Puffnstuff
join:2008-04-12
Jacksonville, FL
 ·Comcast
| [Info] DGL-4500 New firmware 1.21 beta
»ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/dgl4500/fi···ta01.zip
Addresses the problems with 1.20 requiring a power cycle after a few days of running. Just keep in mind that it's a beta. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY | I'll be testing this out later, any news on other changes or is it just the power cycling bug? |
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Puffnstuff
join:2008-04-12
Jacksonville, FL | There are a couple of items in the change log but it was written primarily to address the issues in fw 1.20. |
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Reinvent3d
join:2004-12-06
Camarillo, CA
| said by Puffnstuff  :There are a couple of items in the change log but it was written primarily to address the issues in fw 1.20. It wasn't written primarily to fix the issues in the previous firmware. It's just more additions to fix small stuff. It still has the same problems as before. Very little code change. According to PM, the issues I was seeing when presented to them, they did not think were major at all. As far as I'm concerned, it's still exactly the same.
What they should be doing is fixing all the issues at hand, rather than adding all these other things to all their models. Seems to be what broke them, as it's happening across all of their top models. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
1 edit | Not seeing any de-orthentication wireless issues, but I am using the same settings as pre-1.21, which involves not using N, just g only. I haven't tried b,g, and n, but I don't intend too, as long as I don't get wireless disconnects/orthentication errors Im okay.
I personally don't like the idea of a beta if its basically a full release, I mean 1.20 was also in beta and nothing was changed for full release. I personally think its takes too long to get firmwares out, and to get issues fixed. I also want more information on beta/full release firmware notes, because I want to know what changes are made. I'm pretty unhappy with the support for the 4500 router, and I was unhappy with the support for the 4100, and 4300. There's still many wireless only issues and all current d-link routers; they really aren't being adressed.
Firmware does seem stable, and don't have any complaints yet. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
3 edits | Still not seeing any deorthentication issues, however been having some wireless issues like pages constantly loading but not fetching information, typical wireless d-link issues. This issue appears to happen when gamerfuel is turned on, turned gamerfuel off and so far getting a much sharper wireless performance, only time will tell.
SETTINGS THAT AREN'T DEFAULT.
GAMERFUEL: OFF
NAT Endpoint Filtering
UDP Endpoint Filtering: Endpoint Independent
TCP Endpoint Filtering: Endpoint Independent
Advanced Wireless Settings
Short GI: OFF
Extra Wireless Protection: OFF
WISH: OFF
Wi-Fi Protected Setup: OFF
Wireless Network Settings
Enable Wireless : Always
Wireless Network Name : (Also called the SSID) .
802.11 Band : 2.4GHz
802.11 Mode : 802.11g only
Enable Auto Channel Scan : OFF
Wireless Channel : 2.412 GHz - CH 11
Transmission Rate : 36 (Mbit/s)
Visibility Status : Visible
With settings so far, very few errors after changing from channel 11 to 1. Lowering the transmission rate from auto to locking in a rate seems to give me better performance. At this point its about seeing how individual changes effect wireless performance, all of these changes effect wireless performance, but until I get long loading worring pages I keep the wireless settings as is. Its pretty sad that I have to resort to this just to get normal wireless performance, but Ill keep at it, these are the best settings I've used so far. |
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Puffnstuff
join:2008-04-12
Jacksonville, FL | reply to Puffnstuff
Hell this one locks up my router at the 4 day mark as well. |
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ispgeek
Premium
join:2006-02-16
Saint Petersburg, FL
1 edit | reply to Puffnstuff
Well I was gonna offer to beta test this since I too am a victim but frankly I've seen enough. I recommend everyone immediately file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau at »www.bbb.org
This will light some fires under D-Link and have a very negative effect on business if they don't handle their business. My router was running fine at 1.15 for months without a reboot, I upgraded last week and well now ya know the rest of the story (it just started). What's criminal about this is is they still have it on the website knowing full well there is a problem.
I just filed my complaint and I recommend everyone else do the same ASAP. They have an obligation to immediately replace these routers for down rev versions that work at their expense. We should accept nothing less!
