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Rax120 Reset
I have a Rax 120 that is running .118 firmware. Last night it just rebooted and reset itself all by itself. Has this happened to anyone else running this firmware?
I wanted to give an update. I installed the 118 hotfix firmware and restarted my router 3 days ago. My router hasn't restarted or dropped WiFi since I updated the firmware to the 118 hotfix. Before my router was dropping WiFi once a day and I would have to restart the router to get WiFi back up. Since the firmware update this hasn't happened for me.
I have noticed that some replies in this thread recommend doing a factory reset after you update the firmware to 118. Wouldn't that remove the update the hotfix update? Its not necessary to do a factory reset after you install the new firmware.
I have noticed that some replies in this thread recommend doing a factory reset after you update the firmware to 118. Wouldn't that remove the update the hotfix update? Its not necessary to do a factory reset after you install the new firmware.
How does a reset remove firmware updates? You are simply resetting the router to clear it of low level stuff.
Resetting does not remove firmware, if it did your router would be dead in the water.
- An earlier reply suggested doing a factory reset after you updated the firmware to 118. I was stating that doing a factory reset after you update the firmware would remove the firmware update. But doing a "restart" of the router after the firmware update would be fine.
to help understanding a why a reset helps I'll post this link again for you to have a read over .https://www.snbforums.com/threads/faq-nvram-and-factory-default-reset.22822/
resetting a router does not remove a firmware update. Firmware could include security updates and drivers which replace what's on your router. They overwrite the code and a reset can not remove what's been updated.
- I'm not 100% sure this applies to my situation. My router did a factory reset on its own and that is why I searched this forum to see if there was a firmware update and I found the 118 hotfix. I updated the firmware and did a restart and haven't had any issues since.
From my experience a factory reset puts your device back into the state that it was when it left the factory (original firmware that was installed). So if your telling me that a factory reset doesn't remove any firmware updates that you installed, that is new to me. Also, note this particular 118 hotfix doesn't specify doing a factory reset after installation, which is what I found on other threads with other firmware updates for other Netgear Routers.