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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    Yes, I can easily see how this is one of those things that is annoying as hell to figure out the Best-Way the first time but much easier in the future.
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    Thanks for your help yesterday, N66U updated to 374.42 went great; an hour of tedius time to follow my old screencaptures of prior settings and all is setup as it was. Thanks
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    how is "Recovery Mode" different-or-same as "Factory Default restore" ?

    RMerlin : a brief thank you for taking the time to answer my question re "recovery mode" vs. "factory defaults". Google is a wonderful resource, but I often prefer to ask smart humans .
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    DrTeeth >One only has to set it for factory defaults *after* flashing. There are several methods that do the same thing. Thanks for the clarity; and yes, I've just spent the last hour making pretty screengrabs of each and every router GUI page. So helpful
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    Thank you however, I simply prefer to ask questions BEFORE doing something. Yes, there are many comments however with many saying different things. Thus I simply wished to ask . I am aware there are many methods to reset a router; but I lack the network professionalism to know how/if one method...
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    >2. To update the firmware, simply download it to your computer, and unzip it. 3. Then use the web UI to update the firmware. 4. After the firmware updates,reset n66u to factory defaults (restore factory defaults) 5. Your user manual says......to reset to factory defaults, press and hold the...
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    Confused: https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Installation direct from Merlin's wiki: While it is generally not necessary to restore to factory defaults, it's not a bad idea, especially if there is a big jump in version number (from 112 to 178 for example). No need to do the 30/30/30...
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    Thank you so much, reading your link now. 1) if I'm logged into the router's GUI, on Admin/Restore-Save-Upload page, there's a mouse click for RESTORE (Factory default). How does simply pushing that button compare to doing a hardware (at the router itself) Factory Restore ? re N66U hardware...
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    how is "Recovery Mode" different-or-same as "Factory Default restore" ?

    Question in the Title: I do not understand the different between the terms "Recovery Mode" and "Factory Default restore" ? Router: N66U I ask this in reference to prepping the Router for the new Merlin current firmware; the router's current firmware is very very old. thanks
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    N66U Seek Details for Firmware flash

    I have a Asus N66U running a very old Merlin Firmware, version 3.0.0.4.270.26 All works fine but wish to update to current firmware version. I have been looking for detailed step-by-step instructions in the Best Practices to install the new firmware. 1) Download current firmware, login into...
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