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edastancio
@verizon.net | reply to Puffnstuff
why dont u just stay with what works and keep 1.15 if that was running fine |
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Puffnstuff
join:2008-04-12
Jacksonville, FL | Because starting with 1.20 you cannot roll back fw. |
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hayabusa3303
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| reply to edastancio
said by edastancio :
why dont u just stay with what works and keep 1.15 if that was running fine
stay at 1.02 where no problems show up like mine  |
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bigpapae35
join:2002-10-25
Great Neck, NY
| reply to ispgeek
i just filed a BBB complaint today, and I hope it resolves the issues quicker with this router. The only thing I ask for is the ability to downgrade to earlier firmware versions, I do not even care if they develope more features in new firmwares, I just want a stable router. |
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ispgeek
Premium
join:2006-02-16
Saint Petersburg, FL
| reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303 :said by edastancio :
why dont u just stay with what works and keep 1.15 if that was running fine
stay at 1.02 where no problems show up like mine 1.02 has serious issues with port forwarding...simply put...it don't work. So you will need to go to 1.12 or 1.15
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
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| said by ispgeek :said by hayabusa3303 :said by edastancio :
why dont u just stay with what works and keep 1.15 if that was running fine
stay at 1.02 where no problems show up like mine 1.02 has serious issues with port forwarding...simply put...it don't work. So you will need to go to 1.12 or 1.15 i would rather have port forwarding problems than having to reboot or, lock up router all the time.Dlink claims the router is some how BAD and want you to send it back to them when it does this funny it didnt do it on 1.02 strange dont you think?
If you care to look at the dlink beta forums you will see where people want the 1.02 because they really didnt have problems with the unit, till they upgraded firmware 1.10 and higher.  |
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bigpapae35
join:2002-10-25
Great Neck, NY
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it seems that if you turn off DNS relay in network settings, then the router will not freeze up after 3-4 days and cause the web gui to slow down to crawl.
I turned off this feature on all three of my d-link routers and so far the router has not frozen yet, the only other issue I am having now is the wireless performance has decreased by about 30% since 1.15, which I can handle until d-link issues the next firmware release. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| said by bigpapae35 :it seems that if you turn off DNS relay in network settings, then the router will not freeze up after 3-4 days and cause the web gui to slow down to crawl. I turned off this feature on all three of my d-link routers and so far the router has not frozen yet, the only other issue I am having now is the wireless performance has decreased by about 30% since 1.15, which I can handle until d-link issues the next firmware release. Got a freeze after 10 days, full lock up, no wired, no wireless and no response from the web browser of the router.
If I turn dns relay off what exactly does it do? |
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bigpapae35
join:2002-10-25
Great Neck, NY | reply to Puffnstuff
If DNS relay is ON, the router gives the DHCP clients the router address for DNS lookup, and relays the request to the ISP DNS servers.
If DNS relay is OFF, the router gives the DHCP clients the address of the ISP DNS servers directly. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| said by bigpapae35 :If DNS relay is ON, the router gives the DHCP clients the router address for DNS lookup, and relays the request to the ISP DNS servers. If DNS relay is OFF, the router gives the DHCP clients the address of the ISP DNS servers directly. Does turning DNS relay off allow for better performance? |
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Reinvent3d
join:2004-12-06
Camarillo, CA
| said by MLGTWISTED :said by bigpapae35 :If DNS relay is ON, the router gives the DHCP clients the router address for DNS lookup, and relays the request to the ISP DNS servers. If DNS relay is OFF, the router gives the DHCP clients the address of the ISP DNS servers directly. Does turning DNS relay off allow for better performance? Sometimes, yes..sometimes, no. Turning it off puts less strain on the device.
For my testing purposes for the Beta FW's, I leave it on (which is default).
I just finished moving to a new place. And, I now have a somewhat stable connection using N/G, WPA2 AES only. It hasn't dropped out, nor has it locked up yet. 4 days strong now. |
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ispgeek
Premium
join:2006-02-16
Saint Petersburg, FL
| reply to Puffnstuff
New firmware has just been posted ....
»forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic···.new#new
If the new firmware that was released today does not work for you, contact the Better Business Bureau at www.bbb.org and file a complaint. I did and got my router replaced in 72 hours. Plus it makes a perm record for future customers to follow before thinking of purchasing a DLink router in the future. If you need help you can pm me directly here. |
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