Not the good price compare to the past. But if anyone want get one for the wifi 6 mesh wifi. It is the best price so far
NetGear Orbi RBK353 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Band Mesh System 3pk RBK353-100AUS $409.99 Delivered @ Costco (Membership Required)
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What was the update? I'm running Orbi RBK50's very happily without any issue V2.7.3.22…. sounds like i'll do myself a favour and stay on that version.
Edit: hmmm actually looking in my Orbi settings now i dont evens see a way to disable updates!
Same version here. My satellite stopped working and I had to factory reset both to get it working again.
Check out the Reddit forum. Lots of complaints.
When was that? I didn't even realize it updates automatically. I swear i had to manually update the version earlier in the year. I just checked my setup and i have devices attached to my satellite (shield pro, wyze cams, xiaomi crap) working fine so looks like i escaped a bullet this update.
@Xizor: This version caused devices connected by Ethernet to have the Webpage Not Found NXDOMAIN error. Granted it only lasts a few seconds, but still annoying. After waiting for 4 months without an update, I gave up and bought another router. As others said, Netgear forced automatic updates now, so rolling back to previous FW doesn’t work.
Doesn't factory reset leave you on the upgraded firmware version?
Yes. I didn't think it'd work for that reason, but it did. I think the upgrade may have screwed up the config.
As far as I know, RBK50 does not do automatic update anymore. It used to do that, but stopped because of buggy software a few years ago. Now only shows a message bar to tell you there is an update and you need to click to install it.
that's how things ought to be by default
what are they charging you money for?
After 90 days, technical support costs money.
that's pretty tight. Most companies at least let you email them about a problem.
I'm also still using RBK50, is there anything worth upgrading to from this system? I've been happy with it and feel no need to upgrade right now
Depends how many wifi 6 devices you have.
these things were about $240 on AMZ around BF.
As an current Orbi (RBK50) user, I highly recommend against investing in this. Netgear's support is abysmal. They actually charge you money after only 90 days. They force-load buggy software updates and then pretend that nothing's wrong. I just spent a couple of days without working satellites because of a Netgear update. I had to factory reset the whole thing. An alternative is to try Voxel's firmware, but I haven't done that myself just yet. Take a look at the Orbi group on Reddit.