Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: TFTP (Router-Upgrade) (Solved) Date: 9 May 2017 17:37:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <1n5perq.xdhgi41m92j4cN%befr@eaglesoft.de> <1n5rk75.gipm53gjd8kuN%befr@eaglesoft.de> <1n5rqmi.2x59ek1ey6rhoN%befr@eaglesoft.de> <1n5rv9e.15q2hd01hy5kgsN%befr@eaglesoft.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net cms5a3aTdROg3At1gWpSSQ4byNRWz2ws8EwoMX3oUJvnoSYoC/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:M5taEsYfOTydMRN16xDnZKykuNY= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106724 On 2017-05-09, Bernd Fröhlich wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2017-05-09, Bernd Fröhlich wrote: >> > Jolly Roger wrote: >> > >> >> Huh?? Those instructions do tell you to do the reset: >> >> >> >> Turn off the device. >> >> Press with a pointed object (Kulli or office clip) into the "Factory Reset" >> >> opening on the back of the unit. >> >> Press and hold this button and turn the unit on. >> >> Release the reset button after approx. 3-5 seconds. >> > >> > Yes, but that is NOT a factory reset (although it uses the same >> > pinhole). >> > A REAL factory reset is to press a clip into that hole for 5 seconds >> > while the router is ON. >> >> I think you need to read those last two instructions above again slowly. >> That's exactly what it says: hold the Factory Reset button while the >> unit is on for 3-5 seconds. ; ) > > Nope it says "Press and hold this button AND TURN THE UNIT ON." > > Whereas the manual page 218 reads: > > "Hardware Reset > WHILE THE ROUTER IS RUNNING (ACT LED blinking), press the Factory Reset > button and hold for more than 5 seconds. When you see the ACT LED blinks > rapidly, please release the button. Then, the router will restart with > the default configuration." > > For me (and obviously for the router) those two make a big difference. Then why do they say it will do a factory reset in both cases? I'm skeptical (you probably just didn't really hold the button down as well as you thought), but whatever you say. : ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR