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mgruber
Aug 06, 2019Aspirant
Unable to extend Orbi RBR50 wifi with EX7700 – AC2200 Nighthawk X6 Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender
Hi I have an Orbi RBR50 router (firmware v2.3.5.30) and two Orbi RBS50 mesh satellites which all work happily. I am now trying to add an EX7700 nighthawk (firmware v 1.0.0.202 - latest) to the mesh, ...
Christian_R
Sep 10, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Colmanlee & mgruber,
We have received similar reports of the same issue and have a trial firmware available for the EX7700 that may help resolve the issue. I have sent you both a message with the trial firmware. Please let me know how it turns out.
~Christian
Colmanlee
Sep 12, 2019Guide
The new firmware works great now! Thanks for helping!
- Christian_RSep 12, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Michael and Colmanlee,
Glad to hear! Thanks for taking the time to provide an update!
~Christian
- CottoNetSep 16, 2019Aspirant
Would appreciate this firmware update for EX7700 as I have same problem.
- borisyOct 25, 2019Aspirant
I also have same problem. My firmware is 1.0.0.202. Can you send the lfirmware that could fix the problem to me?
- TongeySep 20, 2019Aspirant
Hi, Could I also get a copy of this firmware please?
I have just bought the Orbi RBK30 and want to use my EX7000 to have WiFi in the garden :)
- TongeySep 20, 2019Aspirant
Actually, I have just checked it, and the Setup Genie connected to the Orbi and I was able to extend the signal out into the garden :)
- TLambertiOct 18, 2019Aspirant
It seems as though whatever firmware went out it bricked
a lot of peoples extenders, can we get the fix asap?