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Orbi Firmware Update 2.5.0.40
Does anyone know what's in 2.5.0.40? All I can see from the software release is "Updates the https certificate" - it's described as a Hot Fix, but I would love to see a tad more detail. I had...
...and one question that I'm often asked myself is when should I to do Factory Reset?
I always do a hard factory reset (nuclear option) on MAJOR firmware update (i.e., 2.3.5.38 to 2.5.0.38), manually re-configure the Orbi setup from scratch. I never save/restore config file from a previous major FW version. For MINOR firmware update, the same config should continue to work as is, i.e., I don't do factory reset going from 2.5.0.38 to 2.5.0.40. YMMV.
Just curious, are you now using v40?
SW_ wrote:...and one question that I'm often asked myself is when should I to do Factory Reset?
I always do a hard factory reset (nuclear option) on MAJOR firmware update (i.e., 2.3.5.38 to 2.5.0.38), manually re-configure the Orbi setup from scratch. I never save/restore config file from a previous major FW version. For MINOR firmware update, the same config should continue to work as is, i.e., I don't do factory reset going from 2.5.0.38 to 2.5.0.40. YMMV.