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Author Topic: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac  (Read 10768 times)

780bertone

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Hello everyone,

I just bought a dLink-655 several days ago.  It is supposed to replace my airport extreme g router, on a small home network.  And I am having several problems, some perhaps fixable, and was wondering if others have experienced similar problems or have any thoughts.  The unit is H/W ver A4 and F/W ver 1.20 out of the box.  I updated the firmware as I was setting up the router.  I have a wireless n macbook, a n macbook pro, and a wired G5 that I use as a server, with tcp ports 80 and 22, and udp port 22 forwarded to that machines ip, which is outside the DHCP range.  ( I also have an older XP sp2 with g card that doesn't work at the moment, but that is way down the priority list).

1)The main problem I have experiencing is a very long hang / delay, almost a minute, when I open Dreamweaver CS3.  I have the welcome screen enabled.  I found one google entry about dlink routers and Dreamweaver acting sort of strange together and it recommended to disable the welcome screen, and this worked fine.  Starts up quick, but I really like the welcome screen.

Then I found that iPhoto does the same thing when I try to launch it.  The application hangs for almost a minute on start up, giving the dreaded spinning wheel.  I disabled "check for updates automatically, and the problem went away.

If I plug in my old router, everything functions like it should, and no start up hangs.  I guess it has something to do with the router firewall or something blocking communications for these programs, but it's really just a guess.  The dLink has many more configurations possibilities, so I might not have it correct, but don't know were to start.  I check the activity monitor, at it states the programs aren't responding, but they eventually fully load.  Why only on start-up?  I ran Little Snitch in the background, and it doesn't pick up any network activity attempts during the hang up.

I checked the other forums, esp. the one about resolving DNS, but they did mention that F/W ver 1.21 might not be the best, and to go with 1.11.  I tried to reflash it, but it gave me an error message saying that maybe this software wasn't meant for this device.  I did manage to reflash back to ver 1.20, but the problems still persist.

I'd like to figure these out.  As minor as they seem, combine them with the fact that the usb sharepoint doesn't work on a mac, so I give up the ability to print share, and the fact that I haven't got the xp box working either, and it sorta adds up.

Maybe I'm in over my head.  I've configured tons of these things, and never really had such a problem.  Not sure if its me, or maybe the 1.21 software, but I can't reflash to the older ver that people say works well.

Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks for your time




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arod

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 08:42:42 AM »

780bertone,

Are all your macs experiencing the same issue wired and wireless? I don't see how the router can affect apps.. but if that is the case let's try a few things.. Disable airport so you don't have internet access and try to launch an application and see if you notice any difference. If so, and you still see the dreaded spinning wheel then it isn't the router. If you do have automatic updates turned on I would update everything there is on the macs then set it to manual update and try again. When you're trying to flash the firmware are you doing it through a wired connection or wireless? Have you setup your wireless network or is everything pretty much at default?
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Reinvented

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2009, 09:07:18 AM »

When you are flashing, are you using Safari or Firefox?  I wouldn't use Safari at all for flashing, as it would hang and cause problems for me as well.  Firefox worked okay though. 

Also, if you haven't already...repair your disk permissions, as that usually clears up a lot of problems with app hangs, and what not.  :)

Hope that helps.
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thecreator

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2009, 09:14:43 AM »

Hi 780bertone,

You have the D-Link DIR-655 A4 Hardware Version of the Router. Ru-Fi-Oh may know, but I don't think that you can flash Firmware older than the Shipping Firmware of the Router, on the Router.

You can always go back to Firmware 1.20 or up to the latest, but not back to the older versions of the Firmware, because of the Hardware Revision of the Router.

But you must use a Wired Computer directly attached to the Router, to flash the Firmware.

Just my opinion.

Do you have any Network Drives mapped to your computers?

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arod

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 10:21:03 AM »

thecreator,

Correct.. You can't downgrade to 1.11 on an A4 but can on A1 ,2 and 3
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780bertone

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 12:00:27 PM »

Thanks for the quick replies.

I have two computers that I use primarily.  A wireless-n macbookpro and my G5 desktop, which I use also as HTTP & FTP server.  The G5 is wired to the router, and also use it to configure and reflash my router.  Both computers have Dreamweaver CS3 on them, one wireless, one not, and they both hang on start up.  They exhibit the exact same problems.  If I disable welcome screen in DW prefs, everything works fine, no spinning wheel or hang-ups.

Thanks thecreator -.  I was hoping that I could go back to a version everyone else seems to be o.k. with, but that does make sense.  I don;t have any network drives mapped.

reinvented - thanks for the suggestions - I flash with Safari, and have been able to go between 1.20 & 1.21, without solving or creating new issues, that I know of.  I'll repair permissions, and see what happens.

Ru-Fi-Oh - Sounds crazy, I know.  The problem happens on both wired and wireless computers.  I have my airport shut off on my desktop, and it still does it.  I then went in and disabled the wired connection, and dreamweaver starts like it should, with no hang ups at the welcome screen.  Reactivate the ethernet connection, the minute delay comes back.  Same thing on my macbookpro.  I turn off the airport, everything is back to normal.  I turn airport back on, and it hangs up.

I set up a basic network, seeing all the options, but most are at the default.  I port forward tcp 80 and 22 and udp 22 to the wired desktop, which seemed to work.  I set the password for the router, changed the SSID.  I had WPA encryption on, but have turned that off.  Nothing too fancy.

I have since reflashed back to the default 1.20 & reloaded the factory settings, and not touched anything, except to set the time.  And the hang up still happens.

Thanks for all your help...
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EddieZ

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2009, 12:25:01 PM »

You could try to disable DNS relay and manually configure OPenDNS as DNS. When you have sites configured in Dreamweaver it will connect to them on startup. It seems that there is some delay, which could be the cause. Either DNS is slow getting those addresses, or the Adobe updater is having issues connecting. Don't know your specific config though.

If not I fear that it's a Adobe issue...
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780bertone

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2009, 02:08:12 PM »

Thanks EddieZ,

Unchecking the DNS relay box solved my problem for now!  I have no excuse but ignorance. I didn't quite understand the DNS post and the need to make sure the DNS preferences on my machine, not the router, need to be those of the ISP.  I did try to set the DNS servers manually on the router under Setup -> Internet ->Manually Internet Connection Setup, but that didn't work, probably because they were being overridden by the checked Enable DNS relay box, which I don't think I ever tried.

Unchecking the box, and rebooting the router made the DNS servers on my machine change from the router address to the DNS servers of my ISP, and the programs are back to opening properly.

Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to read my posts, and sorry to repost on such an already extensive topic.
« Last Edit: January 12, 2009, 07:17:54 PM by 780bertone »
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EddieZ

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Re: Programs hang at start-up & cannot reflash to 1.11 version on a Mac
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2009, 04:33:51 PM »

Thanks EddieZ,

Unchecking the DNS relay box solved my problem for now!  I have no excuse but ignorance, and didn't quite understand the DNS post and the need to make sure the DNS preferences on my machine, not the router, need to be those of the ISP.  I did try to set the DNS servers manually on the router under Setup -> Internet ->Manually Internet Connection Setup, but that didn't work, probably because they were being overridden by the checked Enable DNS relay box, which I don't think I ever tried.

Unchecking the box, and rebooting the router made the DNS servers on my machine change from the router address to the DNS servers of my ISP, and the programs are back to opening properly.

Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to read my posts, and sorry to repost on such an already extensive topic.

No problem, glad you got it to work correctly.
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