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Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability
We’ve been monitoring issues that some customers have experienced in OrbiOS 2.1.4. In response, we’re releasing firmware that provides a permanent fix for the homekit issue along with various other f...
I agree that factory resets should be a last resort. What no one has mentioned is that factory resets destroy customisation.
Under the Orbi router’s Attached Devices list I always name and describe each device in my household that is attached to the Orbi system. A factory reset means rebuilding this list.
I know we can backup settings, which includes attached device names, then restore the backup after a reset, but then the fear is that the restore inadvertently reintroduces the very problem that lead to the factory reset in the first place.
There must be a better way, like a warm restart. My modem/router has the ability to restart with current settings or restart with factory settings.
cheshbr wrote:
I agree that factory resets should be a last resort. What no one has mentioned is that factory resets destroy customisation.
Under the Orbi router’s Attached Devices list I always name and describe each device in my household that is attached to the Orbi system. A factory reset means rebuilding this list.
I know we can backup settings, which includes attached device names, then restore the backup after a reset, but then the fear is that the restore inadvertently reintroduces the very problem that lead to the factory reset in the first place.
There must be a better way, like a warm restart. My modem/router has the ability to restart with current settings or restart with factory settings.
There is a better way. With DD-WRT you can have a list of devices with each one's MAC Address, along with the name that you give each one that you can keep in a file on your computer. And that becomes a startup parameter for dnsmasq, via cut-and-paste. It's a simple, effective, and easily repeatable mechanism. Other than that, or having the web admin GUI read from a file, or cut-and-paste from a file into a widget, don't see at the moment how that could be done easily.
Maybe someone out there has a way to do this? I'd love to hear, too!