Post by papaof2 on Sept 24, 2021 19:47:43 GMT -6
a backup for your wifi router?
Can't do a lot if your internet comes from a "subscriber terminal" (Uverse/FIOS/cable internet interface), other than add a layer of UPS and surge protection in front of that device's power supply. However, you can usually create a bsckup of the configuration so you don't have to work that out from scratch when/if that box dies - or is replaced with a newer model.
I have an added layer of security because I have a separate and faster wifi/gigabyte ethernet router on the house side of the "subscriber terminal". The "subscriber terminal" configuration includes allowing access to specific ports for the cameras which can be accessed remotely. They've replaced that box once and I did NOT have the config backed up then - way too many hours spent getting things back as they were :-(
Today I saved the configuration on the faster router, verified it and the identical spare router had the most current firmware update and copied the config of the active unit to the spare - then put the spare back in its box on a shelf.
If there's a problem with my router, I can have the spare in place in a matter of minutes (power cable and two ethernet cables) and maybe reboot the devices on the network so they connect to the replacement device - the SSID is the same but the MAC address is different and some devices can't handle that change without a reboot.
I've had one router failure, so I'm aware that they don't last forever :-( That time I had to do a complete config of the replacement router because it was a different model than the one it replaced - which is why the current active and spare routers are the same make, model, firmware version and I copy the config info to the spare occasionally.
Paranoid about failure? Nah, I'm just lazy and don't like having to solve the same problem more than once...
Can't do a lot if your internet comes from a "subscriber terminal" (Uverse/FIOS/cable internet interface), other than add a layer of UPS and surge protection in front of that device's power supply. However, you can usually create a bsckup of the configuration so you don't have to work that out from scratch when/if that box dies - or is replaced with a newer model.
I have an added layer of security because I have a separate and faster wifi/gigabyte ethernet router on the house side of the "subscriber terminal". The "subscriber terminal" configuration includes allowing access to specific ports for the cameras which can be accessed remotely. They've replaced that box once and I did NOT have the config backed up then - way too many hours spent getting things back as they were :-(
Today I saved the configuration on the faster router, verified it and the identical spare router had the most current firmware update and copied the config of the active unit to the spare - then put the spare back in its box on a shelf.
If there's a problem with my router, I can have the spare in place in a matter of minutes (power cable and two ethernet cables) and maybe reboot the devices on the network so they connect to the replacement device - the SSID is the same but the MAC address is different and some devices can't handle that change without a reboot.
I've had one router failure, so I'm aware that they don't last forever :-( That time I had to do a complete config of the replacement router because it was a different model than the one it replaced - which is why the current active and spare routers are the same make, model, firmware version and I copy the config info to the spare occasionally.
Paranoid about failure? Nah, I'm just lazy and don't like having to solve the same problem more than once...