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Orbi Firmware Upgrades Not Keeping Up With OpenVPN Security Standards
Greetings! I am leveraging the VPN function on the Orbi which is using the OpenVPN. I have not been having a problem until around early last year when our connections using OpenVPN are now showing t...
OpenVPN 2.6.0 was released back in the second half of January 2023. Since then, the first compatibility complaints were reported in the Netgear Community (all over, as OpenVPN is widely included with many Netgear products). This was before for some market version LONG BEFORE the EOL date for any Orbi Pro WiFi 6 system!
Last update for eg. the SXR80/SXS80 was released about one month ago, and Netgear bluntly failed to inherit the major code change of OpenVPN for more than one year!
This is in no aspect to be expected or acceptable by the Netgear Business customers!