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Title: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: Vaere on February 11, 2009, 06:23:19 AM

Ok, so what happened is i upgraded the firmware to 1.11 a while ago and the router was working beutifuly. Upgraded to 1.2 a while ago and it was still working Then i saw the newer 1.21 firmwares that let us finaly use the USB port, which is a feature i was hoping would be added.  So i upgraded to 1.21.  Once the upgrade was complete I noticed the connection seemed to be acting a bit slow.  I reset the unit and the problem continued.  After reset i found a couple strange values in the settings.  MTU had been set at 32000 (cant remember the entire number just that it was in the 32k range) which i thought was screwy.  Changed it to 1500 and reset.

Unit came back up, would not give an ip for a long long time, was really slow in accessing.  THought screw it and then tried to downgrade back to 1.2 until I could post on here.  My mistake.  Unit stopped operating after the downgrade.  Cannot get into it at all now.  Anyone know of a way to help?  It is not giving an IP and the ready light stays solid not blink.

Is there a way to TFTP in or any way to force old firmware? USB Stick?  Anything?   

Anyways since this happened ( i couldnt wait as i had work that needed to be done that afternoon,) i have gotten a DIR 825.   But i would love to get the old one working as well as i do have a use for it.

Title: Re: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: arod on February 11, 2009, 08:55:33 AM

Try doing a complete power cycle with you modem and router.

- Disconnect power from the router first
- Disconnect power from the Modem
- keep both units off for about 2mins
- power up modem (wait a min)
- power up router (wait a min)
- test you connection again

Title: Re: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: tipstir on February 11, 2009, 10:45:25 AM

Doesn't the DIR-655 have Recovery Mode if you press/hold the Reset to 40 seconds then you can update the firmware again..

Title: Re: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: Lycan on February 11, 2009, 12:13:38 PM

no it does not.

Title: Re: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: Vaere on February 14, 2009, 09:13:01 AM

Nope..  tried that just now .. she is dead

Already bought a 825 but woul dhave been nice if i didnt have to.

On a side note i can probibly open this sucker up and use the nic card inside on my wifes laptop :)

Title: Re: Dead 655 A1 revision after 1.21
Post by: vaz on February 19, 2009, 09:43:04 AM

I used to have an a1, had to rma for something similar although I couldn't tag it to a firmware upgrade. I had all the screwy characters though. Like spades, clubs, and circles in some of the fields. I got an a2 in the rma and it's been stable and working well.