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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: ewerner on July 13, 2009, 06:38:54 AM

Title: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: ewerner on July 13, 2009, 06:38:54 AM: I would like to request a back - rev package to the older firmware.

I've been having nothing but issues since I upgraded to 1.31NA

Is there anyway to go back to the 1.21?

I have had to put in my old wrt54g ver 2.2 back to get everything working like it should.

Regards,

EW
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: mackworth on July 13, 2009, 07:29:10 AM: The official word is that you can't, its impossible due to a change in the SDK that d-link uses to create the firmware.

Whether that's actually true or D-link doesn't want to go back, I don't think anyone knows but D-link.

It would be awesome if D-link could use the new SDK to release 1.11 or something.
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: Johnnyboy! on July 13, 2009, 08:42:11 AM: I think the best way is to sell it on Craigslist then go buy a new one. You'd probably be out only $40-$50 that way. People jump on N routers on classified ad sites and most people don't know about the firmware issues.

I say go buy a new one, because my friend just bought a new A4 last week and it came with 1.21. I advised him to never update it, even suggested going down to 1.11.

jB
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: mackworth on July 13, 2009, 09:12:40 AM: Quote from: Johnnyboy! on July 13, 2009, 08:42:11 AM
I think the best way is to sell it on Craigslist then go buy a new one. You'd probably be out only $40-$50 that way. People jump on N routers on classified ad sites and most people don't know about the firmware issues.

I say go buy a new one, because my friend just bought a new A4 last week and it came with 1.21. I advised him to never update it, even suggested going down to 1.11.

jB

The problem with that is that the A4s can't use 1.11.

I did almost the same thing, I bought a dir-825 instead and have yet to update its firmware to 1.11(which seems to have the same problems as 1.31 on the 655).
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: Johnnyboy! on July 13, 2009, 09:19:39 AM: Oh ya, I forgot about the A4/1.11 thing (I have an A3)... I'll let him know.

I like your idea of upgrading too, costs a bit more, but you've gotta love new hardware!

jB
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: gerritv on July 13, 2009, 09:28:14 AM: Take a look at my post here http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=5716.msg38899#msg38899 on reverting back on a DIR615.
Title: Re: Going Back to the old Firmware 1.21
Post by: ewerner on July 13, 2009, 09:53:59 AM: I'll give Dlink the benefit of the doubt and "hope" they come out with another Rev that fixes the issues.

Funny thing is I would have never updated it If I new about this Forum....

The number of posts on the 655 forum compared to the other models was a dead giveaway there are issues with this firmware.

I will use my old reliable wrt54g in the mean time.

EW