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jestiferhenri
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Feb 03, 2023

RAX80 randomly disconnects LAN

Hello, Haven't checked back in this thread in a long time. After I did my workaround of putting a switch in front of the router I had serious disconnects. I stopped upgrading the firmware on the ro...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 03, 2023
jestiferhenri wrote:

I stopped upgrading the firmware on the router as I was worried it would cause the issue to reoccur somehow.

You do realise that you can roll back to earlier firmware if an update causes grief.?

 

if it ain't broke don't fix it)

 

That is not a good idea. By not updating you may miss an update that mends the problem that first hit you. (That's what firmware updates are for.)

 

More important for some people, you leave yourself open to security issues that firmware also plugs as well as other bugs that you may not have noticed.