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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 router. I plan to reset the device to factory settings and then flash the firmware to that latest. 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)?
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
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
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.
Well, to the two gentlemen/ladies that helped me through this, I want to give you an update of what I've done and how things look.
The crux of the problem was that I could not assign priorities to attached devices. That was driving me crazy--I would change it and not matter how I went back to the attached device page it would/would not randomly show my changes. Very frustrating. And on top of that, things that appeared to have changed properly would somehow revert to wring settings.
So, with your combined advice I did a few things. First, downloaded the latest firmware for the RAX48 so that I could manually install it instead of installing it through the internet. Then I did a very thorough reset of the router to its factory default settings. (In fact I went through the process twice since I tend to be a little OCD!) After rebooting the router to the factory defaults I reinstalled the firmware manually (all this was done through direct Ethernet connection between my laptop and the router). I again, completely shutdown the router and started it back up.
Now, after the router was up-and-running I went step-by-step through all configuration settings and setup as needed, menu-by-menu, and applied any changes as they were made. Once I had created my DHCP table I felt it was a good time to give the reboot another shot. I did, and all seemed well. THEN... I went to the attached devices table and began to assign different priorities to the devices on my network. Highest to WiFi devices like laptops and cell phones,and lowest to garage door opener and generator notifications. I even used a normal setting on a laptop that just sits in the background just "in case". And, I used the "Apply" button after each individual change. Guess what, at this point, the settings stayed as I wanted, and things seem good-to-go.
I'll check the router settings in another couple of days and see if things really stayed the way I set them. I feel there's a good chance they will. If they do, I'll apply access control, as a double method of security, and give that a couple of days to see how that goes. AND, then if that's all good I'm going to backup the settings to a CFG file and put it in a nice, safe place with the latest version of firmware.
So, for now I'm a happy guy. I do not like things that don't work the way I believe they should, and I can be kind of relentless at figuring out why (much to my wife's chagrin). But sometimes if you want things to do as they should you just need to keep digging.
