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AmitR
Dec 05, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Announcing availability of OrbiOS 2.1
We’re excited to announce that OrbiOS 2.1 is now available for immediate download here: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50.aspx#download https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK40.asp...
MrX911
Dec 06, 2017Apprentice
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.
Retired_Member
Dec 06, 2017
MrX911 wrote: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.
You just never know. I've had periods of days and weeks where it was rock solid and then be terrilbe. Reboot the router a few times and use it before declaring success.