Announcing availability of OrbiOS 2.1

When you say you have support for ethernet backhaul for two Orbi, do literally mean only two? So if have 3 Orbi (i.e. two satellites) I can't connect them all with ethernet?

Same, not showing any connected devices, nor do I see any options for ethernet backhaul, are we supposed to just connect it and it will detect it?

I had the same issue with no devices being shown so I unplugged the main and satellite... plugged in the main, waited a minute then plugged in the satellite. Devices now showing up as expected

The connection details are all set, and my connections are reliable, however I'm getting the same old orbi thing where my 350 mb connection is only coming through wireless at 40-50 meg or so. Factory reset will probably fix it for a time. I wish netgear would get to the bottom of that issue.

Is it necessary to do a factory reset before the upgrade?  I followed the online intstructions from Netgear and there was no mention of this so I proceeded without it. Less than 24 hours but no drops yet and I’d been suffering a lot on the last firmware. Might get to keep the Orbi after all.  Fingers crossed.

I have the same question as Hydro130... mine says good also... wondering what other indicators may appear here.

I'm not showing that anything happens to it. I was hoping it'd be freed up for the 3rd radio to be used. I show through inssider though that its still there as a hidden network. I don't see any options to use it. That's to bad as it was one of the major benefits of ethernet backhaul. Here's to hoping a future upgrade allows us to use it.  Or at least allow us to disable the wireless backhaul so I can use a different device in the 149-165 range without having to worry about any interference. 

Does this Firmware include the fix for the hack that came with the .76 patch? Or we have to apply patch after upgrading Firmware? 

Well I just had my first drop out on 2.1

It did last almost 48 hours but although all devices and 2 Sats were showing, only router was connected to the Internet. This was despite Sats showing a status of “good” connection.

Resetting Sats didn’t work. Resetting router and sats then restored everything.

Will see how long it lasts this time. 

Upgraded the RBK50 to 2.1.1.12 as per support advice, multiple disconnects on WIfi, had the system a week.  Now getting download speeds no higer than 30MB, service is 200MB.  Tested against modem direct, getting 200MB down.  This might stablize the wifi, we will see, but not at the expense of the download speed.  Seems like others are seeing this same issue.  I did reset the router and reconfigured from scratch, shouldn't ahve to do that, no change.  How to fix this?

Running OrbiOS 2.1 on RBR40 and RBW30 (RBK33 bundle). I have restarted the router on two occassions since updating to 2.1, and tonight I re-synced the satellites trying to get both to appear on the Admin page. The Orbi iOS app reportes two satellites while the Admin page says one of them is disconnected. I can ping 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3.

I have enabled both Circle and daisy-chain topology. The Circle profile is rather large, with profiles by device rather than by family member.

I have not noticed the router making any noise indicating CPU spin-up, but I am not monitoring it closely. Does the Admin page offer CPU monitoring?

[Update: CPU of my router has been hovering around 15% recently, while the satellites have been running around 20%]