Firmware V2.1.1.16 auto update

[atiq332]

Please can you tell me what firmware was in the begining when we first purchased this RBK50 i mean factory default firmware? i wants to downgrade to . actually my speed was 300 mb all over in my home since i upgrade to lastest and latest its become slow slow and slow..

[gsavage]

I don't recall the original firmware rev with specificity, but it was a v1.x release.

[atiq332]

so it is same prcedure to downgrade to v1? like we upload lates one?

[bcampbell83]

> so it is same prcedure to downgrade to v1? like we upload lates one?

Yep, it works the same exact way.  I rolled back from 2.1.1.16 to 2.0.0.17 to 1.12.0.18 to 1.11.0.20 over a week ago to get stability back into my setup.

[atiq332]

ok i tried now to downgrade to v1. will test all again and if its work will wait to checked the stable orignal firmware comes. otherwise will keep the factory default

[bcampbell83]

The other thing you'll need to make sure you do if you do rollback is that you disable automatic updates.

You can follow this post, which worked for me:  https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-V1-12-0-18-Discussion/m-p/1323973/highlight/true#M103...

[gsavage]

I solved my problem.

The root cause is the truncation of the WiFi password after the "$" -- in my case, the first character.

The router passes this on to the satellites and the satellites then shut down WiFi for some reason.

I reinstalled FW 2.1.1.16 in the router and then, using an ethernet connection, the satellites. I then reset the satellites to factory default, which reenabled WiFi.  Next, I selected a WiFi password without special characters.  I then successfully resynced the satellites.

Finally, I am reprogramming all of my household appliances to the new WiFi password, which is a real pain.

Netgear engineers, please take notice: I am an engineer; this is not a friendly bug for most consumers.

[atiq332]

please can you help my 3 question.

can i add on any satellite to my RBK50. . Looking to buy rbsw60 wall connectec?

and i am happy with roll back my firmware to .74. all works fine all nearly 260-280 mbsout of 300mbs. and last i tried beta firmare last one. but not happy, are they released final virsion of stable. firmware with backhual.. and last. i dont know how do i create my own new thread. when ever i tried erros comes highlighted  error correct. i did but not sucess to put my own tread on this forms please help thanks

[DarrenM]

Yes you can add any model satellite to your RBK50.

DarrenM