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Your experience with Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18
The other long thread on the new firmware is useless and has become a tech support thread. Please only post your experience after upgrading to the new firmware, good or bad. I'd like to see everyone'...
I used the built-in update. I have auto-update disabled and will keep that disabled FOREVER!
Furthermore, I am completely DONE with the Netgear's "doggy doodoo" of "wipe-update-wipe-reconfigure". If they can't push an update that does NOT involve a full reset (seems to be the Netgear response to all problems)...well...they need to rethink thier strategy.
Netgear Orbi Pro needs to be "PRO".
"Pro" needs to have business class features (vLAN, etc, etc)
"Business Class" needs to have abilty to handle a software update that does not disrupt "BUSINESS" and require a full factory reset to resolve.
Happy New Year!!!
Flash008 wrote:
I used the built-in update. I have auto-update disabled and will keep that disabled FOREVER!
Happy New Year!!!
Flash - can you please detail how you disabled auto-update in such a way that it is actually 'sticking' and not auto-updating? Myself, and several others, used the older telnet instructions and changed the three values etc, but it auto-updated anyway. Do you have a new way of doing it that seems to stick? Thanks!
Jeremyinsf wrote:
Flash - can you please detail how you disabled auto-update in such a way that it is actually 'sticking' and not auto-updating? Myself, and several others, used the older telnet instructions and changed the three values etc, but it auto-updated anyway. Do you have a new way of doing it that seems to stick? Thanks!
I'm not Flash...but there are FOUR settings that need to be adjusted:
- orbi_auto_upgrade
- auto_check_for_upgrade
- auto_update
- orbi_auto_upg
The instructions that are usually referenced omit that last item.
Even then, I had a few issues with getting the settings to stick, since the system kept wanting to start an auto-check/auto-upgrade cycle before I could make the changes. Waiting a day and trying again finally, knock wood, did the trick.