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Recovering Configuration after Firmware Update 2.7.5.6
Product: RBK40
After I upgraded my firmware to 2.7.5.6, I somehow have to reset (factory setting) and lost my previous configuartion.
I have a Backuped Configure File NETGEAR_Orbi-mini.cfg that I can use.
However this configure is done before Firmware 2.7.2.4 when the admin password was in an old format that 2.7.5.6 no longer allow.
My questions:
1. For recovery, can I still use this old NETGEAR_Orbi-mini.cfg with Firmware 2.7.5.6 ?
2. Does the NETGEAR_Orbi-mini.cfg file contain admin password ?
3. Has anyone got a Windows version of orbicfg from https://github.com/sacFy/orbicfg
? As I am not well verse in building it in Linux.
3 Replies
You'll need to set up the system from scratch.
Unless you downgrade the RBR back to what you had loaded on it and generated the .cfg file long enough to maybe change the password to something that is supported on the newer FW version. Then save off the .cfg file again with the newer password set. Then re-update the router back to newer FW. All settings should be there however maybe do a reset anyways, then apply the .cfg file afterwards.
I'd take screen shots of important web pages if you return the system back to older FW so you have some backup info.
FURRYe38, thanks for your speedy advice.
I would also like to know the answers to my questions 2.and 3.
If you downgrade back to where the config was first generated, then yes. If you update FW, its commended to not load the older config file as it may bring in some incompatibilites with newer FW.
Most likely yes.
