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As a linux user, do you know about/use openwrt?
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Some routers have dual partition setup.
Active and backup. When flashing firmware, it is flashed to the backup partition. If the router boots successfully, the newly flashed backup partition becomes active and vice versa. If things screw up, nothing happens.
Thanks for the info. Thats not exactly what I meant. I‘m not afraid of the router itself breaking at installation but freezing for example and not being able to reboot. I usually dont tinker with mission critical stuff.
The same thing can happen to manufacturer firmware. Only you'd have much less capability to troubleshoot, let alone fix it.
True but manufacturers are in big trouble if stuff like this breaks where I live so they are very eager to provide such service and additionally, the brand my router is from is generally considered rather good.
Not USian, I'm guessing?
Exactly.
Gotcha. Very different in the States in this regard.
In a lot of regards that concern QoL, sadly. Have a good one.
Good luck. o/
I know you likely have moved on but it would be interesting to actually figure out the cause. What steps would someone need to take to reproduce the issue?