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Does doing a hard reset on the router wipe the firmware upgrades I have already done?
So I have forgotten my admin password to my RBR50, and my answers to the security questions aren't working. I have it written down, but is far away in another country. What I'm left with is doing a...
oiyq2 wrote:
My question is, if I do a hard reset/factory reset, do I lose all the firmware updates I have already done? If so, I would likely just keep it as is for now.
Thank you in advance!
My guess...(ouch)...is that IF you do a factory reset, as the name implies, your Orbi will be set back to the way it was coming out of the box. The firmware will be whatever version it was shipped with. From that point NG may push a 'critical' FW update or it may do nothing only to give you the option of performing a manual FW update IF you choose.
IF you feel your only option is to do a factory reset, then my recommendation would be to let the Orbi/NG do its thing. Wait and see how it performs. I would NOT going looking for further updates especially then IF the system is working.
A factory reset of the router will keep the same version of firmware. All customization of settings will be lost with the reset. So hopefully you saved the configuration or screenshots of setting screens so that you can restore your settings.
tomschmidt wrote:A factory reset of the router will keep the same version of firmware.
Perhaps....but then I would doubt the naming "Factory Reset"
https://kb.netgear.com/31486/How-do-I-reset-my-Orbi-system-to-factory-default-settings
For the OP: If you do perform the 'Factory' reset let us know how the firmware made out
Retired_Member wrote:
oiyq2 wrote:
My question is, if I do a hard reset/factory reset, do I lose all the firmware updates I have already done? If so, I would likely just keep it as is for now.
Thank you in advance!
My guess...(ouch)...is that IF you do a factory reset, as the name implies, your Orbi will be set back to the way it was coming out of the box.
No. Big time.
Read the manuals and you will see that it means that all of the default settings go back to their Factory default settings or factory configuration.
There really isn't any such thing as "factory settings" when it comes to the firmware version. As boxes come off the production line they emerge with the current firmware. By the time the thing reaches the customer there may have been several new versions.
Stuff like the RBR50 has been around for some time. It will have left the factory with various versions of the firmware.
michaelkenward wrote:
Retired_Member wrote:
oiyq2 wrote:My question is, if I do a hard reset/factory reset, do I lose all the firmware updates I have already done? If so, I would likely just keep it as is for now.
Thank you in advance!
My guess...(ouch)...is that IF you do a factory reset, as the name implies, your Orbi will be set back to the way it was coming out of the box.
No. Big time.
Read the manuals and you will see that it means that all of the default settings go back to their Factory default settings or factory configuration.
There really isn't any such thing as "factory settings" when it comes to the firmware version. As boxes come off the production line they emerge with the current firmware. By the time the thing reaches the customer there may have been several new versions.
Stuff like the RBR50 has been around for some time. It will have left the factory with various versions of the firmware.
OK...big time....I believe ya.
for what its worth....i try and stay away from so-called factory resets.
Retired_Member wrote:
for what its worth....i try and stay away from so-called factory resets.
Good advice. Resets are for when you have tried everything else.
It is a common suggestion when wifi breaks.
But you can always save the settings before you do it and then roll back if the reset does not fix problems.
