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Firmware V2.1.1.16 auto update
we'll be removing the v2.1.1.16 firmware from the auto update server over the holidays and will resume pushing it in the new year. Firmware will still be available on product support pages for manual...
for what it's worth, I'm another previously happy Orbi owner who's now incredibly frustrated with Netgear and regretting my purchase.
if I recall correctly, my wifi started dropping with the old firmware 2.0.0.74, which is why I started checking these forums. Upgrading to 2.1.1.16 didn't help. Downgrading to 2.0.0.74 hasn't helped either.
It's hard to quantify how often wifi drops bc the logs are so unhelpful, but it's 5-10 times/day that I notice. VERY frustrating!
Same here. Finally got tired of restarting these things 5x+/day and rolled back to 1.12.0.18 this evening, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that that keeps things stable until Netgear can sort out the dearth of issues introduced in the 2.x firmwares. It's incredibly disappointing to drop this much cash on a product only to have its vendor trash it with pre-alpha firmware updates.
Just for the benefit of anyone who's following along... After rolling back from 2.1.1.16 to 1.12.0.18, I continued to deal with WAN connection issues. After the first dropout the next morning after the rollback to 1.12, I rolled back again to 1.11.0.20. I've been running that firmware without any issues for almost a week now. I had a dropped WAN connection this morning, but given the stability I've seen over the last several days, I'm almost willing to chalk that one up to my ISP (though I'll be keeping an eye on it). The only drawback I've seen to the older firmware (less being vulnerable to KRACK and probably some other security vulnerabilities that I haven't glossed over any release notes for) is that my iPhone 7+ doesn't seem to work as well at distance as it did with the 2.x firmwares. Given the stability I've gotten back, I'm willing to deal with that for the time being.
- I've been running 1.11.0.20 for the past week or so and it was working great but it started auto updating to 2.0.0.74. Every time I tried to downgrade the firmware, it would immediately update it again. I even tried the telnet method of disabling the auto updates but it would still update almost instantly after loading it with the older firmware.
Anyone else noticing this issue?I haven't. After I rolled back to 1.12, I disabled all the auto* fields using telnet. So far, so good.