orbi admin password recovery problems (can't reach login screen)

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DrJohnH wrote:

It is entirely unacceptable to do a reset to recover a password. 

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If you read these boards regularly you will see that the recommendation is to "factory reset" for any and every problem under the sun. Is it raining outside? Factory reset!

To make matters worse, there are lots of postings where a firmware update failed, and even a factory reset doesn't work, requiring some crazy TFTP gyrations and instances of bricked routers. 

There are only two occasions where your router should get factory reset - 1) at the factory, and 2) when you're selling the router to someone else. To paraphrase Steve Jobs - if you need to fix the problem with a factory reset, you blew it.