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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DGL-4500 => Topic started by: Nicole Smith on December 07, 2008, 05:50:07 PM
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Hi, everyone my name is Nicole Smith, iam in charge of International Digital Distribution Rights for viewing movies,music. Our company as all you may know is already taking place in Microsoft's XBOX 360 & Sony's PS3 introducing people to download the full game into their hard drive. This is due to the fact that there are companies like Gamestop & Ebay Games. who sell a new game for $60.00 new & a used game for $55.00 & will buy your game only for $15.00 or $20.00 Max.
I personally myself bought 5 DGL-4500 Router for my shop to show my costumers. Streaming online at 300MBPS via the DGL-4500 and whether is streaming through their laptop, xbox 360 or Sony ps3. and i have found out that there seem to be a problem with the router and firmware 1.15 . after a couple of hours of streaming a movie from the laptop, to the sony ps3 or xbox 360. the router automatically resets itself. off & on. ive noticed this happens when the routers have more than 5 hours turn on. after the first reset then it comes to a point where the router turns itself off, and dosent turn on. unless i unplug it & let it cool for 30 mints or 1 hour.
This is becoming a real pain. Ive tested all the router 5 DGL-4500 router i bought and upgraded to firmware 1.15 and they all are doing the same thing. this seems to be a firmware problem. ive also been reading through all the forums, and see that many people have the similar problem as i have after upgrading from firmware 1.02 to firmware 1.15.
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this has become a really big problem for me, because when i have a costumer in the store, streaming a movie, or playing over xbox live or playstation network, the router automatically resets itself off, and then on. and then 10 mints later the router turns off and i have unplug it & wait 30 mints to 1 hour to turn it back on.
Ive tried with different router & everything works fine, but since i paid $1,000.00 for the 5 DGL-4500 routers . i would like to use these routers instead. Im familiar with modem, routers & i know everything about the setup.
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Anyone that helps out, will be gratefully appreciated.
thank you and god bless
----------------- THIS ARE MY SETTINGS.
Wireless 5GHZ .802.11 N Only
enable auto channel scan- on
Transmission Rate- Best Automatic
Channel Width-Auto 20/40 MHZ
WPA PERSONAL
WPA2 ONLY
AES
Enabled SPI-OFF
NAT - UDP & TCP - Both are EndPoint Independent
Enabled Anti Spoof Checking- ON
Enabled WAN pin respond - ON
Enabled Multicast stream - ON
Note ive tested out all 5 DGL-4500 and when the router has more than 5 hours on . it resets itself. and then after 10 more mints it turns itself off. i have no problem with anything else. In my store i have Air condition so the router have space, room, and enough vent . What i think is happening. is that the routers after 5 that after being used, with any heavy or no load, automatic resets them self.
Running only 1 laptop at the store to stream media over PS3 & or XBOX 360. and i have the both Consoles Hard Wire with Cable.
Ive tried calling tech support, but it just a waste of time.
thank you once again.
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Set it down to 2.4 GHz, and see if you can achieve the 300 Mbps as well, and if you can maintain a connection. You don't necessarily REQUIRE the 5 Ghz band.
Also, since you are running all 5 routers, I'm going to assume that you are using them all within a very short distance of eachother. Keep in mind, channels do overlap. Especially in the 5GHz range, and even more-so in the 2.4 GHz.
I suggest you get unique SSID's for all, and use channels 1, 6, or 11. Do not enable auto channel scan. As not all work best in trying to achieve 300 Mbps.
Make sure there are no cordless phones around, which can put more strain on the routers to have to retransmit, or even require more power.
Also, it helps if the routers are standing up right in a position. And the antennas, are pointed in a nice neat fashion. http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=2539&question=DIR-655+antenna
It's for the DIR-655, but the antenna placement works well.
You do not need to enable WAN Ping Respond, period.
In Advanced Wireless, you can even lower the RTS/Fragmentation Thresholds to 2100, and beacon period to 80. See if it helps.
Also, it would be best if you didn't use all 5 in the same place. It's not necessary. And can easily be done with 1 router, and less headaches. Having so many wireless devices is BAD, and will cause nothing but problems.
