382.18547: factory default restore vs initialize

[bughit]

There are now two buttons in the web ui for factory default: restore, initialize. The help text for initialize is not clear:

Click [Restore] to restore the router to its default settings, or click [Initialize] to reset settings and erase all data log for each functions. Wait for a while until the router reboots.

Sounds like its doing what Restore does, plus something else: "erase all data log for each functions". What exactly is this?

 

[ColinTaylor]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac86u-administration-restore-vs-initialize.41944/

 

[pdoyle]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac86u-administration-restore-vs-initialize.41944/

I used Initialize today flashing the new firmware. It seems to be working fine so far. I read this link, but still don't understand the reasons for using one command vs the other. Asus guidance is very limited, many assumptions about user knowledge.

 

[bughit]

@ColinTaylor thanks for the link.

@pdoyle per @RMerlin's explanation, initialize, in addition to resetting all settings, will erase data that the router accumulates. Not sure if it accumulates any data if you don't turn on any additional services beyond the core routing and firewalling, would be pretty obnoxious if it did.

 

[pdoyle]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac86u-administration-restore-vs-initialize.41944/

Thank you for this link, very useful.

 

[pdoyle]

@ColinTaylor thanks for the link.

@pdoyle per @RMerlin's explanation, initialize, in addition to resetting all settings, will erase data that the router accumulates. Not sure if it accumulates any data if you don't turn on any additional services beyond the core routing and firewalling, would be pretty obnoxious if it did.

Thank you. The only functionality affected is the loss of log data; which presumably will be enabled if services enabled in the future.