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Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Firmware Upgrade

EdgeOS firmware can be downloaded from the Ubiquity download page. First we need to see the installed version.

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show version

Version: v1.2.0
Build ID: 4574253
Build on: 06/26/13 12:48
Copyright: 2012-2013 Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
HW model: EdgeRouter Lite 3-Port
HW S/N: -------------
Uptime: 14:53:51 up 4:00, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00

I like EdgeOS because you can pull the image directly into the router via HTTP. Alternatively you can download the image into a local webserver(like I did) and install from there. After the download is complete installation will begin.

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add system image http://192.168.1.5/ER-e100.v1.5.0.4677648.tar

Trying to get upgrade file from http://192.168.1.5/ER-e100.v1.5.0.4677648.tar
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 68.9M 100 68.9M 0 0 7837k 0 0:00:09 0:00:09 --:--:-- 6334k
Download suceeded
Checking upgrade image... Done
Preparing to upgrade... Done
Copying upgrade image... Done
Removing old image... Done
Checking upgrade image... Done
Finishing upgrade... Done
Upgrade completed

The image has been installed but its not running yet, we need to reboot the router for the new image to become the default.

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show system image

The system currently has the following image(s) installed:

v1.5.0.4677648.140620.1301 (default boot)
v1.2.0.4574253.130626.1248 (running image)

A reboot is needed to boot default image

Simply reboot and the new image will become the default boot.

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reboot

Proceed with reboot? \[confirm\]

Verify the router is running the recently installed image.
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Version: v1.5.0
Build ID: 4677648
Build on: 06/20/14 13:01
Copyright: 2012-2014 Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
HW model: EdgeRouter Lite 3-Port
HW S/N: -------------
Uptime: 15:01:36 up 1 min, 1 user, load average: 0.78, 0.30, 0.11

Optional commands

EdgeOS can store two images in the event you need to revert to a previous version.

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show system image

The system currently has the following image(s) installed:

v1.5.0.4677648.140620.1301 (running image) (default boot)
v1.2.0.4574253.130626.1248

You can also delete one of the image.

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delete system image

, , , — Jan 12, 2015