So it's advised to do other kind of backup when you upgrade.Īnd about your other questions, sometimes it's as easy as you state, sometimes there's an special procedure for certain routers, so you need to look on wiki or the forum. On the other hand unused variables waste valuable NVRAM space. Sometimes the developers (dd-wrt and/or upstream) add/remove/rename variables between minor and/or major revisions. Posted: Tue 13:45 Post subject: Re: R8300 firmware and Backup/Restore Settings Please DO NOT PM me with questions Ask in the forum.

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The Netgear R8300 is not supported officially that I am aware of. to a text file and save them that way if you absolutely are hell bent on *must* reset when upgrading. You can screenshot all of your pertinent settings, copy and paste static leases, scripts, etc. You don't necessarily need to do a full reset when you upgrade. Last edited by coolgoose3 on Sun 23:36 edited 1 time in total

If I want to go back to factory firmware, could I just install factory firmware from dd-wrt Administration -> Firmware page ?.Is there a recovery mode for Netgear if anyone knows ? I will keep searching if I missed that. Read on peacock thread about recovery mode for D-Link.Has anyone tried these newer builds on R8300 or R8500 ? I do see R8500 builds here, but no Kong builds. But most of the threads on R8300 are older and suggest using Kong build. I am now thinking of installing dd-wrt on my primary router Netgear R8300 using firmware for R8500 as these forums suggest that it works.Can I Backup and Restore settings if I move to a higher revision but still under v3.0 ? Is that true for any upgrades or just major verion or minor version ? Eg I am now on v3.0-r44944. Lot of places say not to Backup and Restore settings.Not sure if this bug has been fixed in newer versions. Does anyone have any info on that ? I used the older build, from 12/8/20 thinking that 90 days old build would be safer.

* Configure the dd-wrt firmware as Access Point as mentioned on the wikiĮverything seems to work fine but the LEDs seem off, WPS LED is on all the time. * Let it boot and reset again by pressing reset pin for 10 seconds * Download dd-wrt firmware from here and install it from factory web UI * Reset router by pressing reset pin for 10 seconds. Installed dd-wrt on D-Link DIR-860L using these steps (in case others find it useful)

I started with my old router that I use as access point.

I am new user trying to get dd-wrt on my routers with a few questions if anyone can help. Posted: Fri 2:29 Post subject: R8300 firmware and Backup/Restore Settings

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