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Author Topic: When will we get a new firmware update?  (Read 36209 times)

jasonsbx

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2010, 12:50:35 AM »
Quote from: klein on February 16, 2010, 06:06:55 PM
it would be nice to have 1 a year, never mind 1 a month, most companies will do one every quarter but have never seen that from D-Link ....

You do get at least one a year and more frequent intervals may actually be an indicator of a bad product indicating serious issues that need to be addressed.
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coxwain

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #31 on: February 17, 2010, 03:59:57 AM »
The frequency of firmware updates show the commitment to their product
the fact that they can't clear up existing issues that are advertised to be working is a real issue
initially I thought this was a great product because of the feature list but if they don't work then the product is useless
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AKFubar

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2010, 04:18:38 PM »
More delays on this release?? :(
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klein

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2010, 05:10:09 PM »
are you surprised AKFubar????
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D-Link Multimedia

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #34 on: February 17, 2010, 05:28:49 PM »
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klein

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2010, 05:33:14 PM »
just checked the Canada site which is where i am from and nothing there ....

it is on the US site though ... hopefully it is a North American firmware ... can you let me know D-Link
« Last Edit: February 17, 2010, 05:43:23 PM by klein »
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #36 on: February 17, 2010, 05:59:51 PM »
Downloaded, it's there. :)
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D-Link Multimedia

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #37 on: February 17, 2010, 06:06:04 PM »
Quote from: klein on February 17, 2010, 05:33:14 PM
just checked the Canada site which is where i am from and nothing there ....

it is on the US site though ... hopefully it is a North American firmware ... can you let me know D-Link

I will work on getting it copied to the canada site tomorrow. Our head web dev guy is on a week long vacation so I will see if his backup is familiar with the process :0.
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #38 on: February 17, 2010, 06:09:11 PM »
I compared the 1.08 release beta to the 1.09b1 version and they're identical binary files.  Can you confirm this, I believe this was mentioned before here?

Since I have that installed, doesn't seem I should have to load it again.
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Rodent

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #39 on: February 17, 2010, 09:19:10 PM »
This is what is currently on the Australian site [Firmware 1.08B05 (7931 KB)], can you also get the latest to this site?
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coxwain

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #40 on: February 18, 2010, 04:18:52 AM »
Glad to see
do the drives need to be reformated and backed up?
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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #41 on: February 18, 2010, 04:43:30 AM »
Quote from: coxwain on February 18, 2010, 04:18:52 AM
Glad to see
do the drives need to be reformated and backed up?

If you do the reformat first then there's no need for the backup since the data will no longer be there. 

The source of this information should be the release notes, which do not mention a reformat, so it should be safe to assume that one is not required (and I did not need to do one when running the beta), provided you choose to continue using an ext2 file system.  1.08 reintroduces the ext3 file system as an option, and if you wish to go that route, then a reformat IS required, the backup is optional, but as mentioned above, if you don't do it, you will have no data on the drive.

For what it's worth - if the data is of any value - then you do need to back it up, wether or not you're planning a reformat or a firmware upgrade.
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LH2312

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2010, 05:45:09 AM »
Quote from: gunrunnerjohn on February 17, 2010, 06:09:11 PM
I compared the 1.08 release beta to the 1.09b1 version and they're identical binary files.

Really? I doubt this:

02/17/2010 11:50      7,960,008 dns323_firmware_108.zip
02/11/2010 09:46      6,728,622 dns323_fw_109b01_beta.zip

Even after unpacking there is still a 750KB difference in size - did I miss something here?
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2010, 05:50:42 AM »
Maybe I got a different file when I downloaded it.  It was the link to the European version with UK in the title that I downloaded.
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: When will we get a new firmware update?
« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2010, 05:56:59 AM »
This is the link where I downloaded the firmware, it's actually 1.08b9, I mis-spoke: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=9897.0

The file is identical to the released 1.08.  The actual 1.09 I suspect is different, since it included that on-line backup. :)
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