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[Reinvented]

I am getting an A2 version to test.  I am hoping that I can see better results.  I will let you know in a few minutes.

[RobNyc]

Frustrated, and everytime this PoS Firmware (or who knows maybe it's the router itself) goes south I become more and more disgusted with Dlink that they could totally tarnish the DGL line like this.



I'll bet most of us in here UPGRADED from the 4300, and the main reason they went with this new router (4500) was the rock solid rep and performance it has.  It just makes me sick to my stomach that a group of developers, project managers, and company as a whole, could let this happen not once, not twice, but within multiple firmware releases for any product.

SHAME ON YOU DLINK!
For testing our product trust, our consumer loyalty, and insulting our intelligence.

Forcing firmware to not allow downgrade. FAIL!

Quality testing FAIL!

I don't know about the others here but my patience is wearing thin.

I second your response.. I am actually done with D-LINK i got a Apple Airport Extreme Base Station now Dual-Band / Wifi-N ... bye D-LINK , gonna sell the DGL-4500 now but I'm just scared to sell it with the 1.20 fw the new user will have problems as well.

[Puffnstuff]

Something else I've noticed is that if I don't run bt I don't get any lan errors but just as soon as I fire up azureus I can expect to see them.  Right after that I get error messages stating that udp could not be established and the process was abandoned.  My router has been up 3 days now with no errors showing because I've not used bt until just a few minutes ago.  I'm waiting for them as I know they will show up soon.  I did notice shortly after azureus made its connections that the router responce slowed down.

[Reinvented]

Yeah, I'm actually still having problems, EVEN after getting a different hardware version.  It's kinda interesting.

Anyway, same old problems still.  Lots of latency in games, and cut outs.  Poor wireless performance, and downloads.  1.15 was golden, except for broken UPnP, and Port Forwarding, and problems with games. 

[iconeater]

Sniff....Sniff......

I smell a Class Action Lawsuit coming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action

[marvan]

My DGL-4500 (v1.20) also reboot every several days but manually because the failure on SharePort (v1.10) for printing.

[ray3rd]

Just needed to reboot again.  Last reboot was June 3rd. Yep, 4 days.

[Puffnstuff]

I'm rather puzzled right now.  My router just passed 4 days uptime and it's still working, still responding to browser inquiries and web pages are still loading correctly.  When it acts up it will not allow me to watch live weather radar on the weather channel but it hasn't done that yet.  It normally turns stupid by now but it hasn't yet and I'm confused.   Its still showing 0 lan errors even though I ran bt for a couple of hours yesterday and that normally causes lots of errors.

[iconeater]

I'm rather puzzled right now.  My router just passed 4 days uptime and it's still working, still responding to browser inquiries and web pages are still loading correctly.  When it acts up it will not allow me to watch live weather radar on the weather channel but it hasn't done that yet.  It normally turns stupid by now but it hasn't yet and I'm confused.   Its still showing 0 lan errors even though I ran bt for a couple of hours yesterday and that normally causes lots of errors.

Connect to UpNp device or download something like a netflix movie or a file over 100mb and watch it die instantly.

Hell this stupid PoS can't even keep the correct time.


Just out of Curiosity how many of you here having problems with the DGL-4500 have your NICs set to use JUMBO frames?

Mine was set to use Jumbo Frames and just now the router went south and I was about to do a reboot and decided before I did to turn off JUMBO frames on my NIC.  Router came back to life without a reboot.

Now, this may be coincidence or there maybe something to it, wont know until we see how many here with issues are setup to use JUMBO frames.

This is BY NO MEANS A FIX I have emails from Dlink regarding JUMBO frames support on the DGL-4500 prior to purchase, which they say 100% was supported and would work with my NIC. It's yet another feature that lead me to purchase this device.

So, if in fact turning off JUMBO frames is a workaround for the 3 to 4 day reboot issues then so be it, but there still needs to be a MAJOR FIRMWARE FIX RELEASED or at Minimum a FW patch to enable downgrading.

DLINK We want this FIX ASAP. WE WANT A STABLE FAST ROUTER AS ADVERTISED WHICH SUPPORTS JUMBO FRAMES!  IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU NEED TO START A RECALL CAUSE I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

[Reinvented]

Calm down iconeater.