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Hi thank you for your response, but i have tried in 2.4GHZ & 5 GHZ, and it still happens. No im not running 5 routers, i have said i have 5 of these routers, and i have tested with all of them. since i have one in my home, 1 in my business. 1 in my vacation house, 1 in my dad's business. and i have tested all 5 routers, and all seem to be doing the same thing.
i have tried putting it in channel 1, 6 and 11. and still the same things happens .
i also have the router standing up vertically .
i read somewhere in another forum about lowering the RTS/Fragmentation Thresholds to 2100, and beacon period to 80. and it doesn't work.
i have the wan pin respond is for the consoles, so there wont be any lag. when people are testing or hosting online games.
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any other help would be handy. thank u
Set it down to 2.4 GHz, and see if you can achieve the 300 Mbps as well, and if you can maintain a connection. You don't necessarily REQUIRE the 5 Ghz band.
Also, since you are running all 5 routers, I'm going to assume that you are using them all within a very short distance of eachother. Keep in mind, channels do overlap. Especially in the 5GHz range, and even more-so in the 2.4 GHz.
I suggest you get unique SSID's for all, and use channels 1, 6, or 11. Do not enable auto channel scan. As not all work best in trying to achieve 300 Mbps.
Make sure there are no cordless phones around, which can put more strain on the routers to have to retransmit, or even require more power.
Also, it helps if the routers are standing up right in a position. And the antennas, are pointed in a nice neat fashion. http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=2539&question=DIR-655+antenna
It's for the DIR-655, but the antenna placement works well.
You do not need to enable WAN Ping Respond, period.
In Advanced Wireless, you can even lower the RTS/Fragmentation Thresholds to 2100, and beacon period to 80. See if it helps.
Also, it would be best if you didn't use all 5 in the same place. It's not necessary. And can easily be done with 1 router, and less headaches. Having so many wireless devices is BAD, and will cause nothing but problems.
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members can be found here---> http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=3099.0
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The WAN ping respond, as I understand it is only so the router doesn't respond to pings outside of your network. So, you can turn it off as it's pretty much useless.
Do you have WISH enabled? If it's on, you need to have all three checked, and it should help.
If you also have GameFuel on, you should turn it off. If you aren't playing games on XBL, then you can definitely shut it off as it serves no purpose. It'll only slow down the streaming, as the games of course will take higher priority.
Also, another thing is how you are plugging in your router (ie power). I only ask this because it could have problems with the sockets, and I always recommend putting special devices, and power sensitive ones on a power strip to avoid any problems, and even voltage ripples.
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My Sockets are fine, and the wires running through my house are providing the correct voltage . i've had tech come over my house, and my company and everything is fine. on the wires from the power source in my business & house.
I have to have ping enabled, because i have some customer who come into my business, and they send out ping, and also when hosting on xbox live or playstation network, its best to have wan pin enabled, so others can reach you when you are hosting a game.
yes i have wish enabled, and all 3 are checked. i dont think gamefuel has to do with my router reseting & power off.
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My problems is not with games, or anything like that. my problem is that the router resets itself after 5 hours and then after it resets itself in like 20 mints it turns itself off, and i have to unplug it and leave it unplug until it cools down for 30 mints to 1 hour.
The WAN ping respond, as I understand it is only so the router doesn't respond to pings outside of your network. So, you can turn it off as it's pretty much useless.
Do you have WISH enabled? If it's on, you need to have all three checked, and it should help.
If you also have GameFuel on, you should turn it off. If you aren't playing games on XBL, then you can definitely shut it off as it serves no purpose. It'll only slow down the streaming, as the games of course will take higher priority.
Also, another thing is how you are plugging in your router (ie power). I only ask this because it could have problems with the sockets, and I always recommend putting special devices, and power sensitive ones on a power strip to avoid any problems, and even voltage ripples.
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Do NOT turn off WAN Ping respond. As you say, if you're playing (especially hosting) games online that is a must for others to be able to ping your server (xbox).
Anyhow, turn off the multistreaming, that for sure isn't needed. Turn off SPI as it causes issues and isn't needed either.
