Wavlink ac600 firmware update - wifi.wavlink.com

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How to update the firmware of a Wavlink ac600 router?

The firmware of a router should be periodically updated to maintain the performance of a router in the network. A user updating the firmware of a router must know the changes that a new firmware would bring into the device. A new firmware adds on new features and upgrades the existing features in a device resulting in escalating its performance level of it. You can perform the firmware update on a router either using a manual method or by directly using the wifi.wavlink.com interface.

Steps to update the firmware of a Wavlink ac600 router

  1. To begin the update process, visit the official website of Wavlink to download an available firmware for your router
  2. Go to the downloading section, click on the drop-down list and select the hardware version of your Wavlink router.
  3. Make sure that you are choosing the correct hardware version of your  Wavlink device, a wrong firmware could damage the warranty of your router.
  4. Unzip the firmware file you have downloaded. The extracted firmware will be shown in a separate folder.
  5. Open a browser on your computer connected to the wifi.wavlink.com router’s network.
  6. Type on the address bar of your browser. If you encounter any error, type the LAN IP address of your Wavlink router as the URL of the browser.
  7. The default LAN IP address of a Wavlink router is 192.168.1.1.
  8. Hit enter and the wifi.wavlink.com window appears on the window.
  9. Mention the credentials in their respective fields. Type “admin” on the username field and type the admin password in the password field.
  10.  If you haven’t changed the default password, type “admin” on the password field of the login window
  11. Both the username and password credentials are case-sensitive.
  12. Hit the login button and, you will get redirected to the wifi.wavlink.com management window.
  13. Go to the Advanced tab, select the System Tools tab then click on the Firmware Upgrade tab.
  14. The firmware update page displays on your screen
  15. Now, scroll down to the device information section.
  16.  Go to the Manual Upgrade section and click on the Browse option.
  17. Navigate the cursor to the location where you have kept the downloaded file.
  18.  Select the downloaded firmware fiile, and click the open tab.
  19. Make sure that you have kept the downloaded file in an extracted form, it makes it easy to upload the file
  20. A dialogue box appears on your screen prompting you to click on the upgrade option.
  21. Click on the upgrade option, to initialize the update process. Wait for a few minutes to let the update process complete.
  22. Do not interrupt the process during the update on your computer, it may lead to the failure of the Firmware update process.
  23. After completion of the update process, the Wavlink router automatically reboots.

Why ap.setup is not working?

Note: Once the firmware of the router gets updated, you can check the confirmation of the completion process using the Status tab of the wifi.wavlink.com interface. Make sure you have connected the computer to the router using the wired connection during the update process to avoid sudden disconnection.