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Updating R7000 Firmware taking forever
Last night, I read an article online about the security issue with my router (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/may-time-turn-off-router-215115643.html). This morning, I logged into my Router's local in...
It appears that I just had to manually reboot the router. The firmware update is applied and I did not lose any seetings. I was so afraid to reboot because the power light was still blinking amber, which made me think it was stuck somewhere in the download/update process. But after a coupl eof days with no change in the status, I powered down then powered up the router and all is working fine, now.
It appears that I just had to manually reboot the router. The firmware update is applied and I did not lose any seetings. I was so afraid to reboot because the power light was still blinking amber, which made me think it was stuck somewhere in the download/update process. But after a coupl eof days with no change in the status, I powered down then powered up the router and all is working fine, now.