Reading the rest of your response, have you tried what fixed mine? I know it sounds weird, but I would try re-flashing the firmware (at least on one of them as a test). Make sure you unplug everything except the power cable and the cable that connects to your PC you're flashing from. Since you're on 1.15 already, you can save out your configuration first and after the re-flash, reload it. Takes all of 2 minutes and it fixed all of my problems I was having.
Leave WISH on, but turn off Gamefuel as that does overlap with WISH. I play games online too and find that I prefer WISH anyhow.
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Nicole Smith,
Do you have DHCP reservation enabled for all your devices on the network? Let's see how we can isolate what's causing disconnections every 5 hours.. Is it only when you're streaming media when you notice the disconnects or is it while you're surfing the web as well? When it happens does the router go through a power cycle or does it stay on and you just lose connection off and on? Who is your ISP?
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Thank you for your response, i knew i had to leave the pin enabled, because some of my clients sometimes, try to host games. i have SPI off, and UDP & TCP all both to endpoint independent , i have gamefuel and multicast streaming on, my clients haven't reported any problems when gamefuel or multicast streaming is on. so ill just leave them like that. My main concern is the router resetting and turning off.
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i already tried re-flashing with the same bin, and still having same problems. ive tried doing this on the 5 units of the DGL-4500 that i own.
thanks for the other tips, i will sugest them to my brother since he always plays online.
Do NOT turn off WAN Ping respond. As you say, if you're playing (especially hosting) games online that is a must for others to be able to ping your server (xbox).
Anyhow, turn off the multistreaming, that for sure isn't needed. Turn off SPI as it causes issues and isn't needed either.
Reading the rest of your response, have you tried what fixed mine? I know it sounds weird, but I would try re-flashing the firmware (at least on one of them as a test). Make sure you unplug everything except the power cable and the cable that connects to your PC you're flashing from. Since you're on 1.15 already, you can save out your configuration first and after the re-flash, reload it. Takes all of 2 minutes and it fixed all of my problems I was having.
Leave WISH on, but turn off Gamefuel as that does overlap with WISH. I play games online too and find that I prefer WISH anyhow.
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RU-FI-OH
yes i have DHCP reservation on all my devices that are on the network. This happens when even when im not streaming, it also happens when im streaming movies, when im downloading, when im surfing the web, or when my customer are playing online games, this also has happened when no one is using the router, so to my knowledge if someone stays with their DGL-4500 router on for 5 to 10 hours, i think it might be a bin problem with firmware 1.15. i never had any problems with firmware 1.02
the only thing that could come to my mind, is that the router is overheating. that's why it shuts down. ect.
after the router has 5 or 10 hours, the router automatically resets itself, through a power cycle, then 20 mints later, the router powers off completely. and i have to unplug it from the power cord, and let it cool of for 30 mints to 1 hour. My ISP, is Verizon
Nicole Smith,
Do you have DHCP reservation enabled for all your devices on the network? Let's see how we can isolate what's causing disconnections every 5 hours.. Is it only when you're streaming media when you notice the disconnects or is it while you're surfing the web as well? When it happens does the router go through a power cycle or does it stay on and you just lose connection off and on? Who is your ISP?
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Well, you should pick between WISH or Gamefuel then. I see you have both on. I've heard that they overlap and you shouldn't use them both. Though maybe Lycas or Ru-FI-Oh can confirm or deny that.
Also, since you think it may be overheating, try setting it up sideways in the vertical position.
Also, if you don't know for sure you're using multistreaming, then you're not. (it's doubtfull you are) and turning this off will relieve the CPU from it, making it run easier with less heat. Turn it off.
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Sorry but i said in my second post, that i have it vertical already, it seems you did not read post from the start.
i see that wish and gamefuel are both enabled on firmware 1.15 can i dont think that having wish and gamefuel might cause the router to overlap, because i have no wish rules.. ive read lots of forums, and never heard about this, if Lycas and Ru-FI-OH. can confirm it or not. thanks
ive tried turning of multistreaming and still nothing.
Well, you should pick between WISH or Gamefuel then. I see you have both on. I've heard that they overlap and you shouldn't use them both. Though maybe Lycas or Ru-FI-Oh can confirm or deny that.
