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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => DGL-4500 => Routers / COVR => Beta code for the 4500 => Topic started by: Toasty on January 22, 2010, 06:00:47 PM
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I'm going to install it tomorrow evening if noone reports problems, anyone else install it yet?
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Just finished installing it.
All my settings were retained. Not much else to say...
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Working great so far here as well. ;D
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I was running pretty good with 1.21 beta 08 in 5ghz wireless N mode only. I think I went over a week without any drops. The 5ghz was slow at times, but seemed to do okay. I've been running 1.22 beta 02 and just updated to 03 this morning. I restored factory default settings and just set up my basic wpa security. I've had nothing but problems with 1.22 so far. I don't want to go back to 1.21 beta 08 either because I have to run it in N only. I have a laptop, psp, and wii that all run on wireless. My PS3 is wired and that works great. The laptop is N, but that's it. I hate the fact that I have to use certain settings to make this router work correctly. I should be able to use whatever settings I want and not have to worry about the drops. Is there a reason why dlink won't allow users to use older firmware? It make no sense. It's a chip, all it needs is flashed. So dumb. Also why can't dlink send a firmware update out that allows this router to run simultaneous dual band. Wouldn't that also just have something to do with flashing the chip?
Please get this router running correctly before sending or rushing a final release of a firmware out. I shouldn't have to manipulate my router to make it run correctly.
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Just finished installing it.
All my settings were retained. Not much else to say...
"Note: This firmware does not allow downgrading to pre-1.2x. Please save your configuration file before the upgrade. After the upgrade, please reset to factory default, then upload the configuration file image."
Taken directly from Sesca's release post, i've personally noticed it helps to restore to factory defaults and reload a saved config file after firmware upgrades, same goes for other routers, and for DD-WRT.
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I agree, I updated today. V1.22 B03 seems pretty good wireless N mode only on 2.4Ghz. If I used 5.Ghz, I get more errors and drops while in the living room. So keeping 2.4Ghz as default from now on. Will check out wired a bit later on.
FW update, Factory Reset, then re-apply saved config file.
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Upgraded a few minutes ago, so far so good, the web interface seems more responsive, but it could just be me. ???
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ooops...Iam on 1.22 02
miss-posted
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No reboots, no noticeable problems so far, N only 5GHz, 2 Laptops, one in the same room, the other is mobile, and moves between one and two floors above the router, which is reason for the high error/packets dropped count.
Firmware Version : 1.22NA, 2010/01/19
Connection Up Time : 1 Day 1 Hour 56 Min 42 Sec (I have never had this router reboot on it's own on any firmware)
LAN Statistics
Sent :657994
TX Packets Dropped :3
Collisions :0
Received :1398082
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
WAN Statistics
Sent :428893
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :766136
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
Wireless Statistics
Sent :1780798
TX Packets Dropped :2687
Received :690153
RX Packets Dropped :3258
Errors :42
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any noticeable differences to 02 in this beta? i'm happy with 02 at the moment. i probably wouldn't do another upgrade unless it's a big improvement in performance.
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List the HW version please~
I would like to know A1 and A2 which one is better,or both hv no problems~
Thank you guys
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I have no idea why it does this. But whenever I am on my laptop, and using wireless with Skype it causes the router to reset. This is at default settings too.
Seems to be okay when it's close by, but any range and it restarts.
I'll do a bit more testing.
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What FW and HW version are you on? Also what Wireless mode are you using. I agree, the default settings for the 4500 should NOT be rebooting it while online with Skype. Does it do this with any other IM application by chance?
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Everything seems more responsive with this FW. I'm on A1 hardware.
I'm still getting dropped packets on wireless but not as many as when I was on the prior 2 beta builds. I did start from scratch with this FW upgrade and didn't upload any config files.
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Good to hear. Yes I go get some dropped packets however the errors are way down. I haven't been disconnected over WiFi in a long time, since using Beta 08. I'm on 2.4Ghz N mode only. I presume G mode only would probably have less errors and dropped packets possibly.
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I'm still having wireless issues. I've been trying a few different setups that you guys have been posting, but nothing is very stable wirelessly. Wired works great. I wish I would've just kept my DIR-655 with firmware 1.11 instead of buying this router. Everything worked like a champ...I could set it up and not have to worry about certain settings being a certain way. Oh well...hopefully everything gets fixed soon, or dlink allows us to revert back to older firmware.
Question for all ==> Is the Dir-825 a better router than this 4500? Just curious...I thought about selling this one and finding a Dir-825 with an older firmware so I can choose which update I want...plus it allows me to run both 2.4 and 5 ghz at the same time.
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What wireless mode and band are you running? I've been running N mode only on 2.4Ghz and running well on my MacBook Pro. I have done numerous large file transfers with out dropping or disconnects like 1.21 Betas. I am still getting some dropped packets however much less than other beta builds and definitely less errors then using 5Ghz only. What HW version are you using?
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heres my data, tried the new fw yesterday night wireless is a bit unbearable luckilly i have powerline adapters for the time being!
