Recent content by Raysus

IMO saving someone from trying to figure out a set of instuctions when it doesn't appy to what they want to do is useful. Apparently it's only considered useful if you agree with the furniture and blindly follow. Good advice.

Firstly I'm not seeking help in this case. I understood the instructions in the link just fine. It's precisely in the context of DIY'ers that I'm making a constructive criticism of the instructions. I'm sorry if that critism rustled some feathers, it was certainly not the intention. I just...

No, your thinking isn't off the mark. I work in IT as well and find that explaining things to clients and executives is more effective if I only give them the facts relevant to their needs, not my needs.

I never said there was anything wrong with the apps. The issue is WiFi vs Ethernet. The Ethernet connection is universally 99.999% reliable and always on whereas the WiFi is less than that. How much less depends on many factors, many of which are specific to your router including the reason(s)...

I agree on using only Ethernet and browser interface for upgrades. For clean installs I reset before the upgrade as well. Not sure if it would make any difference but the incremental effort is negligible so why not do it.

If history is any indication they would not have pulled the update if it was mearly a bug(s) in a feature(s). The only motivation for pulling it I can think of is a new security vulnerability they might of introduced. Just a guess and not based on any evidence.

Strange. Gone from Canada and Hong Kong sites as well. Judging from the posts in this thread this release seemed to be better than the previous few yet this is the one that's pulled back.

Dirty upgrade from which version? Do you think upgrading from 45717 is to much of a jump without a reset?