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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-321 => Topic started by: ECF on October 09, 2009, 02:37:45 PM
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;)Release notes:
Firmware: 1.03
Date: 10/08/09
New Features:
1. New module installation APKG now available! Add features to your device by simply loading packages to your DNS-321.
2. P2P Downloader now available via Apkg.
3. Web interface language packs can now be installed. Traditional Chinese Apkg Language pack is now available for download.
4. Now capable of connecting shares over NFS. The max shared folder for NFS server is limited to 64.
5. Scandisk tool has been added.
6. Unit can now be configured to automatically recover power after a power loss (revC1 only).
7. Yahoo! Widget support has been added and D-Links DNS-321 Yahoo! Widget 1.00 is now available for download.
8. S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is now on the DNS-321.
Enhanced Features:
1. 2TB hard drives are now supported in Raid.
2. UPNP AV Server will now scan for the following file extensions: OGG, FLAC, MKV, APE, IFO, ISO, AAC, DIVX, M4A, WAV, m2ts.
3. UPnP AV can now handle spaceīs in file names.
4. UPnP AV can now handle long file names.
5. UPNP AV server will now scan contents completely. If a corrupt file is found it will be skipped over.
6. DNS-321 now supports System Logging/FTP Logging.
7. Extends the email Senderīs address limitation to 63 chars.
8. DNS-321 can now Send Email when a rebuild is done.
9. DNS-321 can now Send email when Raid degraded is detected.
10. DNS-321 can now support EXT3 file structure. A format is required if you want to switch from EXT2 to EXT3.
11. FTP Server supports FXP transfers.
12. HTTP/FTP downloader has been extended to a maximum of 235 characters for the input field.
13. Disk formatting error code returns are now possible to help technicians troubleshoot harddrive installations.
14. Quota setting can now be saved in the Configuration file.
15. BugFix: Using FTP, folders that contain Chinese characters are now accessible.
16. Bugfix : DNS-321 failed to stream with to XBOX 360 issue has now been resolved.
17. Bugfix : iTunes Server crashes: Server should no longer crash from excessive amounts of data causing Web Interface instability.
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For those of us who have the Beta 12 installed, can you let us know if there are any differences between the release and beta 12. Thanks for the hard work.
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The release 1.03 has a firmware date of 8/17/09, what's the release date of the beta firmware?
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The release 1.03 has a firmware date of 8/17/09, what's the release date of the beta firmware?
I'm seeing the same thing. Only difference is, the old .zip file had the firmware labeled beta in it, the new one doesn't say beta anymore. But yes, they do have the same date on them, and they are exactly the same byte size.
Hey ECF, can you clarify this for us before we install something that is the same as we already have installed please. ;) ;)
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Build 12 of Beta is the same as 1.03 official.
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Build 12 of Beta is the same as 1.03 official.
So, if we have build 12 installed, we don't need to install the final version, nothing changed?
Thanks for the quick answer DLM, that saved me some extra work. :D
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Well, it's not much work, I just pointed at it and flashed the box.
OTOH, why bother if there's no need...
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Well, it's not much work, I just pointed at it and flashed the box.
OTOH, why bother if there's no need...
I usually reset the box to factory defaults after a flash, then re-enter the setup. I think that's standard with anything that can be flashed, motherboards all say to reset to factory defaults too. That's where the work comes in, not a real ton of work or anything, just extra time when we don't need to do it. :)
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I did that for the latest beta, but I confess I didn't do it for the release. Based on previous statements here, I figured there was little or no change in the firmware.
However, in general, you are certainly correct, resetting to factory defaults is never a bad idea for a firmware upgrade. :)
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Does this firmware finally fix the issue of Permissions for Anonymous/All (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=2880.0)?
I don't see it on the Release Notes, but I thought I read that it was in some of the Beta builds for this release.
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I suspect not since the last beta (which is the same code) did not fix it.
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I did that for the latest beta, but I confess I didn't do it for the release. Based on previous statements here, I figured there was little or no change in the firmware.
However, in general, you are certainly correct, resetting to factory defaults is never a bad idea for a firmware upgrade. :)
Yes, it does tend to let the firmware do it's job, especially if you leave the box up 24/7 like I do.
