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New Orbi RBR50/RBS50 Firmware Version 2.3.1.44
Netgear is pushing out yet another a new Orbi firmware update.
Hopefully it's better than the last version v32.
Please share your experience.
Firmware Update
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FURRYe38 wrote:
Let us know how it goes. I presume it was auto updated and you've just continued to use the system with out a doing a factor reset?
Yes, indeed, no factory reset (yet). I saw this thread about the new release and thought, "wonder what firmware MY Orbi now has?" It is interesting that "32" had a beta and then a manual update phase, while "44" just got pushed out with no notice.
A few quick questions to those of us with backhaul status of 'config_sync' or Firmware Update with "Waiting for connection" problem.
1. Do you have separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and 5GHz?
2. If yes, can you try to merge it back to a SINGLE SSID and see if the problem goes away?
I had two separate SSIDs, one for 2.4GHz and one for 5GHz. After I merge them back to a SINGLE SSID, the problem above goes away like magic.
I just want to see if this will also work for others. If yes, then something has changed since v210 to cause this problem and hopefully NG can look into this fix for the next firmware update.
I'm currently testing v44.
IF the config sync went away after you re-merged the separated SSIDs, then NG probably wont do anything to resolve it as using separate SSIDs is NOT supported on Orbi officially.
I have separate SSIDs. I had to physically power cycle the satellite after the upgrade .32 and the router for the .44 release to get the Sat to come back up on 5G and sync properly.
After testing WiFi download speed from both Satellites and Router with latest v44 firmware, the results are pretty close to what I had achieved earlier with v210. I still got around 370-450Mbps. I'll accept the pain of reconfiguring all the 2.4GHz devices to look for new unified SSID to avoid having to deal with 'config_sync' madness.
SW_ wrote:
I'll accept the pain of reconfiguring all the 2.4GHz devices to look for new unified SSID to avoid having to deal with 'config_sync' madness.
From my somewhat limited knowledge of this product, I don't see a user configurable option to break band steering that many other routers provide. Having said that and using my RBK50 in its default operating mode, my 5G capable devices never fall back to 2.4G.
When my Orbi was autoupdated the other night, I did notice some devices were connected on 2.4G and was one of the reasons I decided to factory reset the base and satellite. I bit the bullet of reconnecting all devices to the Orbi's SSID during initial install, and I do agree it is a big time suck.
As for the comments about speed loss, they do appear to be slower to me as well.
