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New RBR750 / RBS750 Firmware Version 4.6.3.16 Released
Security Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
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Bug Fixes:
Fixes the issue where the s...
Oh I have to agree. I actually like Orbi the product. When it works it’s fast and reliable.
However not being able to downgrade is a huge no no for me and forced upgrades even less. I am unfortunately stuck with the Orbi so I’ll keep in the box for now. I expect at some point some level of stability will be reached. Till then it stays packed
Btw what are you replacing the Orbi with? For me I choose to go with 3x flex hds I have, a used udm and Pihole with unbound . I know which are good firmware’s for these so for now network is very stable
However not being able to downgrade is a huge no no for me and forced upgrades even less. I am unfortunately stuck with the Orbi so I’ll keep in the box for now. I expect at some point some level of stability will be reached. Till then it stays packed
Btw what are you replacing the Orbi with? For me I choose to go with 3x flex hds I have, a used udm and Pihole with unbound . I know which are good firmware’s for these so for now network is very stable
Yeah, that's the shame isn't it? The best tri-band hardware on the market, and it's borked by a poor SDLC.
I have wired backhaul now (didn't when I first bought it), so am going with dual-band ASUS RTAX86U's for all four. Figure even if AIMesh doesn't work, I can just put three in bridge mode and run as independent AP's off one base router.
COMountainGoat wrote:Yeah, that's the shame isn't it? The best tri-band hardware on the market, and it's borked by a poor SDLC.
I have wired backhaul now (didn't when I first bought it), so am going with dual-band ASUS RTAX86U's for all four. Figure even if AIMesh doesn't work, I can just put three in bridge mode and run as independent AP's off one base router.
There's a writeup on Dongknows about optimizing AiMesh:
:-) That's exactly the one that I used to pick the units. He's got good stuff!
COMountainGoat wrote::-) That's exactly the one that I used to pick the units. He's got good stuff!
That's what was pushing me toward AiMesh (since I already was in to Asus), but then made the mistake of believing the Obi hype. Don't get me wrong, I still think Orbi (with working firmware) DOES do mesh better than Asus (even AiMesh - I believe Dong uses AiMesh himself), which is PART of the reason why I put it as AP to my Asus a few weeks before the DNS issues crept up in the v3 firmware and the total cluster that is v4.
When it's time to move on (my wife says it happens WAY too often), it will never be NG anything again, even if I have to install more access points to cover what the Orbi is covering now.
My wife and I got so fed up with all the firmware issues and Netgear's inability to publicly address the problem that I ended up downgrading to v3. It's documented in solutions above, but I manually downgraded the satellites, then manually downgraded the router (have to disable the hide element on 'yes' button during the process), then reset the satellites and they automatically rejoined the router. I've blocked the update servers with my Pi-hole and, not surprisingly, everything is working fine again. This whole debacle is a friggen joke. My wife is an executive that works remotely 50% of the time and she was dropping off important company conference calls (most of which she is the host or senior member of), our TVs were constantly dropping connections, our wifi calling would fail, and the satellites were out of sync 50% of the time. It blows my mind that we haven't been given any sort of public apologies, offerings of complimentary assistance, or the option to return out products. I'm really bummed out that I didn't purchase through Costco, cause I would've sent it back like a bad habit. For now, I'm satisfied with the system working again, but I am definitely not offering the Orbi products as a solution to my clients anymore (and I've installed for probably 50+ households). Ubiquiti has had firmware issues in the past (they had a version 3 firmware at one time that wouldn't automatically upgrade and you had to SSH it), but nothing so catastrophic as this garbage and they were on the forums immediately offering assistance with resolution. I'm going to keep checking these forums daily for a formal update & solution, but I'm not holding my breath.
