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New RBR850 / RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.3.16 Released
Security Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
For more information about security vulnerabilities, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/security.
Bug Fixes:
Fixes the issue where the s...
Owner of RBK853 (1x RBR850 + 2 RBS850)
After doing the automatic (online) upgrade system got unstable, kept going offline. I then powered off the router and satttelites, after it stayed good for a little while. But then wifi degration of speed and outages.
I finally managed to downgrade the router RBR850 to v4.6.3.9. That seemed to perform well and remained stable.
After attaching the sattelites - still at v4.6.3.16 - everything still seems to be OK for now running 12 hours ok .
Not a really nice experience, got me stressed out for a while - I am counting on this product to be stable especially considering its price. Very hesistant to perform an upgrade in the future.
Might try a Factory reset and setup from scratch after next FW update.
I just started havinig this issue this morning. I don't know whether I was fortunate until now, or my 850 just didn't do the firmware update til then. I did a factory reset and everything was stable until I put it back in AP mode. Now I'm losing connectivity every few minutes again. I'm going to try a hard reboot of both satellite and router (again), then if that doesn't work, put it back in router mode, to see if that resolves the issue. I'm trying to avoid having to downgrade.
So...taking it out of AP mode finally did the trick to keep it stable. I know it's not an issue with my firewall/router, because my wired connections haven't been having this issue, even when they were plugged into the ethernet on the Orbi and going through the Orbi's ethernet connection back to the router. This pretty much stinks, as if I keep it in router mode, it will pretty much destroy my home network, which includes quite a bit of both wired and wireless. I got the 850 just to give me a little better coverage in that far corner of my house (it's not a big house, but I've just had a few issues in the Master Bedroom now and again). But if I can't use it for what I need it for, I may as well bin it.
Anyone know if the RBR850 is affected by this?
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/netgear-router-circle-patches?utm_source=notification
"The affected models are the R6400v2, R6700, R6700v3, R6900, R6900P, R7000, R7000P, R7850, R7900, R8000 and RS40"
VerneArase wrote:
Anyone know if the RBR850 is affected by this?
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/netgear-router-circle-patches?utm_source=notification
small update from my site.
After a few days the RBR850 did upgrade by itself from 4.6.3.9 to 4.6.3.16. At that specific time of the upgrade experienced a short outage, which is to be expected.
I noticed thereafter that it did not see my backhaul connections correct, I have 1 wired and 1 wireless, but they appeared both wireless. I then shut down both sattelites (RBS850) for a while to restart them. After which they came up. Again some switching between determination if it was wired or wireless (it even thought my wireless sattelite was wired) but after some minutes it stabilized to the correct setup.
The wireless sattelite (+/- 30ft from router and +/- 15 feet from wired sattelite) gives pour backhoul. Don't know how to fix that. For the rest it seems reasonably stable ... for now...
My Router (with one Satellite) updated over night by itself. I thought that the update is only possible if I manually confirm that, but I was obviously wrong. So I was rather shocked when I saw the V4 in router app. I am working from home and I need very good internet connection.
So I started to check my network and ... everything is working fine ! Satellite is connected via WLAN, it is working stable and there is no loss in speed. All units are connected as it was the case before. The only thing that changed is that my defined static addresses disappeared and now I have to add them again manually (I am not sure how I did that - I have to look into documentation). And yes - the problem with ghost units presented in a mapping app disappeared - now it is showing the right configuration.
So at least one positive report ... or maybe I was lucky ... who knows ...
- Getting those blasted dns issues again after this update. Going to attempt to downgrade
- How did you do a roll-back of the FW for the RBR ? I managed this for the Sattelites, but not for the main router. Om the question: “Are you sure No /YES “ I only van choose for the NO option !
How did you manage this at all? It says firmware update failed regardless - it won't even show the warning of downgrading to a lower version.
and
Prevent v4 Autoupgrade using V3.2.10.10:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/RBK750-Series-Firmware-Update-v4-6-3-7/m-p/2131307/highlight/true#M18670
LucGov wrote:
How did you do a roll-back of the FW for the RBR ? I managed this for the Sattelites, but not for the main router. Om the question: “Are you sure No /YES “ I only van choose for the NO option !Rolled it back - went to the new firmware. I'm nervous about doing all of that TELNET stuff but maybe I will try.
I contacted Gearhead and was told they'll send me "Troubleshooting articles" but will have to contact 888 NETGEAR once I have run through the troubleshooting.
I've never seen support be so small (90 days) and then have 0 accountability for the QC issues at NETGEAR. I'll let everyone know if I can uncover anything else once I've been given those "Troubleshooting articles" (which are probably not as good as the people here with their epic responsiveness) and once I have called that number.
Just a question, didn't do the ORBI an automatic reverse to the latest firmware after you did a downgrade ?
if you block it correctly, the auto udpate don't happen if you downgrade.
