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| If you keep the **SET** button pressed while turning the power on, and keep it pressed until "SAFE" is shown in display, Internet Gate is started in [[troubleshooting:safe mode]], temporarily using factory default values. | If you keep the **SET** button pressed while turning the power on, and keep it pressed until "SAFE" is shown in display, Internet Gate is started in [[troubleshooting:safe mode]], temporarily using factory default values. | ||
| - | <if ver gt 5.32> | ||
| ===== Time machine mode ===== | ===== Time machine mode ===== | ||
| - | If you keep the **SEL** button pressed while turning the power on, and keep it pressed unit "OLd" is shown in display, the unit is started using previous firmware and settings used before last upgrade. | ||
| ^ :!: Only dual-banked models support time-machine mode ^ | ^ :!: Only dual-banked models support time-machine mode ^ | ||
| | To see if your unit does support time-machine mode check the [[web GUI:device information]] page. In the Hardware, Flash ID field it must say "8+8MB" to indicate a dual-banked flash supporting time-machine mode.\\ If Hardware, Flash ID only lists 4MB or 8MB then your unit is not dual-banked and time machine mode is not supported. | | | To see if your unit does support time-machine mode check the [[web GUI:device information]] page. In the Hardware, Flash ID field it must say "8+8MB" to indicate a dual-banked flash supporting time-machine mode.\\ If Hardware, Flash ID only lists 4MB or 8MB then your unit is not dual-banked and time machine mode is not supported. | | ||
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| + | If you keep the **SEL** button pressed while turning the power on, and keep it pressed unit "OLd" is shown in display, the unit is started using previous firmware and settings used before last upgrade. | ||
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| Time machine mode works in the following way:\\ | Time machine mode works in the following way:\\ | ||
| Assume you had release 5.40 in your unit before, but have upgraded to release 5.50 since. Using the time machine you can temporarily revert back to the previous release 5.40 and the configuration you once had before you upgraded. Your unit will be restored to how it was before the upgrade. | Assume you had release 5.40 in your unit before, but have upgraded to release 5.50 since. Using the time machine you can temporarily revert back to the previous release 5.40 and the configuration you once had before you upgraded. Your unit will be restored to how it was before the upgrade. | ||
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| * The last upgrade has been aborted or failed | * The last upgrade has been aborted or failed | ||
| * Your unit has is not dual-banked (see above) | * Your unit has is not dual-banked (see above) | ||
| + | * You use a firmware release older than 5.33 | ||
| ==== Advanced ==== | ==== Advanced ==== | ||
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| | SEL | SEL | old firmware, old configuration | | | SEL | SEL | old firmware, old configuration | | ||
| Thus for example if you hold SEL button pressed when turning the unit on, but release it after about 10 seconds, before CFG RST is lit, the unit will start using the old firmware that was used before the last upgrade, but your current configuration. | Thus for example if you hold SEL button pressed when turning the unit on, but release it after about 10 seconds, before CFG RST is lit, the unit will start using the old firmware that was used before the last upgrade, but your current configuration. | ||
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