NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Orbi RBK50 firmware V2.2.1.210 update slows WAN speed with 30 to 40%
Firmware V2.2.1.210 slows down my internet speed with 30 to 40%. After bringing it back to V2.1.4.16 the speed is back to normal. No upgrade here!
Thanks again everyone. It was a bit stressful last night as it went real bonkers about 2 hours before I was to join a launch call for work. I got a work around working last night.
The solution above is interesting as I don't like anything that forces auto updates. Just for the reason I experinaced last night. I'd also like a way to have the re-authentication in the admin tool pop so much. It seems to pop after only 30 seconds of inactivity. Given the length and complexity of my admin passowrd, I prefer typing it as little as possible once in the tool.
Little did I know how valuable the above would be. 1 hours after downgrading the firmware, in the middle of my day at work, it auto updated the firmware and bam, kick off my work network and back to square one. Netgear never, never, never force auto updates and should always have a way in the admin tool for me to turn it off so that I can manually update. I'll be adding the block site option above and will look at the telnet option after my workday. Argh. I can not express my frustration with Netgear at this time. If not for this community I would have taken a hammer to my orbi system and went to my local vender to buy anything other than Netgear equipment and would never come back. Netgear still has a shot to fix this, but this need to get this right.
1: Stop auto updates and give me a way to opt. out of them
2: If using Agile, stop or at least re-implement proper testing processes.
3: Stop forcing customers to be your testers, customer support, and debuggers.
Oh how I wish I could send them a bill for my time right now.
Thanks again to the community. My venting it aimed at Netgear.