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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-868L => Topic started by: zzq4343 on February 18, 2015, 01:59:04 PM
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Is it possible to flash A1 firmware on B1 HW?
How about B1 firmware on A1 HW?
Do A1 and B1 share the same hardware?
If I can't flash A1 on B1 HW, is it possible to replace B1 HW with A1 for free?
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No it's not. The FWs and HW Revs are not compatible.
What region are you located?
I recommend phone contacting your regional D-Link support office to inquire about any exchanges.
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I'm in Canada
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Let us know if you decide to contact D-Link and what they say. Good Luck.
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I contacted the live support, they just say they can't change the hardware.
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Sorry about that. :-\
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The email reply:
We will not be able to offer an exchange for the DIR-868L from the Rev B to Rev A. We have replaced the DIR-868L Rev. A in Canada, and we will not be able to offer any replacement stock with the older version. The features added in the recent firmware upgrade to the Rev A are not advertised on the Rev B box. We have passed your comments to our Product Management team, and they working on possibly adding the Bridge mode feature to the Rev.B at this time.
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Hopefully they will add bridge mode to the Rev B.
You might see about maybe getting a Rev A from Amazon or Flebay if your wanting something sooner. Could sell the Rev B or keep it as a 2ndary router or back up.
Good Luck
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I got the same problem... i need to set up VLAN but DIR-868L doesn't support this configuration. My router is B1 HW version, but i have seen the A1 HW support VLAN configuration. Is it true? I'm from Brazil.
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Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=48135.0)
I don't see Rev B listed for your region. I do see Rev A FW list however:
http://www.dlink.com.br/produto/dir-868l
VLANS are not supported on most home routers. Some routers support VPN. The 868L doesn't support either of these I believe. VPN as a pass thru is supported.
I got the same problem... i need to set up VLAN but DIR-868L doesn't support this configuration. My router is B1 HW version, but i have seen the A1 HW support VLAN configuration. Is it true? I'm from Brazil.
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Any status on this? ???
I got the same problem... i need to set up VLAN but DIR-868L doesn't support this configuration. My router is B1 HW version, but i have seen the A1 HW support VLAN configuration. Is it true? I'm from Brazil.