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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...
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#M42416
Seems 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#M44442
I 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. 😔
Some have said that they noticed the Daisy Chain issue as well. It's been mentioned that Daisy Chain has been working or the UI check box is doing the opposite of what it should be doing. Check mark means Disabled, Un-Checked means enabled. This may have been an issue that would need to be checked.
Ya I presume next FW upate all this will be fixed and should be a need to downgrade FW.
Others can downgrade if they want to. For some advanced users sure. For other non advanced users, maybe not so much. Just wanted to let you know, others are having good operation with there systems on v210.
Enjoy.
FURRYe38, yes I am aware that some do have their systems running fine on version 2.2.1.210, but for me it wasn’t the case. Thus, is why I was in a pursuit to rollback the firmware and figured it might help others who wanted (or needed) to roll their system back.
Take care! Here’s to troubleshooting Orbi. 🙂
FURRYe38, I tried disabling the daisy chain as I also saw the same theories you mention. Unfortunately, it only made things worse on my end.