Also, since you think it may be overheating, try setting it up sideways in the vertical position.
Also, if you don't know for sure you're using multistreaming, then you're not. (it's doubtfull you are) and turning this off will relieve the CPU from it, making it run easier with less heat. Turn it off.
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Lycan or Ru-fi-oh:
I know that it's not a possibility to downgrade from 1.15 via the Tools > Firmware section of the web-based configuration.
If you crash reset the router - so you can only access the Firmware Upgrade Page, can you load an older version from there? If not, why?
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Sorry but i said in my second post, that i have it vertical already, it seems you did not read post from the start.
i see that wish and gamefuel are both enabled on firmware 1.15 can i dont think that having wish and gamefuel might cause the router to overlap, because i have no wish rules.. ive read lots of forums, and never heard about this, if Lycas and Ru-FI-OH. can confirm it or not. thanks
ive tried turning of multistreaming and still nothing.
sorry, i wasn't meaning anything in any kind of negative way. just trying to help. i did miss you saying you already had it vertical, so sorry about that. :)
hopefully Lycas can get to the bottom of your problems. good luck.
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its cool, don't worry about it. any help is thankful ... so thanks for trying. yea you must have mist it. lol :)
sorry, i wasn't meaning anything in any kind of negative way. just trying to help. i did miss you saying you already had it vertical, so sorry about that. :)
hopefully Lycas can get to the bottom of your problems. good luck.
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Nichole,
You seem like an intelligent woman. So this would be my 2 cents and you can take it or leave it.
I would start with only one router (I assume all are on) Plug it in and try to have this one unit run and be stable. All the settings they are all telling you to set are great and if all was functional I would say go ahead. I understand you may think it is a setting or a heat problem. I will tell you that I got mine about 2 weeks ago and after all the troubles I had I have not touched it. But to get it to work I set for bare minimum settings, then added my configuration to it. My router is vertical and is sitting right next to a heat duct (talk about heat) but the thing is my router is not what I would call warm at all (compaired to my old netgear). If your router is getting warm or hot to the touch then I would start to think it is heat reset. Anyway, once you get one running then you can create a backup of the configuration and copy it to the other routers.
Other notes are as follows
----------------- THIS ARE MY SETTINGS.
Wireless 5GHZ .802.11 N Only
enable auto channel scan- on
Transmission Rate- Best Automatic
Channel Width-Auto 20/40 MHZ
WPA PERSONAL
WPA2 ONLY
AES
Enabled SPI-OFF
NAT - UDP & TCP - Both are EndPoint Independent
Enabled Anti Spoof Checking- ON
Enabled WAN pin respond - ON
Enabled Multicast stream - ON
Running only 1 laptop at the store to stream media over PS3 & or XBOX 360. and i have the both Consoles Hard Wire with Cable.
As for minimal settings I would disable wireless all together as you stated your not using it. Again start there and see if you can get it stable.
Other questions I have are,
- If your running these in your house why would you need 5?
- Are you planning on having the consoles set up wirelessly?
- What type of interenet connection are you using at home?
- Have you tried to return the router for a replacement (even if all 5 appear having the same issue?
- Would you accept remote assistance if offered
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Hi Lane Lander,
Sorry but you must have not read the thread since the first post. i have 5 units of the DGL-4500 , 1 in my house, 1 in my business, 1 at my dad's house, 1 at my vacation house, & 1 in my other store.
i have tried reloading bin 1.15 and also doing a factory reset, also ive tried loading my saved settings. and it hasn't resolved my problem. the router, doesn't get really hot, but only warm, but i think on the inside, maybe the chips get hot or something. so that's why it reboots itself.
1-i have 5 because i use 1 in each of the places i just mentioned, plus i have customer who like the router as soon as they look at it. so i get paid money,
2-sometimes i connect the consoles wireless or something i just connect it to the lan, it all depends on what my costumer want to see in the store. so they do what ever they want.
3-at home and in my office i have verizon fios 54MBS download 24 MBS upload
4-ive tested other router, besides the 5 that i have and they are all acting weird with bin 1.15
5-it depends if im online yes
this is really getting disappointing, because when you call D-LINK customer service , they really have no experience. if people can downgrade to bin 1.02 things would be better. or if they can make a bin, that is stable.
