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Is there another NEW firmware out - Orbi RBR50 2.0.1.4

jyun
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Is there another NEW firmware out - Orbi RBR50 2.0.1.4

Anyone know why the latest firmware on the download site is v2.0.1.4. I cant ever remember a v2.0.1.4 and its showing up as of this morning.

 

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK53.aspx#download

 

https://kb.netgear.com/000054791

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Model: RBK53| Orbi Router + 2 Satellites Orbi WiFi System
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tagteam
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bdegraaf
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Strange and not logical version number, can somebody from Netgear confirm this is not an old version from november 2017 as the file says in explorer....

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tagteam
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jyun
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Makes perfect sense and glad that the Netgear Firmware team are looking into all the v2.1.x.x issues. Looking forward to more releases and fixes.

#MaturetheCode

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webminster
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Anyone have any experiences with this 2.0.1.4 version, compared to 2.0.0.74?

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Joechang
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I found Orbi software development team is quite unprofessional and inefficient compare with R8500 team. Firmware is not stable and no development planning
Model: RBK53| Orbi Router + 2 Satellites Orbi WiFi System
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webminster
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Re: Is there another NEW firmware out - Orbi RBR50 2.0.1.4

Netgear's whole approach to their firmware issues and releases has been, "interesting," the past few months:

  • Released 2.1.1.2 as beta, with some serious issues (attached devices list, password truncation);
  • Based on customer bug reports, released an unfixed 2.1.1.16 to autoupdate to spread the problem;
  • Retracted 2.1.1.16 before Christmas, back to "stable" 2.0.0.74;
  • Released 2.1.2.10.  Better than 2.1.1.16 by a smidge.  But still significant customer reports of issues;
  • Released a slightly fixed 2.1.2.18 to autoupdate channel;
  • Reverted release from 2.1.2.18, but not back to 2.0.0.74 as before, but to 2.1.0.4.  Release notes seemingly dated 2/14/18, and seemingly a new release of unknown pedigree.

Hard to pin down how the decisions are getting made here.

 

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