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New - CAX80 Firmware Version 2.1.5.2 Released
New Features and Enhancements: 11/11/2022
Stability Improvements
Bug Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerability issues
Fixes various bugs.
Firmware Update Instructions:
Download Link...
The CAX80 needs to be connected to a ISP coax line with a ISP signal on the line or the CAX80 will auto reboot loop continuously until a coax signal line is detected by the modem. The CAX80 doesn't have to be activated by the ISP, just a signal on the coax line from any ISP for internet will work. If you can get this far, then you should be able to log into the CAX80s web page at 192.168.1.1 or .100.1 and review the FW version there. Press the reset button for 10 seconds then release should be all thats needed. Wire connect one pc to the LAN port in back. Use the 1Gb ports. I use MS Edge for any FW update loading. Try Firefox as an alternative.
I knew there had to be a way! I knew I could get at the info once fully activated but of course did not want to go thru that rigamarole! I appreciate the quick response and will log back in here with any further questions and/or progress report.
Thanks
đ
Progress report:
Yup... those instructions worked. Got right to the password prompt. A little surprised that it immediately opened the page prompt for creation of new password. I thought I had factory defaulted this unit. Am i misinformed to think that in default mode the login page will accept default user/pass (admin / password)?
Follow up question: How do you factory default the CAX80? I was certain I had done so correctly. However, once I was into the UI I discovered that my client's wifi SSID and login info were still on board. I suppose I could manually enter the SSID/password on the label and erase the old but a factory reset would be simpler. This inquiring mind wants to know the correct/complete factory default procedure and what a factory defaulted unit should "look like". For example, will defaulting recover the SSID and username on the CAX80's pre-printed label.
Also, should I take the follow-up question to a different thread?
Thanks
Doug
Reply to myself. A couple of thread subject lines refer to default procedures for CAX80 but I do not find/see a thread in which someone clearly describes the procedure. I expected to find an executable command in the UI...perhaps in the Advanced > admin tab. Did not find.
Hold down times on the reset button seem very action specific. I twice did a 60 second hold down of the reset button thinking that would default. Does this only have the desired effect when a live ISP cable line is connected (did a little lite just go on up there in my brain?)?