NVRAM Question

[cmoskowitz]

I tried Merlin's latest build and had issues with my VPN so I revered back to the _29 beta build which was fine for me. The issue now is my wifi is all screwed up and was fine before. I played with all settings, but figured I should clear the VRAM just to be sure. Can I do the following?
-Clear NVRAM, then re-upload my saved settings for the merlin build? Is there any expectation that the config will have to be rebuilt manually or am I ok to do this?

Thank You.

 

[joegreat]

-Clear NVRAM, then re-upload my saved settings for the merlin build? Is there any expectation that the config will have to be rebuilt manually or am I ok to do this?

Hi,

The saved backup is just a copy of NVRAM: Restoring it will bring you back to the same NVRAM as before - no need to clean it upfront...

Clearing NVRAM and starting with minimal MANUAL settings would be the right way forward!

With kind regards
Joe

 

[cmoskowitz]

I'm assuming doing this also will keep the firmware intact? Thanks for all of your help. Will have to jot down all of my settings and start from scratch

 

[joegreat]

I'm assuming doing this also will keep the firmware intact?

Hi,

Resetting the settings (NVRAM!) does no harm to the firmware.

By the way: R u sure that you restored the backup from the old firmware to the old version?
Messing up the backup between firmware version might not work...

With kind regards
Joe

 

[cmoskowitz]

yea, what is happening is that my wifi is just not strong, getting cut in/out, it used to smoke (2.4), just getting disconnects etc, erratic behavior, latency and throughput. But I did flash the router with the latest, then rolled back and re-applied the configs and got the issue.

 

[RMerlin]

Make sure you read the recent Changelog. There was a bug in saved backups from previous FW versions that might fail to be properly reloaded, especially if you were using OpenVPN or an SSH key.

 

[cmoskowitz]

ok Merlin so a clean nvram reset should do it? I would totally do it with the latest FW you have but I need my TAP openvpn int to function.

 

[RMerlin]

ok Merlin so a clean nvram reset should do it? I would totally do it with the latest FW you have but I need my TAP openvpn int to function.

So far I have been unable to reproduce the TAP issues reported by 1-2 users - it was working fine for me after spending an evening testing it.

 

[cmoskowitz]

maybe I will clear the nvram and re-try your firmware (latest), that is the only fair approach. Thanks a bunch.