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Orbi RBR50 Router Firmware Version V2.7.2.102
A new Router Firmware Version V2.7.2.102 installed automatically during the night. So far so good!
You try a factory reset on the RBS and RBR?
aaronka wrote:Still can't my RBS50 to update to the same firmware as the RBR50, I guess I will have to wait until it is available for download. I still don't have a good explanation as to why my RBR50 was forced updated in the first place though.
From the Advanced - Administration - Firmware Update page
On the Attached Devices Page
Since I'm only having cosmetic issues with it I'm not willing to go down that rabbit hole. I would like to know how to prevent future forced updates though.
Hopefully NG will post FW files so you can update the RBS manually.
Good Luck.NG has now posted FW for manual update on the support page !
Not yet (Jan 5, 2021 at 8 AM EST) for RBK50v2
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50v2#download
The firmware may be the same for RBK50 and RBK50v2, but we should not assume that they are.
The hardware is different and it stands to reason that the firmware could be different too.
aaronka wrote:
Since I'm only having cosmetic issues with it I'm not willing to go down that rabbit hole. I would like to know how to prevent future forced updates though.The only method that people have found to block updates is to block access to the Netgear firmware updates web site, which (I believe) requires a router upstream of the Orbi.