LAN Statistics
Sent :2234572
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :1300983
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
WAN Statistics
Sent :1271453
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :5706444
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
Wireless Statistics
Sent :1440237
TX Packets Dropped :3674
Received :1199175
RX Packets Dropped :4374
Errors :548204
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eeeeks, what mode and band are you using. are you using? That's kinda heavy on drops and errors. I'd see something like that on N mode/5Ghz only. Shouldn't be seeing that on 2.4Ghz though. Unless the distance is really far apart.
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What wireless mode and band are you running? I've been running N mode only on 2.4Ghz and running well on my MacBook Pro. I have done numerous large file transfers with out dropping or disconnects like 1.21 Betas. I am still getting some dropped packets however much less than other beta builds and definitely less errors then using 5Ghz only. What HW version are you using?
I have hardware version A1 and I was running 2.4Ghz in b,g & n. When I was running 1.21 beta 08 I was running 5Ghz N only and it was a touch slow, but I didn't have hardly any drops. I just switched to 2.4Ghz N only and I'll see how it goes. I don't want to make a habit out of it because this laptop is the only thing that's N in my house. I'll report back in the next couple days. Thanks.
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1.22 Beta 03
hardware: A2
Uptime: 2 days 15hrs
LAN Statistics
Sent :140425
TX Packets Dropped :2
Collisions :0
Received :1447
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
WAN Statistics
Sent :1705011
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :10553786
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
Wireless Statistics
Sent :4221714
TX Packets Dropped :1559
Received :3125522
RX Packets Dropped :1147
Errors :9635
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Mixed N,G,B 2.4ghz v1 router
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Have you tried using single modes or 2 modes, i.e. N or G only or N and G mixed? I've noticed a big drop in errors using N only on 2.5Ghz.
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v1.22NA is working great. ;D
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H/W is A2 running 1.22 b3. After running it for 6 days, I had to reboot the router due to slower connections and high ping times in the 450 ms range. After rebooting the router the ping times decreased to 110 ms and the xbox went from having 1 red bar to 4 green bars.
BTW, the wireless is still reporting many errors.
General
Time : Sat Jan 30 05:18:31 2010
Firmware Version : 1.22NA, 2010/01/19
LAN Statistics
Sent :575079
TX Packets Dropped :10
Collisions :0
Received :756327
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
WAN Statistics
Sent :827574
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :1121178
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
Wireless Statistics
Sent :173593
TX Packets Dropped :28
Received :95583
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :9727
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H/W is A2 running 1.22 b3. After running it for 6 days, I had to reboot the router due to slower connections and high ping times in the 450 ms range. After rebooting the router the ping times decreased to 110 ms and the xbox went from having 1 red bar to 4 green bars.
BTW, the wireless is still reporting many errors.
General
Time : Sat Jan 30 05:18:31 2010
Firmware Version : 1.22NA, 2010/01/19
LAN Statistics
Sent :575079
TX Packets Dropped :10
Collisions :0
Received :756327
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
WAN Statistics
Sent :827574
TX Packets Dropped :0
Collisions :0
Received :1121178
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :0
Wireless Statistics
Sent :173593
TX Packets Dropped :28
Received :95583
RX Packets Dropped :0
Errors :9727
Do the flash back and watch those errors disappear.....
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Spendy fix if the rollback bricks the 4500. And whos to know what this rollback has inside of it too. Its it clean or a trojan horse?
V1.22NA is a great upgrade since 1.15 IMO.
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Oh, it works. Flashed back using the modified 1.15 firmware, rebooted, flashed to the official 1.15 firmware, rebooted, reloaded default settings and no more wireless errors/dropped packets. Back in the box it goes now and at least I can sell it knowing that it works again....
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Oh so your going to give someone else a unknown hacked 4500, nice.
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Oh so your going to give someone else a unknown hacked 4500, nice.
How is it an unknown hacked 4500? Please enlighten me, as he FLASHED the original 1.15 firmware onto it.
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who to say that the rollback does? man? anything? What does on in that process that you don't know of? Not saying anyone can't, however you really want to take a chance?
In all, it's all up to you. Have a great weekend.
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Well, I flashed to the official 1.15 afterwards so that should be a moot point. Either way, the router was unusable in the post 1.20 firmware state and now works fine so take that for what you will.
I do appreciate the work you have done in here as I'm sure many others do, but the fact is that there are a lot of users out there for which the firmware "upgrade" did a lot of damage too...leaving them to live with the fact that they have to turn off functions, limit themselves to the 2.4 ghz band and simply disable stuff that they shouldn't have to in order to get a router to partially function and not with it's advertised functionality at that. If others choose not to use the flashback option, thats entirely up to them but this forum should be used to help others and if this fix works (which it does) then they should be given the option to do so if they choose.
My 2 cents....
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v1.22NA is working great. ;D
please keep us posted with v1.22NA I'm running 1.15 till I find out more about v1.22NA
Dalmo