Thanks for validating gunrunnerjohn, always good to know that I didn't miss something along the way. ;) ;) :D
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Release notes:
Firmware: 1.03
Date: 10/08/09
New Features:
Snip snip...
6. Unit can now be configured to automatically recover power after a power loss.
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Where exactly is this configuration page? I've been through all the menus three times and it is eluding me.
-Joe
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Where exactly is this configuration page? I've been through all the menus three times and it is eluding me.
-Joe
You have to have a Rev. C hardware to use this feature I believe.
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You have to have a Rev. C hardware to use this feature I believe.
Thank for the info. I just got my box from NewEgg and it's Rev A2. Nothing like old hardware being sold.
The power on feature is one of the key items which drove me to purchase this box. I guess a larger UPS is not called for. Too bad the firmware 1.03 didn't have notes for what is or isn't available based on your hardware version. This really ticks me off, maybe enough to return the unit but I'll sleep on it.
-Joe
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Nevermind... I just connected to the ftp.dlink.com server with a FTP client and went to multimedia/dns321/firmware folder and downloaded it that way. (try this if you are having problems with the main site)
Original message:
I am trying to download the latest firmware from the website but it seems to hang and never connect to the file itself.
I am having trouble finding the file being hosted elsewhere and would really like to try it to see if it fixed my xbox360 issuses
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You have to have a Rev. C hardware to use this feature I believe.
Ok, I'm stumped, where do ya find the hardware revision code? I have logged into my unit and looked through every page I can see and can't find it anywhere? ??? :( :( :(
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Ok, I'm stumped, where do ya find the hardware revision code? I have logged into my unit and looked through every page I can see and can't find it anywhere? ??? :( :( :(
Turn it over and look on the label. ;)
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You have to have a Rev. C hardware to use this feature I believe.
This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
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Thanks for clarifying that, I heard somewhere else that didn't work for earlier versions. Glad to know it was false. :)
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
Hi! Could you add a config in the future to have this as an option. Not that I would have the problem but I'm sure there are some that would experience the power goes out comes back 30sec later out again! I know that electronic devices don't like the power flip-flop.
Thanks!
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Turn it over and look on the label. ;)
Duhhh! :-[
Thanks gunrunnerjohn, never looked at the bottom, took my serial and model for warranty off the shipping box. But, now that the point is moot because D-L M cleared this up for all of us, I now know that my hardware is rev.A2. I bought it from Newegg.ca last spring and I'm wondering when rev C stuff started coming out? Sounds like Newegg is selling old stock if Joe got the same rev as I did and bought his very recently.
Ryder
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I may have mixed up the DNS-323 and the DNS-321, at least one of them have a Rev.C version, probably the DNS-323. There was something, perhaps UPS functionality, that was tied to the hardware version of one of these boxes. :)
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I may have mixed up the DNS-323 and the DNS-321, at least one of them have a Rev.C version, probably the DNS-323. There was something, perhaps UPS functionality, that was tied to the hardware version of one of these boxes. :)
I'm guessing that the 323 might be the rev C. It would be odd for the 321 to jump from rev A2 to a rev C, that's a huge leap for rev numbers.
UPS functionality? Ok, I'd be interested to know more if you can find the info. Is it that one box won't work on a UPS, or something like that?
Ryder
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At some point UPS functionality was added so that the USB port can monitor the UPS and do a controlled shutdown. I don't use it, so this is just from memory of something that came by.
Of course, the DNS-321 with no USB port obviously doesn't have that capability. :)
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Hmmm...an interesting feature indeed. But, not for me and my 321, I guess the next unit I buy will have to be a 323 or a 343 to have that ability.
Thanks for the info gunrunnerjohn, much appreciated for future purchases.
Ryder
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
Does it matter if the drives and the unit are sleep? I tried it after reading this and waited and waited - no power up. I pulled the power cord from the power strip that it was plugged into, when it did not come back on I pushed the power button and it started up. (H/W Ver.:A2) Retried - figured I did something wrong - same result! :-[
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I guess that option is not perfect. ;)
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
Not true. I just tested this and my NAS unit did not turn back on. I am running firmware version 1.03, Hardware Rev A2. I unplugged the power from the electrical outlet for 30 seconds and plugged it back in. The only light on is the power supply (brick) green led. The NAS remained off. The drives were in hibernate because I didn't want to pull the power while the NAS was writting to the drives.