Nichole,
You seem like an intelligent woman. So this would be my 2 cents and you can take it or leave it.
I would start with only one router (I assume all are on) Plug it in and try to have this one unit run and be stable. All the settings they are all telling you to set are great and if all was functional I would say go ahead. I understand you may think it is a setting or a heat problem. I will tell you that I got mine about 2 weeks ago and after all the troubles I had I have not touched it. But to get it to work I set for bare minimum settings, then added my configuration to it. My router is vertical and is sitting right next to a heat duct (talk about heat) but the thing is my router is not what I would call warm at all (compaired to my old netgear). If your router is getting warm or hot to the touch then I would start to think it is heat reset. Anyway, once you get one running then you can create a backup of the configuration and copy it to the other routers.
Other notes are as follows
As for minimal settings I would disable wireless all together as you stated your not using it. Again start there and see if you can get it stable.
Other questions I have are,
- If your running these in your house why would you need 5?
- Are you planning on having the consoles set up wirelessly?
- What type of interenet connection are you using at home?
- Have you tried to return the router for a replacement (even if all 5 appear having the same issue?
- Would you accept remote assistance if offered
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Lycan or Ru-fi-oh:
I know that it's not a possibility to downgrade from 1.15 via the Tools > Firmware section of the web-based configuration.
If you crash reset the router - so you can only access the Firmware Upgrade Page, can you load an older version from there? If not, why?
This really goes to show that the D-Link Tech Support is not all on the same page and that they are not really aware of what is going on with the different D-Link products.
gshaghoian,
The DGL-4500 does not have Crash Reset Functionality built in. All you can do is to do a Hard Reset as me and a few others have outlined.
If you want the DGL-4500 to have Crash Reset capabilities, then I suggest that you contact Ubicom and request that they include this capability in the next firmware release.
As for loading an older firmware version from the firmware page, Yes, this can be done as I have done this and others have too. You just can't go back to v1.02 as that version is susceptable to the DNS Vulnerability Exploit Flaw which was fix in later firmware releases.
The thread linked below explains what needs to be done for a successful firmware update including dealing with a few other problems which may be encountered.
Firmware 1.13 will not upgrade (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=2914.0) <<--- Firmware Upgrade (downgrade) proceedures for DGL-4500
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Nicole,
Just let me know your schedule. I have sent you a PM.
Lane
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Hey Nicole,
You are not alone on this. Mine does the exact same thing. I can do the factory reset, this will allow me to do setups and make changes. After 15/30 min of running, it will do the following:
1. Under load, using PPTP or IPSEC connections, it will reboot it's self.
2. If you are on-line gaming, it will begin to lag, then lockup and reboot it's self.
3. The web interface will lock up, by that I mean, you can log into it and view things like logs, or status, but if you try and make any configuration change it will hang, and reboot and not accept the change.
4. The time will reset back to 2004, and can not be fixed because of point 3.
They may have fixed the port forwarding issue, but there are still many issues that have not been addressed. Unfortunately this very expensive gaming router is really only capable of allowing you to connect to your ISP and surf the web, anything beyond that it will begin to lag and crash/reboot.
This router is in serous need of some development work to fix it to be usable in any situation other than surfing web pages.
Dlink tech support does not have the knowledge to help you, or any of us, which is very apparent if you read other threads in this forum. They will suggest fixes that the router is not even capable of, or have you make changes that don't even pertain to the issues you are having, we are alone... :(
The only tech I have seen on the board that cares, and seems to know anything is Lycan, and I'm hoping that Lycan is reading this thread, and maybe passing these issues on to a development team for review.
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The biggest problem is D-Link is reliant on Ubicom for the Firmware.
The the best possible thing might be to bring some of the Ubicom developement staff on board so they can see what sort of problems we are having and maybe fix them.
If maybe a third party firmware could be developed for the DGL-4500, then maybe we would stand a better chance of getting a working firmware.
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As much as a [exploitive deleted] to agree with the above it's probably true, it's also not the only d-link router that likes to dc/reset every few hours but it's an inherent issue in the firmware which, for all it's pros, is littered with bugs. Browse around these boards and you can count on one hand the number of problems that are hardware related.
