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A guy on r/homelab said my router firmware was 4 versions behind, so I finally set up auto updates
He pointed out that my TP-Link was running firmware from March 2023 and I had never once checked for updates in 2 years, so I turned on auto update that night and now I check my other devices too - has anyone found a good way to get alerts for firmware updates on older gear?
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derek_lee10d ago
Learning this the hard way too, my old Netgear switch sat on 2019 firmware until last month lol. What actually worked for me was just making a recurring calendar reminder every 3 months to log into each device and hit the check button manually. Sounds dumb but it takes like 10 minutes total and I actually do it now. For the ones that matter most (router, NAS) I set up email alerts through the admin panel so it pings me when new firmware drops. The rest of the old junk just gets a yearly look during spring cleaning. Auto update is great until it bricks something, so I keep that off for anything I can't easily reset.
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