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Re-Installing Backed-Up CFG File
First off, please advise if this is the proper group to post things about an RAX48 AX5200 router. I think it is. Second, I want to try to eliminate some potential issues that I'm seeing with the ...
- Yes, restoring a config file can re-introduce previous issues you had. Make sure a clean config by reconfiguring from scratch. Doing a factory reset and then using a backup config file to restore defeats the purpose of factory reset
RDPH wrote:
My question is, if I reload a previously (recently) saved configuration file, can that re-introduce problems? Or, should I simply manually re-enter the settings myself (which is not a probelm)?
The general rule, as microchip8 says, is not to reload backup firmware if you have bug. But there are times when rules are there for the breaking.
My take is that it depends on the age of the backup. If it precedes whatever bug you think you saw, then it may not resurrect the problem. The backup may not harbour the infection.
If you have a very simple setup that is easily created, then a fresh start is probably the safest route. But if you have spent hours building a complicated configuration, you lose nothing by reloading the backup and seeing what happens.
If the router works as expected, just keep going. But if the bug bites you again, reset and don't restore.