update, so check your security, folks.
I've been using uPnP on Orbi systems for years. Seen zero issues with it enabled. It's safe. I know there was a time many years ago it had issues. Those have been corrected.
Up to you to use it or not.
Be sure to save off a back up config to file for safe keeping.
I've been using uPnP on Orbi systems for years. Seen zero issues with it enabled. It's safe.
The security risk is that some malware someone inadvertantly installs will use uPnP to open the ports in the firewall to facilitate more attacks. That is inherent to the feature itself, so enabling it will expose you to that threat.
While I think the threat is relatively low (since such malware can connect outbound to bad actors w/o UPnP), I still leave the feature off.
Either way, Netgear shouldn't be enabling it as part of the update.