We all want a fix, and we all want it to work properly. 

Jumbo frames DO work, however, probably in not the size that YOU want.  The max that I was told it can support is up to 4096.  Anything higher, I'm sure you will get problems.

I do have a lot of the problems as I've mentioned before, with both my A1, and NOW A2 that they just sent me.

The list goes on for what needs to be fixed, so be patient.  And putting your posts in multiple colors does not help, nor will it fix things.

[phat78boy]

Had to reboot about 3 times this weekend. I had torrents running all weekend, but the problems really started getting worse when I used VPN access from a different computer then my machine running the torrents. Almost immediately I saw problems everytime I would make a VPN connection. My VPN was pretty stable, but every other part of my network slowed to a crawl. I then tried turning of my machine that was running torrents and it still didn't help much. The first thing that seems to always go is wireless. After that its only a matter of time before my wired connections take a dive too.  

This router has been a complete let down for me. As someone who owns a small business, it has severely impacted my recommendations of D-link products. They used to be my number one choice for wireless home routers, this is no longer the case. While I have had very good success with the DIR-655 and DIR-855, I find it hard to put my reputation on the line for a company that has put out a product and for whatever reason can't fix it. We have not had a firmware release that provided every function advertised since 1.02. At the very least, D-link should admit if they can't fix this product and either refund our money or swap us out to a different model that works.

[iconeater]

Calm down iconeater.

We all want a fix, and we all want it to work properly. 

Jumbo frames DO work, however, probably in not the size that YOU want.  The max that I was told it can support is up to 4096.  Anything higher, I'm sure you will get problems.

I do have a lot of the problems as I've mentioned before, with both my A1, and NOW A2 that they just sent me.

The list goes on for what needs to be fixed, so be patient.  And putting your posts in multiple colors does not help, nor will it fix things.

Dude please don't tell me to calm down like you're my effing mother.  In fact you calm down!

I am irritated, and rightly so.

The different colors were used to separate reply, from post, from direct message to Dlink.

And my direct emails from Dlink state Jumbo Frames support up to 9k and according to Realtek The RTL8356 which is in the DGL-4500 supports 9K. 

"Supports maximum packet length 16Kbyte jumbo frame packet forwarding and maximum packet length 9216 bytes at wire speed "

Again, one of the reasons I made this purchase. Changed these colors just cause I felt like it.  Go on Cry!

[Reinvented]

Dude please don't tell me to calm down like you're my effing mother.  In fact you calm down!

I am irritated, and rightly so.

The different colors were used to separate reply, from post, from direct message to Dlink.

And my direct emails from Dlink state Jumbo Frames support up to 9k and according to Realtek The RTL8356 which is in the DGL-4500 supports 9K. 

"Supports maximum packet length 16Kbyte jumbo frame packet forwarding and maximum packet length 9216 bytes at wire speed "

Again, one of the reasons I made this purchase. Changed these colors just cause I felt like it.  Go on Cry!

Well, here's another example of an idiot we should just all ignore.  What are you, 15? Stop acting like a f***ing arrogant infant then. 

[iconeater]

Well, here's another example of an ***** we should just all ignore.  What are you, 15? Stop acting like a ****ing arrogant infant then. 

Whatever, Dude get a life you've been on this forum for almost a full year (one month to go!!), either you work for Dlink or, you like to keep buying their broken stuff and come in here acting like you own the place.

This is not a hang out forum; this is a get in, get your fix, and hope you never have to return forum.  It's also a place like it or not, for those in the same FW hell to commiserate. (we call it Human Nature)

You seem to have missed these points. Or again, you're a Dlink employee. How many posts you got now? 500 LOL

LAAAAAAAA OOOOOO SER! 



p.s. no matter the reply this is my last comment towards this person, i've said all I need to.

[ElWormo]

Not that another reply is needed, but my router also has to constantly be rebooted. I'm constantly getting discoed from my printer when using shareport and have to reboot in order to fix the problem. Never had a problem prior to 1.20. Hopefully we get a fix soon. It is very frustrating.