ian wrote:
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> Not in my experience of remotely upgradeable equipment over the last 20
> years+.[/color]

Would you not be upgrading it locally?
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>> Firmware is like the operating system - if you only dump half of it to
>> the EEPROM (Firmware) how will the router know what instructions to
>> follow on power-up.[/color]
>
> A hardware reset should revert the equipment to the original factory
> version of the firmware.[/color]

Perhaps things are not as "fragile" as they were onceupon a time. I
would think it is a precautionary note. Similar to the warning on my
xbox360 not to power down the console while an update is in progress
etc. etc.

Last thing I upgraded firmware on was my Draytek 2910vg which gives the
same words of caution. This is one of the latest products from a well
respected manufacturer.