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Author Topic: US firmware in an EU unit possible?  (Read 11390 times)

sapox

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US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« on: October 02, 2008, 12:34:09 PM »

Since the german division of dlink has not released the new 1.20 firmware, could I install the US version into my EU router?? Or can someone tell me where I can find a suitable firmware update for my router, considering that the american market has already available the 1.21 version.

Even in south america they have the 1.20 available.

I need some help with all this mess.
Thanks.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2008, 12:42:43 PM by sapox »
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EddieZ

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 03:42:53 PM »

Just do it. Almost everybody does so. I don't think there will be anymore EU versions.
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wiak

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 06:11:20 PM »

i did, works fine
it will void your warranty but well you can revert back to orginal firmware :P

the Beta firmwares will show all 13 channels = EU
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sapox

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 12:54:19 AM »

But, if I'm not wrong, there is not a big difference in the hardware?
As far as I remember one use an atheros chipset and the other an ubicom.

That makes a big difference in the coding of the firmware, or not?
« Last Edit: October 03, 2008, 07:15:32 AM by sapox »
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wiak

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2008, 07:04:14 AM »

there might be diffrent channels in diffrent parts of the world, japan has 14, EU got 13, US got 11
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lizzi555

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 02:04:29 PM »

Firmware 1.21 is running fine on my A2 EU router.

Ubicom is the processor of the router
Atheros is the wireless chipset

It's just a matter of time until there will be a EU firmware too.
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sapox

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2008, 02:38:39 PM »

It's just a matter of time until there will be a EU firmware too.

I Hope so...

In the meanwhile, then, I will install the 1.21 from the american site.
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EddieZ

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2008, 07:28:13 AM »

There is or wasn't any difference in the firmware versions... Installing the US firmware = void your guarantee? They say so, but in practice this will not be an easy excercise for Dlink since the hardware is not any different.
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sapox

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2008, 06:41:28 AM »

Ok, this is simply to show what I got and compare some results between old/new firmwares. I made this measurement moving files between my laptor to a NAS with a Giga ethernet card connected to the router, I'm not completely sure if this the idoneus scenario to run this tests but is something that I do quite often so is very valid for me.

I tested two N cards in my laptop, a D-Link USB DWA-140 with the driver 2.1.0.0 (15/08/2007) and the internal card of the laptop an Intel 4965 AGN with driver 11.1.1.22 (08/08/2007).

|Firmware 1.11 |Firmware 1.21
DWA-140|Up: 7.5  Down: 8.1 |Up: 9.3  Down: 16.5  MB/s
Intel 4965|Up: 7.8  Down: 9.1 |Up: 8.4  Down: 9.1  MB/s

Later, I updated the drivers of the D-Link card provided by the chip manufacturer Ralink RT2870 version 2.2.2.0, and I got a worst performance (not shown).

In conclusion, a quite good improvement using the D-Link but with the Intel card is more or less the same story. However, the best result obtained (16.5 MB/s = 138.4 Mbps) is far from the theoretical 300 Mbps expected, considering that D-Link claim (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=616.0) that is possible to obtain this speed using the router and a NIC from them and this same configuration.

Regular configuration with WPA2 Only - AES:
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EddieZ

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2008, 04:47:27 PM »

The Intel 4965 only does 130 Mbps (20 mHz only) by design. So don't expect any more enhancements on that connection   8)
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wiak

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2008, 10:08:12 AM »

Ok, this is simply to show what I got and compare some results between old/new firmwares. I made this measurement moving files between my laptor to a NAS with a Giga ethernet card connected to the router, I'm not completely sure if this the idoneus scenario to run this tests but is something that I do quite often so is very valid for me.

I tested two N cards in my laptop, a D-Link USB DWA-140 with the driver 2.1.0.0 (15/08/2007) and the internal card of the laptop an Intel 4965 AGN with driver 11.1.1.22 (08/08/2007).

|Firmware 1.11 |Firmware 1.21
DWA-140|Up: 7.5  Down: 8.1 |Up: 9.3  Down: 16.5  MB/s
Intel 4965|Up: 7.8  Down: 9.1 |Up: 8.4  Down: 9.1  MB/s

Later, I updated the drivers of the D-Link card provided by the chip manufacturer Ralink RT2870 version 2.2.2.0, and I got a worst performance (not shown).

In conclusion, a quite good improvement using the D-Link but with the Intel card is more or less the same story. However, the best result obtained (16.5 MB/s = 138.4 Mbps) is far from the theoretical 300 Mbps expected, considering that D-Link claim (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=616.0) that is possible to obtain this speed using the router and a NIC from them and this same configuration.

Regular configuration with WPA2 Only - AES:

16 mb/s on DWA-140?
i get 11 mb/s hehe up and around 7 mb/s down
can you upload you driver to mediafire.com please
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wiak

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Re: US firmware in an EU unit possible?
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2008, 10:10:47 AM »

N should do around 150 mbps in read speed when its ready, just like 54mbps does 25mbps in real speed
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