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Orbi Router reset to factory defaults, lost my entire configuration!
I was experiencing some problems with slow wifi (speed test under QoS was showing accurate available speed 200+ down, 20+ up), Apple TV was getting highly variable speed as low as 5Mb up to maybe 30M...
DougB628 wrote:
.................. So I decide to restart my router. When it comes back, I have a WiFi network called ORBI27, and when I go to 192.168.1.1, it's taking me through the new setup wizard. I lost my entire configuration, all my device names, etc.
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This should not really happen!
Did you may be happen to press the reset button for long?
DougB628 wrote:
The main reason I had not done this already is that you cannot rely on a configuration backup being usable after a firmware upgrade. This is one of the things that I (and many others) find so frustrating - pretty much all router makers don’t care about their users enough to solve this problem. It IS solvable - document when you change things, and save config backups in a format that can be edited by a user.
To backup and restore my data I use telnet which really makes my life easy! :)
I print all device names, types and IP reservations to be used when needed!
Please check here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Quick-way-to-re-enter-your-IP-reservations-after-factory-reset/m-p/1691698#M50199
- I never touched the reset button - I pressed the power button, unplugged power, replugged power, then pressed power again.
Thanks for the tip on re-entering DHCP reservations. Although I have found that when I restart my Orbi, sometimes there is something wrong with its DHCP responses that devices don’t “see” it and keep asking for an IP. So I will be switching to DNSMasq ona Raspberry Pi soon. I’ll get the benefit of DNS caching too.
