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RBS750 satellite at 2.4ghz backhaul after firmware update
I have two satellites RBS750 with my Orbi Router RBR750. Both satellites were operating at 5GHz backhaul and both were delivering download speed of 350Mbps. However after firmware update to V3.2.18.1...
Tried once more to revert to the previous firmware release. After 20 seconds or so, it downloaded the latest release. If I pay for my router, shouldn't I as the owner get to choose what goes into my router? My router will be forever at the mercy of NG's firmware updates. One of these days, my router is going to stop working completely. This is ridiculous.
> You can try this and see if this blocks a FW udpate if you revert back to prior version:
> 1) Go to Advanced, Security, Block Sites and add the following sites.
> http.fw.updates1.netgear.com
> updates1.netgear.com
> downloads.netgear.com
> TCP port 443 (HTTPS): http.fw.updates1.netgear.com
> TCP port 21 (FTP): updates1.netgear.com
> I believe those two are all that's necessary to block.
After talking to a tech support over the phone I was able to update my firmware back to the previous release. You need to plug your laptop directly to the ethernet port of the satellites and router to upload the firmware. If you update firmware wirelessly it will immediately update back to the latest release. Don't know why nobody told me this and why it's not explained clearly in the documentation. It didn't solve my problem with slow wifi but at least it updated my firmware successfully and not download the latest release. I guess my satellite went bad coincidentally after the latest firmware update. That is not a good sign for a $500 router system. If anybody knows how to disable 2.4ghz backhaul to force Orbi to use 5.0ghz backhaul, that would be great. Can we ask to have this option in the next firmware release? Otherwise I don't think I will buy another NG router again.
Great. At 2am my router downloaded the latest firmware. I just don't understand what these firmware engineers are doing. If you allow people to manually upload a firmware, don't you think it would be a good idea not to do an automatic firmware update to overwrite it??? Many smart devices out there allow people to have an option to disable auto firmware update just in case the firmware breaks a device or simply the user doesn't want it. This is ridiculous.
You'll need to block those update addresses using a different router. Shame your ISP modem won't work for this. You don't happen to have a spare external router do you?