Seems almost as if the sole purpose of these forums is to exist is to deal with firmware bugs, glitches and problems relating to poor documentation within the firmware. Pity, there hardware side is actually very good :-\
Edit: also why is this forum over-filtering so much that it's deleting verbs we teach to five year olds in first year at primary school ::)
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Yes it looks like there are thousands of people calling because of this problem, not that many in the forums, because not everyone knows about forums, posting, and things like that. people usually just buy a router and hook it up, and that's it. if they have problems they call costumer service, because not that many are aware of the Forums. I myself came to the forums because when i called costumer service, i got no help at all. i feel really sad because i really like the looks, of the router, and i have gotten a couple of clients and costumer, because stylish looks of the router, but after i upgraded from 1.02 to 1.15 everything went from good to bad. hopefully Ubicom & D-link will solve this problem with a real stable firmware upgrade.
thank you
Hey Nicole,
You are not alone on this. Mine does the exact same thing. I can do the factory reset, this will allow me to do setups and make changes. After 15/30 min of running, it will do the following:
1. Under load, using PPTP or IPSEC connections, it will reboot it's self.
2. If you are on-line gaming, it will begin to lag, then lockup and reboot it's self.
3. The web interface will lock up, by that I mean, you can log into it and view things like logs, or status, but if you try and make any configuration change it will hang, and reboot and not accept the change.
4. The time will reset back to 2004, and can not be fixed because of point 3.
They may have fixed the port forwarding issue, but there are still many issues that have not been addressed. Unfortunately this very expensive gaming router is really only capable of allowing you to connect to your ISP and surf the web, anything beyond that it will begin to lag and crash/reboot.
This router is in serous need of some development work to fix it to be usable in any situation other than surfing web pages.
Dlink tech support does not have the knowledge to help you, or any of us, which is very apparent if you read other threads in this forum. They will suggest fixes that the router is not even capable of, or have you make changes that don't even pertain to the issues you are having, we are alone... :(
The only tech I have seen on the board that cares, and seems to know anything is Lycan, and I'm hoping that Lycan is reading this thread, and maybe passing these issues on to a development team for review.
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Well, I guess this is a informal plug for not jumping on firmware upgrades that are really fresh. I'm still running on 1.13 and don't have much in the way of problems. 3 days + up and running and the only real problem for me is whether or not, the 4500 supports IPv6. Nothing in the manual about it; so I suppose I have to start another thread?
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IPv6 is currently done through IPv4 tunneling which is handled by your system, not the router. Unless of course you happen to be connected to a router or directly to a broadband modem that provides IPv6 DNS support.
When D-Link starts providing IPv6 DNS support, then in the section where you currently enter the DNS, you will start seeing two sections. One section will be for IPv4 DNS entries and the other will be for IPv6 DNS entries.
As it is, I don't even know if the DGL-4500 will be capable of IPv6 DNS support via a firmware update or if the hardware itself is not yet compatible.
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Well, I guess this is a informal plug for not jumping on firmware upgrades that are really fresh. I'm still running on 1.13 and don't have much in the way of problems. 3 days + up and running and the only real problem for me is whether or not, the 4500 supports IPv6. Nothing in the manual about it; so I suppose I have to start another thread?
I really don't get what you mean. Are you saying that you have a ps3 in a setup similar to those in this post and you don't have any problems because you're using 1.13?
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I recall having a similar problem a while ago, probably with that firmware. I was able to solve the problem by making sure the router was kept cool. I had to raise it by adding taller feet to it, and place it in a cooler flat surface, away from any other sources or concentration of heat.
After I did that, I had no more freeze ups.
A while later, a new firmware upgrade came up, and then I when moved to a new home I didn't have the raised feet on it and still had no more freeze ups.
Think of this: This had to be an issue related to overheating, most likely caused by a flaw in the firmware. Once you upgraded, the problem stopped, right? If it was not related to overheating, you wouldn't have to wait 30 minutes to use it again. A power cycle should have been enough.
Anyways, I would like to hear how you fixed this issue.