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cjpattinson
Apr 05, 2020Tutor
Can't Rename Attached Devices, Can't Change QOS Settings for Attached Devices
Product: Nighthawk X6 R8000 - Firmware V1.0.4.46_10.1.63 Hi Folks Need help trying to solve a problem where I cannot change device name or QOS settings for attached devices. I go through usua...
- Apr 06, 2020
Thank you James, you are exactly correct.
Maybe "Never" is a stretch and instead, "Not Always the Best Practice" would have been a more appropriate responce, but I do feel that it is realitive to these forums and is worth mentioning.
cjpattinson
Apr 05, 2020Tutor
I think Additude was kindly pointing out that in order to get my router back to a properly working state it is better to reset and manually reconfigure rather than ingest a corrupted configf file, which kinda made sense to me.
Anyway no matter - I'm not impressed with netgear screwing up my system in the first place. Their loss as I have loads of their kit and have recommened to many others, but no more....
antinode
Apr 05, 2020Guru
> [...] it is better to reset and manually reconfigure rather than
> ingest a corrupted configf file, [...]
It's certainly true that loading a corrupt configuration file is
unwise, but "never" covers rather more cases than that.
> [...] I'm not impressed with netgear screwing up my system in the
> first place. [...]
I'm not pleased with the firmware on my devices, either, but nonsense
is still nonsense.