[Edit] I was able to get the NAS to power down and reboot ONLY if I pulled the electrical connector from the back of the NAS, not the power cord out of the wall. There must be something going on betwen the power supply and NAS electronics. So long as I pull the power supply connector from the back of the NAS first, I can do anything like unplug the power supply from the wall, wait a few second and plug the NAS in, then plug back into the wall and it powers up. I believe the electronics when the power is severed (both 5 & 12 VDC) together it works but I'll bet that when you unplug the power supply from the wall that the 5 and 12 VDC drop differently causing the discrepancy. So this feature is not helpful to me since I doubt I'll be pulling that connector to simulate a power failure. And this is fully repeatable.
-Joe
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Hmm... I'm beginning to see a pattern here! I got curious and went down and pulled the plug on my unit, 1.03 firmware and A2 hardware. Same result, it did NOT restart on it's own, after waiting for a minute, I restarted it with the power button.
Perhaps the D-Link representative would like to revisit the statement that the hardware revision doesn't matter? :o
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
To answer your question, no! I have a DNS-321 hardware A2, firmware 1.03. I just tried this experiment after seeing multiple having issues with it here, and mine does not restart when applying power. You have to use the power button to restart it.
Either it actually does require a specific hardware revision, or the feature is otherwise broken. Perhaps there is some other configuration option that interacts with it, say if the drives are sleeping, it won't restart?
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[Edit] I was able to get the NAS to power down and reboot ONLY if I pulled the electrical connector from the back of the NAS, not the power cord out of the wall. There must be something going on betwen the power supply and NAS electronics. So long as I pull the power supply connector from the back of the NAS first, I can do anything like unplug the power supply from the wall, wait a few second and plug the NAS in, then plug back into the wall and it powers up. I believe the electronics when the power is severed (both 5 & 12 VDC) together it works but I'll bet that when you unplug the power supply from the wall that the 5 and 12 VDC drop differently causing the discrepancy. So this feature is not helpful to me since I doubt I'll be pulling that connector to simulate a power failure. And this is fully repeatable.
-Joe
I thought about trying that but I did not want to bend any pins on the connector - I hate when that happens! That sounds like a good reason to me for it not working!
Back to the drawing board! ???
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Obviously, pulling the plug is the only realistic option here. If the power fails, the invisible hand isn't going to come and yank the power from the back of the drive! ::)
Clearly, this option doesn't work all the time, I wonder how they manage to make it work in the lab?
Has ANYONE outside of D-Link got this to work?
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Clearly, this option doesn't work all the time, I wonder how they manage to make it work in the lab?
Has ANYONE outside of D-Link got this to work?
I would speculate that D-Link labs were just isolating power to the NAS box vice using the supplied power supply. I could be wrong and I too would like to know if anyone else has been able to make this power on feature work. I would recommend anyone testing this to ensure thier drives are hibernated to mitigate data loss.
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Yep, I did make sure the drives were not spinning. :)
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
Well, I just had to try it too, and I'm sorry to report that my unit did not power up when the plug was pulled from the wall. And I'm on the last beta version of the firmware.
Is it possible that the final version did have some minor changes in it after the last 1.03 beta? Maybe it works with the final version but not the last beta? Has anyone that actually did load 1.03 final try it ?
Or, is it possible that in the lab the power was cut to the unit in a very different method? Perhaps by throwing a breaker or some other odd method? I know it should make no difference but neither does it make sense that it works in the lab but not for all of the end users that have tried the feature out. Grasping at straws I know, but when the obvious doesn't work you have to go somewhere!
Ryder
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Has anyone that actually did load 1.03 final try it ?
Ryder
I'm using the final version 1.03. I didn't see the beta versions anywhere.
-Joe
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I'm also running the final 1.03 version, which is the same as the last beta. Power off recovery does not work.
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I was using PM to keep the boards limited on garbage but after a few PMs with ECF, here are the results...
I asked ECF how the NAS feature was tested and here is the answer, you just aren't going to believe it!
I tested it removing the power from the back of the unit. This is how the unit would react connected to a UPS
???
-Joe
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Actually, I do believe it, because that's apparently the only way it works. :D
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Actually, I do believe it, because that's apparently the only way it works. :D
Agreed
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Maybe they'll revisit this in 1.04. ;)
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Hi!
