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Title: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 22, 2013, 09:39:18 AM
Been advised by cust support to upgrade the firmware on my DNS 320L, they have sent me a link to it and I have downloaded it onto my PC.

My NAS is hooked upto my router but my network is wireless, how do I upgrade the firmware safely as I have read you cannot up date the firmware over a wireless connection?

Hope some1 can help

Thanks

Darren
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: JavaLawyer on March 22, 2013, 12:02:26 PM
ShareCenter - Upgrading ShareCenter Firmware (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=49100.msg181051#msg181051)

It's not that you "cannot" update the firmware over a wireless connection, but rather you "should not". If you use a wireless connection and the connection is lost, which is more apt to happen with wireless, you can render the DNS-320 inoperable.

Please see the referenced sticky post from our FAQ board

Also...

Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 22, 2013, 01:16:02 PM
Ahh right thanks, I understand, if I was to plug the NAS direct to my PC will that alter any of the settings within?

Yeah I've backed up my settings
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 22, 2013, 03:28:09 PM
Forget that, plugged it in and went for it........Firmware updated OK, seems to be running a bit quicker, will let you guys know in a couple o days, see if it has cured my issue with power on/off not working and the fan issue.

The Sharecentre Sync now backups to a user account rather than anonymous.... 1 issue fixed
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: JavaLawyer on March 23, 2013, 07:59:02 AM
Forget that, plugged it in and went for it........Firmware updated OK, seems to be running a bit quicker, will let you guys know in a couple o days, see if it has cured my issue with power on/off not working and the fan issue.

The Sharecentre Sync now backups to a user account rather than anonymous.... 1 issue fixed

What firmware version did you start with and what version are you running now?
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 23, 2013, 04:15:33 PM
Was running ver 1.00, now running - slick so far  ;D

Current NAS Firmware Version   
1.02
Firmware Date   
03/14/2013
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 25, 2013, 06:44:18 AM

Looking good so far.  ;D
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: NixZero on March 25, 2013, 10:57:19 AM
Was running ver 1.00, now running - slick so far  ;D

Current NAS Firmware Version   
1.02
Firmware Date   
03/14/2013
and where did you find that? latest I can find is 1.02 beta3, 02/07/2013
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 25, 2013, 05:45:40 PM
Customer support sent me a temporary link to a beta firmware to see if it solved an issue I had. Not sure if I am ok posting the link.  Javalawyer,  is it ok? The link does state beta so not sure you want it fully posting.??
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: JavaLawyer on March 26, 2013, 05:12:18 AM
Customer support sent me a temporary link to a beta firmware to see if it solved an issue I had. Not sure if I am ok posting the link.  Javalawyer,  is it ok? The link does state beta so not sure you want it fully posting.??

Please do not post openly on the forum.

D-Link Hungary created v1.02 beta some time back that customer support was internally distributing, but D-Link USA found the file to have serious bugs and was working fixing the issues.  What country did you purchase your DNS-320L as this information will determine where the firmware is from.  I'd like to know if this is a newer release.  ???
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: pittnuma on March 26, 2013, 06:38:29 AM
No worries, sent you the email from Dlink, I'm from the UK (North Yorkshire),  purchased the NAS from ebuyer. Hope that does not mean I have just installed a firmware with "serious" bugs in it!!
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: JavaLawyer on March 26, 2013, 08:09:11 AM
No worries, sent you the email from Dlink, I'm from the UK (North Yorkshire),  purchased the NAS from ebuyer. Hope that does not mean I have just installed a firmware with "serious" bugs in it!!

Thanks. . . I need to compare this to the prior Hungary version to see if the file is different. As I stated earlier, the prior Hungary release did contain serious bugs. I presume this is different given the different source, but I'll have to check.
Title: Re: How do I upgrade the firmware safely?
Post by: NixZero on March 26, 2013, 08:20:26 AM
Thanks. . . I need to compare this to the prior Hungary version to see if the file is different. As I stated earlier, the prior Hungary release did contain serious bugs. I presume this is different given the different source, but I'll have to check.
at least the date is different, 03/14/013 vs 02/07/013