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New Firmware 2.3.5.30
Just updated my Orbi to 2.3.5.30. Seems stable so far. I see few "ads" for the Orbi app and links for app download in the web GUI. Otherwise I could not see much more new things. I'm keeping to loo...
couple more oddities:
Rebooted RBR40 last night.
Via orbilogin.net, all devices were shown with "unknown" connection type. Never saw that before.
Via the Orbi iOS app, there were also some unknown connection types, along with 2.4 and 5 G. Never saw "unknown" there before, either.
Today, access is hosed, as usual after a few hours. But Internet fine, but with magenta light. Sigh.
Thanks
After receiving a new RBR40, it self-updated to 2.1.3.58, IIRC. That seemed to work fine. It also notified me of a new update, the "dreaded" 2.3.5.30. After a day or so, I did update the new router. Updated OK (no http 500 failures). However several weird behaviors that I haven't seen reported here yet (I have reported to Netgear):
1.The connection data rates reported for all devices connected to the RBW remote unit (wifi only) are bogus/wacky. All rates are of the form 1112nnn Mbps. E.g., an iPad connected on 5 GHz band reports a data rate of 1112460 Mbps, obviously bogus.
- After a reboot, backhaul quality reported as "poor", altho it usually clears to "good", which is what it had been for over 2 years.
- When I first try to login with the Orbi app, I get a message of "too many attempts - try again in 30 sec". Clearly a problem with some initialization somewhere.
4. The (real) data rates of the devices connected (wifi) to the RBR40, seem less than they were under previous FW. E.g., my iPhone and iPad Air2 now both show "433 Mbps", which is half of what it was with previous FW; phone & iPad are only about 5 ft from router. The router mode is still set to the default, "866" Mbps. This sort of suggests that the router is operating in 80 MHz channel mode, not 160 MHz, as it would have been previously. Not sure why this would change, as nothing in the environment is different (i.e., no new devices in service).
One more: rebooted the RBW30, it completed booting with a blue ring light, indicating a good backhaul, yet the GUI's show not-good indications. I am not sure what is being analyzed here, since the backhaul is 2-way (but channel is half duplex), so there are really 2 distinct logical backhaul links, and it is not clear that they would necessarily have the same quality - e.g., do both transmitters have the same power output?
Debating (with myself) about downgrading to previous RBR40 FW.
OKinNJ wrote:Debating (with myself) about downgrading to previous RBR40 FW.
Don't do it...leave it alone.
Try a factory reset of the entire Orbi system and setup from scratch to see if this resolves anything. Others have mentioned a reset works for them. Something to try before downgrading FW. Others have v30 working fine.
OKinNJ wrote:After receiving a new RBR40, it self-updated to 2.1.3.58, IIRC. That seemed to work fine. It also notified me of a new update, the "dreaded" 2.3.5.30. After a day or so, I did update the new router. Updated OK (no http 500 failures). However several weird behaviors that I haven't seen reported here yet (I have reported to Netgear):
1.The connection data rates reported for all devices connected to the RBW remote unit (wifi only) are bogus/wacky. All rates are of the form 1112nnn Mbps. E.g., an iPad connected on 5 GHz band reports a data rate of 1112460 Mbps, obviously bogus.
- After a reboot, backhaul quality reported as "poor", altho it usually clears to "good", which is what it had been for over 2 years.
- When I first try to login with the Orbi app, I get a message of "too many attempts - try again in 30 sec". Clearly a problem with some initialization somewhere.
4. The (real) data rates of the devices connected (wifi) to the RBR40, seem less than they were under previous FW. E.g., my iPhone and iPad Air2 now both show "433 Mbps", which is half of what it was with previous FW; phone & iPad are only about 5 ft from router. The router mode is still set to the default, "866" Mbps. This sort of suggests that the router is operating in 80 MHz channel mode, not 160 MHz, as it would have been previously. Not sure why this would change, as nothing in the environment is different (i.e., no new devices in service).
One more: rebooted the RBW30, it completed booting with a blue ring light, indicating a good backhaul, yet the GUI's show not-good indications. I am not sure what is being analyzed here, since the backhaul is 2-way (but channel is half duplex), so there are really 2 distinct logical backhaul links, and it is not clear that they would necessarily have the same quality - e.g., do both transmitters have the same power output?
Debating (with myself) about downgrading to previous RBR40 FW.
