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New - RAXE500 Firmware Version 1.0.10.86 Released
New Features: 7/12/22
Supports SpeedTest sever manual select list
Supports HK, UAE Wi-Fi country options
Security Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
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A pro for factory reset is that if you can reset and setup from scratch, soon after, make a backup configuration to file. I recommend this backup not include additional router features like Access Controls, Armor, SPC and Traffic Meter. Just make a base backup config to file. This will save you time IF and when factory resets are needed. You'll be back up in a few minutes rather than hours. LOL. Afterwards, if you enable any additional features, make another back up of this as well. So you have a base and a featured backup in case something happens.
I don’t use those features, so I’m more or less doing that already. I have a number of other features that default to on turned off as well, such as PnP, IP6, media sharing, etc
Kewl. Sounds good. Less is more. LOL
Back ups save time for sure.
Can you tell us if you see System Uptime on the routers debug web page and also do you happen to see Thermal Fan option anywhere on this page?
With a hard restart of the router this morning, I saw the same symptoms as previously (with the 2.4GHz SSID being hidden and staying hidden). I examined the router settings via the admin interface and found some of the lower band settings appearing incorrect, most notably the security setting which indicated off rather than mixed wpa3/wpa2. I corrected this and modified the channel, which I had previously planned to do anyway, and applied. The startup was clean this time, though the guest network appeared briefly as before (curiously this doesn’t happen with the higher bands). I then did another hard restart and the behavior was fine also. I have to wonder if the router must be sometimes having a problem corrupting internal settings during a firmware update and whether that’s at least a partial rationale for the factory reset recommendation.
I did see the System Uptime on the debug page but I do not see any Thermal Fan text on this page either with Safari or Firefox, might this require some other option to be set?
Would you post screen captures of what you see if and when this happens again?
Ya, I guess thermal fan wasn't included in the UI for the 500. Would be nice to have that to help keep the unit cool. I have external fan running with my 500.
Tonkinite wrote:
With a hard restart of the router this morning, I saw the same symptoms as previously (with the 2.4GHz SSID being hidden and staying hidden). I examined the router settings via the admin interface and found some of the lower band settings appearing incorrect, most notably the security setting which indicated off rather than mixed wpa3/wpa2. I corrected this and modified the channel, which I had previously planned to do anyway, and applied. The startup was clean this time, though the guest network appeared briefly as before (curiously this doesn’t happen with the higher bands). I then did another hard restart and the behavior was fine also. I have to wonder if the router must be sometimes having a problem corrupting internal settings during a firmware update and whether that’s at least a partial rationale for the factory reset recommendation.
I did see the System Uptime on the debug page but I do not see any Thermal Fan text on this page either with Safari or Firefox, might this require some other option to be set?