Orbi RBK50 lastest Firmware

[Swat1871]

Hi

I installed today the orbi system

and update the firmare to 2.5.2.4

Modellname Gerätename Bisherige Version Status Router RBR50 XXX V2.5.2.4 Keine neue Firmware Version verfügbar Satellit RBS50 Orbi Satellite-1 V2.5.2.4 Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld...

and no other firmware available

but on the netgear server:

BR50 (Orbi Router) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

RBS50 (Orbi Satellite) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

could I used it???

and here I found the 

https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70

[CrimpOn · Accepted solution]

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@Swat1871 wrote:

I installed today the orbi system

and update the firmare to 2.5.2.4

Modellname Gerätename Bisherige Version Status Router RBR50 XXX V2.5.2.4 Keine neue Firmware Version verfügbar Satellit RBS50 Orbi Satellite-1 V2.5.2.4 Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld...

and no other firmware available

but on the netgear server:

BR50 (Orbi Router) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

RBS50 (Orbi Satellite) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

could I used it???

and here I found the 

https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70

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Every firmware available for the Orbi RBK50 package is listed here:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50.aspx#download (Click on the "+" sign to see previous versions.)

Any of these versions can be manually loaded on the Orbi router and satellite.

No one seems to know why some versions say "for U.S. Region Only".  It may have something to do with licensing the Netgear Parental Controls software.  It may have do to with....(alien spaceships - probably not.) No one knows.  Very frustrating.

While you are certainly able to load any version of firmware, some of us are reluctant to be "early adopters" until a significant number of posts have appeared in the forum reporting "how well it went" and there are no longer posts saying "this ruined my network and I had to revert to a previous version."

[CrimpOn · Accepted solution]

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@Swat1871 wrote:

I installed today the orbi system

and update the firmare to 2.5.2.4

Modellname Gerätename Bisherige Version Status Router RBR50 XXX V2.5.2.4 Keine neue Firmware Version verfügbar Satellit RBS50 Orbi Satellite-1 V2.5.2.4 Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld...

and no other firmware available

but on the netgear server:

BR50 (Orbi Router) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

RBS50 (Orbi Satellite) Firmwareversion 2.6.1.40

could I used it???

and here I found the 

https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70

---

Every firmware available for the Orbi RBK50 package is listed here:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50.aspx#download (Click on the "+" sign to see previous versions.)

Any of these versions can be manually loaded on the Orbi router and satellite.

No one seems to know why some versions say "for U.S. Region Only".  It may have something to do with licensing the Netgear Parental Controls software.  It may have do to with....(alien spaceships - probably not.) No one knows.  Very frustrating.

While you are certainly able to load any version of firmware, some of us are reluctant to be "early adopters" until a significant number of posts have appeared in the forum reporting "how well it went" and there are no longer posts saying "this ruined my network and I had to revert to a previous version."

[Swat1871]

thanks

How can I deactivate my wlan at night?

[vajim]

worth repeating:

"While you are certainly able to load any version of firmware, some of us are reluctant to be "early adopters" until a significant number of posts have appeared in the forum reporting "how well it went" and there are no longer posts saying "this ruined my network and I had to revert to a previous version."

[Swat1871]

now I tested

After few minutes I cannot say anything ....#

now, 3 hours after update to 2.6.1.40 my network still works fine

but still no function to stop wifi over night , sad is realy bad

[FURRYe38]

Orbi MESH sytems are a 24hour online wifi service. Wifi seems to be designed to operate all the time, and also having RBS connected, may post a problem with the RBS as well. So NG seems to design this to be online all the time for ease of use and operation. 

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@Swat1871 wrote:

now I tested

After few minutes I cannot say anything ....#

now, 3 hours after update to 2.6.1.40 my network still works fine

but still no function to stop wifi over night , sad is realy bad

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[vajim]

do they even make a router (anyone) where you can turn the wifi off at a certain time?  

[Swat1871]

do they even make a router (anyone) where you can turn the wifi off at a certain time?  

my NG R7800 did it

Fritzbox also

[FURRYe38]

Most non MESH routers have features to disable wifi. MESH seens to be the only one that doesn't support that feature. Even on some non NG MESH that I have tried.