New Orbi RBR50/RBS50 Firmware Version 2.3.1.44

Finally fixed the WiFi problems in this release - and many others too.  Thanks to contributors on this Community board I was able to set the router and satellite to never, ever, ever auto-update and then I installed the initial release 1.1.0.16.

The system is now consistently fast and responsive all over my 3000 sq. ft house with over 10 devices on both 2.4 and 5 ghz; windows 8 and 10 laptops, various vintage iPhones, android phones, tablets, firesticks, 3 smart TVs, ChromeCast, an Ooma, and an HP printer - all at lower CPU loads.  Everything connects quickly and roams just like they should.

I'm never updating these boxes again even if I have to weld them shut. 

For 20 years I've bought nothing but Netgear routers - about 5 of them - and was always satisfied but when this hardware dies, I'll shop around for another mesh wifi system with better software quality.  They can't fix a problem without making two more, they'll make it more secure but only if I click on the ad and pay for it, and they won't put an old, simple, very useful feature back into the product.  The ONLY thing I've waited patiently two years for Netgear to put back into this product was Readyshare FileSharing but it now appears that's a pipe-dream.  Seeing USB ports on this system and then finding out it can't run a NAS, like it used to on older routers, but only printers, when every printer sold these days has builtin-wireless, is just humiliating.  I don't need Mickey running on my damned router.

kthxbai.