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Wireless-N Broadband Router The Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade screen allows you to upgrade the Router's firmware. Do not upgrade the firmware unless you are experiencing problems with the Router or the new firmware has a feature you want to use. Before upgrading the firmware, download the Router's firmware upgrade file from the Linksys website, www.linksys.com/international. Then extract the file. Upgrade Firmware NOTE: The Router may lose the settings you have customized. Before you upgrade its firmware, write down all of your custom settings. After you upgrade its firmware, you will have to re-enter all of your configuration settings. Please Select a File to Upgrade. In the field provided, enter the name of the extracted firmware upgrade file, or click the Browse button to find this file. Start to Upgrade. After you have selected the appropriate file, click this button, and follow the on-screen instructions. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen. Figure 5-47: Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade firmware: the programming code that runs a networking device. download: to receive a file transmitted over a network. upgrade: to replace existing software or firmware with a newer version. Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Broadband Router 45 The Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade

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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Broadband Router
The Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade
Wireless-N Broadband Router
The Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade
The
Firmware Upgrade
screen allows you to upgrade the Router’s firmware. Do not upgrade the firmware unless
you are experiencing problems with the Router or the new firmware has a feature you want to use.
Before upgrading the firmware, download the Router’s firmware upgrade file from the Linksys website,
www.linksys.com/international
. Then extract the file.
Upgrade Firmware
Please Select a File to Upgrade
. In the field provided, enter the name of the extracted firmware upgrade file, or
click the
Browse
button to find this file.
Start to Upgrade
. After you have selected the appropriate file, click this button, and follow the on-screen
instructions.
Help information is shown on the right-hand side of the screen.
Figure 5-47: Administration Tab - Firmware Upgrade
NOTE:
The Router may lose the settings you have customized. Before you upgrade its firmware,
write down all of your custom settings. After you upgrade its firmware, you will have to re-enter all
of your configuration settings.
download
: to receive a file transmitted over a network.
firmware
: the programming code
that runs a networking device.
upgrade
: to replace existing software or
firmware with a newer version.