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Orbi RBK753 (the forum pulldown doesn't have the correct model) Last week, the firmware update was forced onto my RBK753 overnight when all of my systems were doing backups. All PCs to servers and ...
Here's my experience on the v4.6.3.16 firmware.
I thought I was safe from the v4 firmware update being pushed down to my Orbi (as I had blocked the two websites mentioned on the router itself) for the last few weeks but I guess that wasn't enough. Late last night (probably around 1:30 am?), I got notification that my Wi-Fi was offline on my phone and when I checked, sure enough it was disconnected. Minutes later, the Wi-Fi came back on and I thought it was just a blip. Logged into the Orbi app and I was shocked to see it said my Orbi 853 had updated to V4.6.3.16_2.0.51. I did a quick check and noticed that two of my 850S satellites which are on wired backhaul, were showing no clients connected and every client was on the RBR itself. As it was late, I decided to just put it off until the morning to look at it.
This morning, when I checked the satellites on the Orbi app (Android), I noticed the two RBS satellites were still showing no clients attached. I power cycled everything - starting with the satellites and then the main router - and after a few minutes when all the units were online, the app was still reporting no clients on the satellites from the app. But when I login to the satellites via a PC on the browser, it did show me me the clients on each satellite. A bug on the app? However, about 10-15 minutes later, I checked the the app again and now all the clients were showing connected on the two satellites. Strange, but at least it's now working.
I did a quick triage of all the settings on the router via the browser from a computer and everything seemed to be OK. No issues with speed tests (506.35 Mbps + 564.48 Mbps per the app) and the new parental control functionality was enabled so I proceeded to disable my Circle Plus unit so that I can set it up. So far, the new Parental Control features seems to be working but it's limited in functionality compared to Circle Plus (is Netgear's new Parental Control based on Circle Plus, as I see some similarity?) but I'll post my comments and query on the appropriate forum about it.
Will keep an eye on this new firmware as it progresses. Thankfully I didn't have to factory reset anything and my remote access ("Anywhere Access") is working fine outside of Wi-Fi. Am I on the lucky ones so far not having any issues? I hope so. Keeping fingers crossed. :)