John visited the official Huawei website, which is the manufacturer of Echolife devices, and searched for the HG8245W5 model. He navigated to the "Support" or "Downloads" section and entered the device's model number. The website provided a list of available firmware versions, and John carefully selected the latest one.
This method checks Huawei’s servers directly from the router's management page. HG8245W5 - Huawei Carrier echolife hg8245w5 firmware download