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hulamrut
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Dec 07, 2023

Factory resets after firmware upgrade Question

Over the past year or so I have been using a couple of Netgear Nighthawk routers as secondary units on my home system. They are an R7600v3 and a R7000. I've upgraded the firmware to the latest available, but did not do a re-set before flashing the firmware. So far no trouble out of either unit. I am planning on replacing my primary router with a R7000P in the next week or so. Should I go ahead and do a reset before upgrading it or just upgrade and put it into use?

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    michaelkenward
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    Dec 07, 2023
    hulamrut wrote:

    Over the past year or so I have been using a couple of Netgear Nighthawk routers as secondary units on my home system. They are an R7600v3 and a R7000.

    Are they in AP mode? What are they doing on the network?

     

    What is the main router?

     

    And the modem/gateway/ONT in front of it?

     

    I am planning on replacing my primary router with a R7000P in the next week or so. Should I go ahead and do a reset before upgrading it or just upgrade and put it into use?

    Reset what? The R7000P?

     

    If it is a second had device – the R7000P is an aged router –  then you should reset it before you start using it. That gets rid of any old settings.

     

    In any case, if you are adding yet an other router to a network, that too should be in AP mode to avoid conflicts with other things on the network.