Not to change subject but here is something that I found.
Create 2 share accounts (one can be based on an XP user) the other can be any user local to the NAS. Now from the Windows system access the one share that is not of the user of the XP system (you should be prompted for ID/PW and when supplied you can access the share) then try to access the other share with the other user. Are you prompted for ID/PW and when you enter it you are NOT granted access?
The other thing I found is that if you have one share and you want one user to access it with Read and another to access it with RW - if you browse to it in windows you will see what looks like 2 different shares (example: I have a share called TV, one user is RO the other RW and in windows browser I see TV and TV-1) I will also at this point have the same problem as above if I try to access either as an admin (depends on which one I hit first) [I did not test this with both users having RW or RO rights - I have not seen this in the FTP portion because I have not tested it there]
I hope that this post makes sense to someone - if you have any questions please let me know and I will try to simplify! (if possible)
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That reply from ECF is kinda odd in 2 ways.
1. I don't remember anything ever coming directly unplugged during a power outage. Maybe the better way to test it would be to plug it into a surge bar/UPS and then just turn off the power at that point?
2. Why would it make any difference how the power was turned off? No power means no power, or at least that's what I've always been led to believe? Is there something magical in the power brick that makes it turn the 321 back on after power is restored?
Now I'm really confused???
Ryder
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I think the difference is the power brick probably doesn't allow the +5 and +12 to decay at the same rate. That must affect whatever logic they used to determine that they had a loss of power while operating. Remember, it has to also handle the situation where the device has been turned off normally, then unplugged and plugged back in. In that case, I suspect they don't want the NAS to power up automatically. I know I've done stuff like this with avionics, but I actually had hardware assist designed in to make the job easy. I'm not sure how they did this in the DNS-321, or what hardware support they had available to determine that they were operating when power was lost. Since they can't really spin up the disks to decide whether to power up, I suspect they write an "operating" flag to the FLASH when they're running and clear it when they're powered down normally, but that's just a SWAG.
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I think the difference is the power brick probably doesn't allow the +5 and +12 to decay at the same rate. That must affect whatever logic they used to determine that they had a loss of power while operating. Remember, it has to also handle the situation where the device has been turned off normally, then unplugged and plugged back in. In that case, I suspect they don't want the NAS to power up automatically. I know I've done stuff like this with avionics, but I actually had hardware assist designed in to make the job easy. I'm not sure how they did this in the DNS-321, or what hardware support they had available to determine that they were operating when power was lost. Since they can't really spin up the disks to decide whether to power up, I suspect they write an "operating" flag to the FLASH when they're running and clear it when they're powered down normally, but that's just a SWAG.
That's a good answer gunrunnerjohn, or at least as good as any I can come up with at the present moment! ;D
I guess we'll just have to wait for Dlink themselves to clear up our little mystery eh? :(
Ryder
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I also suspect a flag is set in flash memory. I don't see how they could do it otherwise. And the problem why it doesn't work is because they designed it to work with a Special UPS :o that pulls out the connector from the NAS during a power failure. They can charge extra for that special feature. But I'm not sure how the US can plug it back in for power recovery :-\.
I'm certain they can correct the problem if they are given the money to do so. Software development is not free. Personnaly I think that feature should not be advertised until it's fixed. My NAS didn't have it when I bought it and I don't need it, however if this feature were fixed, I'd take it.
This will be the last time I post of this topic. I think the horse is dead.
-Joe
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I think the horse is dead.
I think you're right! (http://mysite.verizon.net/johnwill3/Message_Graphics/Misc/Head-bonk.gif)
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This is false. All hardware revisions of DNS-321 have the hardware to support auto-power recovery. We only added the option in 1.03 firmware. There is NO configuration for it. Test it out, turn on your 321 and let it boot up. Pull the power plug from the wall. Plug it back in ater a few seconds, did it turn back on? Feature is working as intended.
You guys should get your stories straight. ::)
Yes, to address this, there is some miscommunication regarding the firmware. The release notes should have stated the same as the DNS-323 which is that this function is only available on the C1 hardware. The web dev description will be updated tomorrow. While the function is in the firmware it is not supported in A1 or B1 hardware.
