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RBK50 Firmware Version 2.5.2.4?
Hi all, I woke up this morning with a notification from the Orbi app that the firmware on my RBK50 had been automatically updated to 2.5.2.4 (screenshot attached). There doesn't seem to be any ment...
Even if waiting worked (which from other reports, it doesn't), waiting hours or days for a network appliance to correctly report attached devices isn't acceptable. Full Stop.
It appears that the SDLC for Orbi Firmware consists of:
1) Does it compile? Yes -> Ship it
With little to no QA or regression testing. Seriously, something as basic as attached devices breaking wasn't caught?
If the radio's weren't so darn good, I'd dump the system. As it is I'm very tempted to blackhole the Netgear update servers so it can't ever auto-update.
Users can revert to v16. v16 seems to work well for stock FW. Havn't had any problems using this version.
User can also use Voxe's 3rd party FW as well:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/m-p/1883615#
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-a-la-faq.65224/
You can revert back to stock FW if it doesn't work out for you.
Good Luck