How often should you update your firmware ?

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jifffy
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:48    Post subject: How often should you update your firmware ? Reply with quote
I was wondering how often do we need to update the firmware of the router. I know that there are bugs and 0 day stuff so that's one reason to stay updated, on the other hand, if it ain't broke ,don't fix it. So whats yur take on this guys?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 13:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's one of those "it depends" answers I think. If you have a typical home wifi network, you probably lean towards "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, since you have installed DD-WRT and are on this forum, you probably are using some more advanced features not available in the consumer code, and/or you are an IT tinkerer and enjoy this stuff, and/or you want to give back to the open source community, so you want to upgrade more frequently to take advantage bug fixes, performance improvements, and security patches.
jifffy
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 13:30    Post subject: Reply with quote
pbphoto wrote:
It's one of those "it depends" answers I think. If you have a typical home wifi network, you probably lean towards "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, since you have installed DD-WRT and are on this forum, you probably are using some more advanced features not available in the consumer code, and/or you are an IT tinkerer and enjoy this stuff, and/or you want to give back to the open source community, so you want to upgrade more frequently to take advantage bug fixes, performance improvements, and security patches.

Well put, and you are correct in your assumption that I am an IT type individual who likes to find and fix bugs. Myself personally I update once a month.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 14:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm sure there's other posts obscurely hidden elsewhere, but this question is not new:

https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=320107

https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=319662

I personally have been following development and only update after specific commits.

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