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/pat on the back
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You guys should get your stories straight. ::)
LOL! Ummm...GRJ, those guys that couldn't get their stories straight were the same guy! :D :D :D
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I know, that was the irony in it all. :D
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I know, that was the irony in it all. :D
LOL! Ok, got it now, sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake. ;) ;) ;D
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Scandisk issues:
I've updated to version 1.03 okay, tested some 2TB drives fine too [WD2002FYPS].
However, I replaced my 1TB drives back into the unit and it is working fine [upgraded from 1.02], didn't reformat drives.... but scandisk seems to work fine initially, more info follows.
My drives are setup with 2x 1TB mirrors (2TB total).
Therefore I have volume_1 and volume_2.
A scan of either volume shows progress, then I come back later and find that neither volume is visible and I am at the login screen. I cannot get the volumes back without rebooting and I cannot see the result of the scandisk operation.
I do have funplug 0.5-4 installed so I can potentially run scandisk there, or other tools -- what is recommended here?
Also, what are the risks of going from 1.02 to 1.03 and NOT to do a full reformat of the volumes?
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I made the jump from 1.02 to 1.03 without reformatting, so it's possible, at least in come circumstances. :D Note that this is a sample of one, so I'd wait for some other opinions. ;)
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A scan of either volume shows progress, then I come back later and find that neither volume is visible and I am at the login screen. I cannot get the volumes back without rebooting and I cannot see the result of the scandisk operation.
I do have funplug 0.5-4 installed so I can potentially run scandisk there, or other tools -- what is recommended here?
My two cents:
After you start running scandisk and you come back later to check on it, just try to close the web interface window and try to log on again as admin. Try to check the scandisk status that way. I'm thinking the NAS may have logged you out after a few minutes of no user action.
Fun Plug may cause problems with your NAS so I would recommend you back it up, or just move it to disable it and reboot, try again.
I hear you do not need to reformat your drives moving to the newer versions since that would be an EXT2 format. If you were to format in EXT3 (version 1.03 adds this capability), they you would have to format if you were to return to version 1.02 or older. This of course is not your situation.
I guess I need to educate myself on the value of scandisk on an EXT2 or 3 formatted drive and if it's needed.
-Joe
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I am unable to upgrade firmware 1.02 to 1.03. Error message
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Firmware Upload Error!
The uploaded file was not accepted by the DNS-321. Please return to the previous page and select a valid upgrade file.
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I just bought 2 x 2tb seagate and would like to use these drive in the DNS 321. thanks
Maria
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I am unable to upgrade firmware 1.02 to 1.03. Error message
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Firmware Upload Error!
The uploaded file was not accepted by the DNS-321. Please return to the previous page and select a valid upgrade file.
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I just bought 2 x 2tb seagate and would like to use these drive in the DNS 321. thanks
Maria
Have you tried to download the file again and update with the new download? Sometimes things happen when doing a download and the file may have been "damaged in transit". Delete the file you have from your thumbdrive, download again and then try the update again, you may have better luck the second time.
Ryder
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Have you tried to download the file again and update with the new download? Sometimes things happen when doing a download and the file may have been "damaged in transit". Delete the file you have from your thumbdrive, download again and then try the update again, you may have better luck the second time.
Ryder
I downloaded the patch again and it works. thanks for your advice.
Maria
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No problem Maria, that's what we're all here for, to lend a hand when we can.
Ryder
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I am unable to download the 1.03 upgrade from this link...
ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns321/Firmware/dns321_fw_103.zip
Is there an alternate DL site?
-Lee
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I just clicked on the link you supplied and downloaded it without an issue. I think this isn't a D-Link issue. :)
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I'm fairly certain it's not a dlink issue, which is why I asked about an alternate DL site. Theres something on my end that is preventing me from DL'ing from that site. But I can FTP from other locations.
Or some ideas of why I might not be able to DL from dlink, but can from other locations.
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Instead of helping you troubleshoot a browser, antivirus problem, or blocked site, (I suspect one of those) just use a different computer to download the firmware, toss it on a flash drive and bring it home. I figure with a name like "ultrageek" you will have it figured out in no time. ;D
-Joe
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Just checking in to see if anyone else has upgraded from Firmware 1.01 to 1.03 w/ drives set to Raid 1 without having to back up to an outside drive first. This is my backup and I would like to know if I can upgrade firmware without losing everything. I purchased the DNS-321 a while ago and I upgraded from 1.00 o 1.01 prior to using the NAS. Now that I have a ton of stuff backed up on it I would like to take advantage of some of the upgrades with the new version but not at the risk of losing everything. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I have two seagate 1.5TB in Raid 1 now.
