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FIX - Orbi Firmware 2.2.1.210 Performance Issues
Hello Orbi Community,
If any of you are struggling with performance issues with your Orbi system that is currently running on FW version 2.2.1.210, you are not the only one. Countless amount of people have complained to Netgear about this issue and nothing has been done to resolve this. I looked through a ton of threads and it took me some time to put all kinds of codes together to block Orbi from auto-updating to FW version 2.2.1.210 after rolling it back to version 2.1.4.6.
So, without further ado, here's the solution:
- Enable telnet on each Orbi (Router and/or Satellite)
- This can be accomplished by putting ip_address_orbi.debug.htm
- EX: 192.168.1.20.debug.htm
- Telnet into each Orbi and/or Satellite
- For macOS, seek this link for assiatnce to get Telnet capabilities:
- For Windows, install a trusted program called PuTTY.
- You'll see the telnet option.
- For each Orbi (Router and/or Satellite), you will need to do the following when telnetting into the unit:
- Input your username and password
- Username: admin
- Password: Same password you use to login to Orbi's dashboard
- Once you're successfully logged in, enter the following codes EXACTLY as listed.
- nvram set orbi_auto_upgrade=0
- nvram set auto_check_for_upgrade=0
- nvram set auto_update=0
- nvram set orbi_auto_upg=0
- nvram set orbi_auto_flag=0
- nvram commit
- If you forget to put any of these lines of code, your Orbi will fight you and auto-update to the 2.2.1.210 FW.
- End the telnet session
- Repeat this process until you have done this to every single Orbi unit you have in your network.
- Input your username and password
- Manually update the firmware on each Orbi unit
- Enter the IP address of each Orbi into your web browser
- Select "Firmware Update"
- Upload the 2.1.4.6 firmware
- When prompted with a message stating your uploading an older firmware, hit yes.
- Allow the Orbi to downgrade to the 2.1.4.6 firmware
- Repeat process for all Orbi units
- ENJOY A STABLE VERSION!
Hope this helps Orbi users near and far until Netgear can release a good, solid and stable firmware.
Take care! 😊
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I was glad to see this post -- as it furthers understanding of what makes Orbi tick...
I was also thinking that it would be great to have a thread or series of threads that have a library of telnet functions as they apply to Orbi -- as well as html addresses that may be unknown (IP/debug as an example).
As an example, On a previous post of mine, there was a sequence of telnet commands that turned off the radio backhaul channel if you had wired backhaul. I have seen several others to do some pretty interesting control/configurations.
I think it would be very useful to see all of those different types of commands in a central place.
To see pretty much every command you can do to Orbi via telnet, hit the tab key when you’re in a telnet session and your Orbi will populate all the commands available for you to utilize. At least that’s what I did one time when I was just trying to remotely resync an Orbi unit.
PS: Love that idea!
v210 has some issues, however others are also having good experiences wtih v210:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-i-solved-90-of-my-quot-some-devices-keep-disconnecting/m-p/1687874/highlight/false#M49496
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1647303/highlight/true#M42416Seems to be some problems around how FW is getting applied via auto update. Others have reported also manually applying the FW files, factory reset and setup from scratch helps them get there systems working after the upgrade.
You should try this if you didn't already.
Others have also reported good experiences with out a reset as well:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1649157/highlight/true#M42960
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1648321/highlight/true#M42695
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1649172/highlight/true#M42966
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1649389/highlight/true#M43029
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Your-experience-with-Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1649401/highlight/true#M43034
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Your-experience-with-Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1650323/highlight/true#M43206
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Satellite-placement-help/m-p/1658715#M44442I went over to my friends place to check his systema few weeks ago, it had auto updated. He had no complaints. System is working since day one when I installed it.
So it's just not always a FW issue. Other factors can contribute to bad operation of the Orbi. Users shouldn't have to downgrade fw, maybe as a last resort if ALL other troubleshooting has been exhausted.
I am very knowledgeable with Orbi and I have exhausted every single troubleshooting step I could find. Nothing fixed it. Daisy Chain was performing horribly, which caused my devices to have poor connection, even if I changed my WiFi channels, disabled Daisy chain, you name it. My system ran fine when Netgear released version 2.1.4.6 and thus is why I tried everything to roll it back and figured it may help others who are wanting to do the same.
As to why some are having no issues with the latest firmware, while some are, I have absolutely no clue. It could be a variety of things.
FURRYe38, I also tried factory resetting and starting setup from scratch. Nothing worked out for me. 😔
