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Author Topic: current shipping hw version  (Read 5749 times)

drick

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current shipping hw version
« on: May 20, 2009, 09:49:45 AM »
hi,

does anyone know what the current shipping / newest HW version is on the 655?

thnx
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LaWeapon

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 09:59:53 AM »
I just bought one last night, and it had a firmware from 2007, if i remember correctly.
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drick

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 10:08:39 AM »
i was actually referring to the hw (hardware) version. not sure where the sticker(s) are located on the units, but i imagine that it should be on the bottom or back.

it should say something like a1, a2, a3, etc and be right next to your mac address and serial number.

« Last Edit: May 20, 2009, 10:29:43 AM by drick »
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Geraner

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 10:27:38 AM »
In Sweden they sell the DIR-655 with HW version A4 at the moment.
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Johnnyboy!

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2009, 10:31:04 AM »
The latest hardware version is A4.

Most D-Link hardware lists the Hardware and Firmware versions on the UPC label on the box.

jB
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drick

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2009, 10:34:50 AM »
thanks guys, that is what i was looking for.

several other sites have suggested that this is the current version as well.
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staticfree

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Re: current shipping hw version
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2009, 10:27:28 PM »
The latest DIR-655 hardware version is A4. I just bought a new one from newegg.com on sale with their discount code and they sent me a version A4 with firmware version 1.20 installed on it.

There seems to be DIR-655 A4's that come with firmware V1.20 or V1.21 new out of the box.

Beware that if you buy from places like ebay or used, that you probably won't get the latest version A4 unless you verify it with the seller!  You probably will get hardware A1 or A2.  You might get an A3 too, which some folks seem to prefer.  I prefer the A4 as it has the latest and greatest Atheros chipsets built onto the motherboard (as opposed to older A1, A2 and A3 design which used a separate mini-PCI adapter for the radio card).  My take is that there is less to go wrong (no connector contacts to corrode and go intermittent with time) on the A4.  But you cannot modify or change out the radio card in the A4, you can in the earlier versions. A3 and A4 seem to be the way to go with firmware V1.2x.  DO NOT upgrade the firmware to latest V1.31 at this time as it is wrought with folks complaining about instability and bugs!  nuff' said.
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