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Yep, no problem at all. I have two 1.5TB drives in a RAID-1 array, and it slid right in.
I recommend resetting to factory defaults after the firmware upgrade and reconfiguring, but it won't bother your data.
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Hello, just purchased and upgraded firmware on my new DNS-321 to this old 1.03 firmware and I needed it as the v1.0 did not recognize my WD 1.5TB. Anyway after updating I was able to format them using EXT3 and running at Standard Volume1 & Volume2. No Raid here.
Anyway whats the deal with no firmware updates since
Firmware 1.03 10/09/2009
Why have you left us folks who bought this product since many sites are still selling to out in the cold? Your 323 gets updates and is up to 1.08 i think but nothing for us for over almost a year now?
Just makes me think that for everyone who bought the 321, fi they have any issues are we going to get answers and updates are are we 'as is' and good luck?
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What you see is what you get from what I can see.
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Hello D-Link folks. Any updates for the 321 coming out soon?
I would like to see something with regards to the horrible speed it runs at. I"m getting horrible Read/Writes to my drives in them and it's hooked up to your DIR-655 Gigabit Router.
Only getting like 5~9Mbps writing and actually reading which I thought should be 2x as fast at least.
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If you're running EXT3 filesystem, I suspect you're seeing all you're going to get. I get 9-10 with the DNS-321 and about 10-12 with the DNS-323. I posted over in the DNS-323 forum, the CPU is maxed out when I'm transferring, so I suspect that's all there is.
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I'm running EXT3 and getting max speeds of 25 reading, writting is closer to 22 or less, both drives are singles (Vol1, Vol2). It's no speed demon but it works fine as a media server (BluRay) and periodic backups of my computers.
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It's still a mystery how people are getting those speeds. :)
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How about a dam firmware update already!!! The speeds are SLOW copying anything to/from this drive. Upload is maybe 14~17Mbps but why in the world is reading, copying from SLOWER.. I'm getting only 3.5 ~ 5Mbps copying from the drive back to my local HD.
I have the latest firmware and rebooted the drive and nothing effects this.
This is on a gigabit router and it's SLOW!
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I've been on firmware 1.01 and am very happy. I upgraded from 1.0 to 1.01 because I want to use my 1.5T drives.
I've not had a single issue with this firmware, but I want to upgrade to get the new features and bug fixes. Has anyone upgraded and had issues with the 1.01 to 1.03 upgrade?
Will there be another upgrade coming soon?
Anyone recommend me backing up before an upgrade? I'll take a long time via usb 2.0.
Oh, getting 20mb/sec is not common. Trust me. I have a 323 and 321 and I'm getting between 8-15Mb/sec average. You say it's my network? Well, I got a Synology DS209 and am able to get about 60 Mb/sec on the same network.
Gary
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Long awaited firmware update just announced:
http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html (http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html)
Unfortunately we'll need to buy a DNS-320 to get it. :P
Different hardware (faster CPU), similar pricepoint to the DNS-321. Reports are folks are getting transfers in the 400Mbps range (40MB/s?) with it on a GBE network. Same price. 4x performance gain. Something tells me we're never going to see any DNS-321 firmware updates.
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Long awaited firmware update just announced:
http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html (http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html)
Unfortunately we'll need to buy a DNS-320 to get it. :P
Different hardware (faster CPU), similar pricepoint to the DNS-321. Reports are folks are getting transfers in the 400Mbps range (40MB/s?) with it on a GBE network. Same price. 4x performance gain. Something tells me we're never going to see any DNS-321 firmware updates.
Damn straight you're not. The product was already EOL'd in Canada earlier this year. It's an orphan.
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....http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html (http://gizmodose.com/d-link-sharecenter-pulse-dns-320-2-bay-network-storage-enclosure.html)
Unfortunately we'll need to buy a DNS-320 to get it. :P
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Looks like the DNS-320 is only in Europe... at least for now. No mention of it on D-Link's US site and all details from European magazines / posters...