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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-826L => Topic started by: glint.bladesong on January 16, 2014, 07:24:34 PM

Title: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: glint.bladesong on January 16, 2014, 07:24:34 PM
Would it be possible for someone to shine a little clarity on what is going on with the firmware for the 826L?

The 826L I just bought came with v1.01 and asking the 826L itself to check for firmware updates results in it telling me that I have the latest version.

But then going to the AU dlink support site (as I am in Australia) shows me that v1.02 is the latest... Hmmm, Okay...

And then coming here to these forums shows me that there have been 3 further releases since then, the v1.03 which seems to be universally accepted as a "Do Not Use" version and then there are two versions of the 1.04 firmware that I can see.  A NA (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=53649.0) (North America??) version, and a WW (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=54627.0) (World Wide??) version that appears to be only for Germany (the link to which shows a v1.05b05 firmware that also exists).

And then there appears to be a link to the 836L device (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=53652.0) in the 826L forums. Colour me confused.

 ???

I'm also fairly sure that last night the link to the 1.04NA post had the words "DO NOT USE" as part of the post title, did I imagine that or has that been removed recently?
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on January 17, 2014, 07:24:42 AM
Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41537.0)


Well the au.mydlink.com says v1.02 is most recent for the AU region.
Germany has a v1.05 for the EU region.
We here in the NA, North America, region have v1.04.
WW is World Wide and you can use this version...
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: glint.bladesong on January 19, 2014, 07:13:59 PM
Thanks for the reply. It certainly clears things up a little.

I'll try and google up some release notes for the 1.04WW version and check it out.


Cheers.
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on January 20, 2014, 08:45:00 AM
I believe you can use the v1.05 on the German site for your region.

IF you do choose to update, please follow this:
 FW Update Process (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=42457.0)

Let us know how it goes...
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: glint.bladesong on January 20, 2014, 05:14:25 PM
Thanks for the help FurryNutz, I really appreciate it and I'll give the 1.05 a try when a get a spare moment at home tonight (I like to live dangerously  ;) ).

But without trying to sound rude or ungrateful (for I am not trying to be either), I hope you can see how this could be misinterpreted as adding to the confusing.

So far we have:
1.02: which is the official firmware for Australia (from the Au support site)
1.04NA: which is the official firmware for North America.
1.04WW: which is the official Worldwide (world wide but maybe excluding America and not official for Australia either apparently, see above).
1.05: which is official for Germany, but is also possibly unofficially OK for Australia too..

 ???

 ;D
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on January 21, 2014, 07:34:29 AM
Let us know how it goes. I've got my 826L back on line.  ;D
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on March 03, 2014, 11:52:47 AM
Any status on this?  ???
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: glint.bladesong on March 03, 2014, 06:22:28 PM
Nope, not a thing.

1.02 is working and my 7 month old is taking up most of my time.  ;D

1.05 IS on my list of  things to do, once I sort out the WDTV (that keeps forgeting it on a network  >:( ), and my NAS.
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on March 03, 2014, 06:27:42 PM
v1.05?
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: glint.bladesong on March 03, 2014, 06:30:40 PM
"I believe you can use the v1.05 on the German site for your region. "

Yes, v1.05.

and by '1.05', I mean, "Updating the firmware to v1.05"
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on March 04, 2014, 07:21:12 AM
I forgot about your location and Germany having v1.05.

Ya you can update. Please follow the FW update process sticky to ensure a good application.

Keep us posted...
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on March 23, 2014, 02:17:38 PM
Any status on this?  ???
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: kevdt67 on July 19, 2014, 01:02:04 PM
can 1.05 be used on US versions?
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on July 19, 2014, 04:18:27 PM
Unfortunately it's not posted to the U.S. Site yet. I would not load it.
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: kevdt67 on July 26, 2014, 07:09:04 AM
might try it anyway since nothing else has worked on this POS yet  ;D
Title: Re: Getting up to speed with the 826L and its abundance of FW options.
Post by: FurryNutz on July 26, 2014, 09:08:52 AM
What is wrong with the router? Maybe some details on it would be helpful...I haven't had any issues with mine since I got it. Good little router.