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[EddieZ]

I hope this will sooth the firmware pains   

[Lycan]

Would still like to request the ability to have client "ALIAS" in the wirless client information page.


As well, that feature for detecting new firmware has NEVER worked on my 655 here in canada.

I'm not sure how that would work, seeing as the .xml pushes to a specific code version and that product is international but has very different codes for different areas.

[Lycan]

Lycan,
From I professional point of view I do not have great admiration for your Tech dpt.'s versioning process or release management. Please get them to read a book on it or something because their practices look kind of amateuristic. I would gladly help you guys out (free of charge).

I warned them of this. They felt that their actions were just. It turns out we didn't even find a problem with the code, our Taiwanese testing department found a potential flaw the day we posted it. Because we're trying to make every effort to avoid things like the 4500-esk issues from happening again our PM team agreed to pull the code.

We're supposed to have new code today, if i don't get something I'll repost the 1.22B01 as beta on the forums.

[EddieZ]

It's a good thing the retraction action was taken if that one was (potentially) flawed. It does suprise me though the testing still took place when the decision to post the version was already taken. Seems there is not a "sure" sign-off procedure. One day extra does not make a big difference I would say.

PS: we got the 825 issue figured out. Like I suggested on the board, the modem was to blame, not the router 

[Lycan]

I'm guessing the flaw was caught before we posted it but because of the distance and time variance between here and taiwan, they probably just had a hard time getting the information to us in time.

[EddieZ]

I'm guessing the flaw was caught before we posted it but because of the distance and time variance between here and taiwan, they probably just had a hard time getting the information to us in time.

Time difference perhaps. Although a sign off on testing is a formal procedure. Non sign off, no release. Simple as that. You could initiate some groundbreaking work here on release management. Good career move   

[Toilet-Duck]

So theres now been a firmware called:

121b11_beta02

Thats been released on the D-Link FTP, whats this firmware? Is it the beta of 1.22?

Im totally confused now! 

[Lycan]

I posted a 1.22b11 code. It's supposed to have the DNS Relay fix.
Try it out.
No Securespot.

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=3969.msg22296#msg22296

[EddieZ]

Just a typo, no worries

[pdmachado]

Will the 1.22 firmware fix issues with wireless restarts?  I managed to get 1.11 to work without wireless restarts, but the thing reboots every 2 mins....will this firmware repair all of these issues?  Would be nice.  Thanks.

[cesthree]

Here is what I don't get.

How long has D-link been around?  At least a few years right?  Really this question goes to any "strong" product manufacturer nowadays.  It doesn't really matter who my query applies to, it's just that the way products are released today is completely baffling.

Why in the world would you release a product, onto a shelf, to an e-tailer, or any other way possibly conceivable, without it being READY FOR USE in ALL WAYS that APPLY to what that piece of equipment was designed to do??

I can see a new firmware to add Securespot, and maybe even Shareport, although having the USB port already on the device without that functionality from the very first firmware is still ******ed if you ask me.

Can engineers not write machine language any better than that??  If they can, then how much do I have to pay in order to get a firmware that just FREAKING WORKS?

Or do I have to go to school and learn how to do it myself, I am more than capable, in order to get my Router to do EVERYTHING it was designed to do out of the box???

Even if the initial firmware is just to get the product on shelves, why release even ONE additional firmware release, IF IT ISN'T RIGHT??

No offense to D-link specifically, it's just that most manufacturers are rushing products out that are nothing more than unfinished BETA products, and without any sort of break in price.

What gives??  Value is nowhere to be seen with the crapshoot of products available today, and it's clear that even paying more won't buy you a quality product.

If I hadn't been born into so many hurdles from the get-go, and had the means to be "handed" an education without having to fight and struggle for everything I have, BELEIVE me when I say that any company I owned or was head of engineering or technical support, would have your problems solved. 

My team would do the job right, expeditiously, most importantly we would be able to sleep at night knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could do to help every last customer, from NOOB to L33T.

[davevt31]

Before you go off yelling,  I have a DIR-655 that has worked great from Day 1.  I have had it well over a year.  I have tried all the beta firmwares and never had an issue.  I am also running the 1.22 that was pulled and I don't have any problems with that either.  When you come to a forum it is usually for some kind of support and those are the issues you see, but I bet there are a whole lot more people out there that don't have problems becuase I think they have probably sold alot more units than just the people that come to the forum.

[Smeden2]

Is there today, or will there ever be a 1.2x that will work on all HW-versions.
I have today one A2 and one A3 version, and neither work with a 1.2x version. Different problems.
Maybe a question for Lycan to answer.

 

[EddieZ]

Before you go off yelling,  I have a DIR-655 that has worked great from Day 1.  I have had it well over a year.  I have tried all the beta firmwares and never had an issue.  I am also running the 1.22 that was pulled and I don't have any problems with that either.  When you come to a forum it is usually for some kind of support and those are the issues you see, but I bet there are a whole lot more people out there that don't have problems becuase I think they have probably sold alot more units than just the people that come to the forum.

Same here. By now I've helped solving a crapload of user issues. 85% of those were NOT DIR655 related. Approx. only 1% of users come to the forum to seek help, not a platform to rave about 'how wonderful the machine is'. So considering this is aboutthe most popular routers around, the number of complaints and issues is really not that high.

[tudela]

Thanks Lycan for your unwavering commitment.  I'm sure many of us here appreciate your efforts, though I can see how this can easily get lost amidst the complaints!

While were at it....Thanks EddieZ.  I still can't believe you don't work for D-Link!