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ShawnTRD

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New Beta?
« on: January 26, 2009, 03:44:54 PM »
I see these on D-Links FTP site. Anyone trying them?

ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/dir655/Firmware/
File:dir655_firmware_121b11_beta02.zip     1434 KB     1/26/2009     10:17:00 PM
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Toilet-Duck

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 03:48:46 PM »
yeah I posted it under other thread....
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Lycan

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 04:02:18 PM »
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=3969.msg22296#msg22296
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Neblinio

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 04:05:34 PM »
Lycan, just for clarification, is this 1.21 or 1.22? the forum post states 1.22B11 beta 2, and the ftp file is named 1.21B11 beta 2.
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EddieZ

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 04:09:07 PM »
It's the wanna-be 1.22, but for now called 1.21 beta
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Lycan

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 04:16:33 PM »
someone load it and tell me what it says in the routers UI.

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EddieZ

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 04:26:46 PM »
It says 1.21.

I think the DNS issue has been resolved. Ran the NSlookup thingie and it works fast.

Edit: Lost my settings, took some longer to load after upload then earlier firmwares (77 sec). Easy restore config from 1.21 production.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2009, 04:29:51 PM by EddieZ »
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Neblinio

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 04:27:27 PM »
I've just loaded it. It says 1.21, and in the chklst.txt page it says 1.21b11Beta02.

EDIT: it also kept my settings.
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ShawnTRD

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 04:30:30 PM »
So it sounds like this might be a winner...
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EddieZ

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 04:34:56 PM »
Yep, no side effects so far.

Now I can go to sleep... ;D
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summerstormpictures

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 05:13:08 AM »
Having basically ''punted'' on any hopes for a stable/reliable 1.22 firmware upgrade and downgraded back to 1.21 ''with'' SecureSpot, I presume this means that in order to take advantage of this particular beta I'll have to give up on the whole idea of even trying SecureSpot since my 30-day trial period is already underway?

In general I'm fine with this since I have only one PC/Windows machine on my entire network of Macs. Considering there seems to be no serious effort underway to make provisions to offer the more ''useful'' elements (antivirus etc.) of SecureSpot for the Apple community, SecureSpot is really a dead issue anyway and no more than a temporary curiosity.

Back to OpenDNS...
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EddieZ

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 05:36:36 AM »
Quote from: summerstormpictures on January 27, 2009, 05:13:08 AM
Having basically ''punted'' on any hopes for a stable/reliable 1.22 firmware upgrade and downgraded back to 1.21 ''with'' SecureSpot, I presume this means that in order to take advantage of this particular beta I'll have to give up on the whole idea of even trying SecureSpot since my 30-day trial period is already underway?

In general I'm fine with this since I have only one PC/Windows machine on my entire network of Macs. Considering there seems to be no serious effort underway to make provisions to offer the more ''useful'' elements (antivirus etc.) of SecureSpot for the Apple community, SecureSpot is really a dead issue anyway and no more than a temporary curiosity.

Back to OpenDNS...

You're a bit impatient, my dear friend.
You do not need to try the beta, just wait for the final version. It'll be out in a few days or so. They don't call it 'beta' for nothing.
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summerstormpictures

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 05:57:39 AM »
Quote from: EddieZ on January 27, 2009, 05:36:36 AM
You're a bit impatient, my dear friend.
You do not need to try the beta, just wait for the final version. It'll be out in a few days or so. They don't call it 'beta' for nothing.

Are you a source for official news? If so, do you know if the final version will provide for any Mac oriented usefulness for attaching a hard drive to the USB port, for example?

I agree with you on the beta thing, however, part of the seeming impatience on my part, and perhaps others, is that generally speaking, many of us who followed the rave reviews to the 655--especially from the Mac world--may have become a bit disillusioned.

Be patient with us ''Mac people.'' We're not ''Stepford people.'' We're just used to things working...

Yeah, okay, so MobileMe was a fiasco... ;D

However, is it too much to ask that a bicycle seat come standard with a new bicycle? :o
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EddieZ

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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2009, 06:17:01 AM »
Nope, if I was I would have had one of those nice Dlink badges   :)
Haven't got a clue as to the availability of a Mac version. You might want to inquire after a small device from Taiwan that I've seen: Some kind of Ethernet-to-USB hub. Makes it possible to connect USB drives through the ethernet port of the router. No more info though...

Respect!
« Last Edit: January 27, 2009, 06:20:26 AM by EddieZ »
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Lycan

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Re: New Beta?
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 08:15:05 AM »
Here's the deal. Taiwan claims that they've solved the DNS relay issue. Odd part is I was getting reports that the 1.22B02 code fixed it as well. Either way they made an executive decision to pull the code and ensure it's stability. It will be reposted asap, as for this 1.21 beta, I don't know what thats about and if I can repost the 1.22b02 as a beta I will.
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