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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...
Spadde, how did you do the upgrade? Anything special? On previous firmware everything was working correctly for me, now all of a sudden, it's not. Are you sure that you can see devices in the device list that clearly say attached to satellite instead of router?
Hi aaz, nothing special. I first updated satellite and then router. After I just restarted the devices and that's it.
I do rely what the Orbi android sotware says about where these devices are connected. Because it clearly states that are these devices connected to router or satellite 1 when you press the info button from the device list for specific device. And example with my phone this connection changes depending which part of the house I'm located.
Well I took the plunge and upgraded the firmware, hoping it would solve things, and it only made everything worse.
When Orbi worked great for 10 months, I would get 120 Mbps out in my man cave. Since 2.0, it disconnected so frequently as to become untrustworthy, dying in the middle of streaming or gaming all the time. Now when I updated today to 2.1, my throughput has dropped to less than 1 Mbps in the same location. I've factory reset, I've resynced, I've restarted everything multiple times to no avail.
I've invested $650 dollars in this system and I'm going to have to eat it now and buy something else. This will probably swear me off of Netgear for good unfortunately.
For those of you for whom it's working, I really hope it keeps it up. It was fantastic for me when it did. If you want some satellites or an extra router for cheap, feel free to message me.
-Grey
Yes. Save yourself grieve and go with any other brands Mesh. They are far more reliable. I had nothing but trouble from V1 to V2 firmware over 6 months on two seperate RBK50 in 2 different locations with 2 different carriers. Run far away from Orbi.
Greyhawk68 wrote:Well I took the plunge and upgraded the firmware, hoping it would solve things, and it only made everything worse.
When Orbi worked great for 10 months, I would get 120 Mbps out in my man cave. Since 2.0, it disconnected so frequently as to become untrustworthy, dying in the middle of streaming or gaming all the time. Now when I updated today to 2.1, my throughput has dropped to less than 1 Mbps in the same location. I've factory reset, I've resynced, I've restarted everything multiple times to no avail.
I've invested $650 dollars in this system and I'm going to have to eat it now and buy something else. This will probably swear me off of Netgear for good unfortunately.
For those of you for whom it's working, I really hope it keeps it up. It was fantastic for me when it did. If you want some satellites or an extra router for cheap, feel free to message me.
-Grey
No comments or responses from Netgear on these issues? I have been following this and other threads.