D-Link firmware update

[henry999]

I've got a DIR-655 A3 with the 1.11EU firmware. I see that there is now an update available (1.21). However, most discussion suggests that it is merely to allow for the SharePort function, which I neither need nor want. Under those conditions, do I really want to run the fw patch? Is there any other advantage? I'm thinking along the lines of 'if it ain't broke...'

cheers,

Henry

 

[claykin]

I've tried various versions of 1.21 and now 1.22 and they all have issues. I recommend you stick with V1.11.

 

[dstriker000]

DIR 655 update

I updated from 1.11 to 1.21EU. No problems encountered with either firmware. Updated specifically for the Shareport feature which is used to backup a Vista laptop.

 

[zjohnr]

WHAT issues?

I've tried various versions of 1.21 and now 1.22 and they all have issues.

WHAT issues? Not disagreeing with you, just asking.

I just purchased a DIR-655 yesterday. It came with 1.20 and I immediately upgraded to 1.21 while setting it up. My perspective is that I'll take just about anything I can get in the way of fixes. (One of the reasons I finally decided to go with the D-Link was because it seemed to me that the company was still actively "supporting" this device.)

Is 1.22 a beta firmware release?

-irrational john

 

[kot1rc5]

LOL
I'm still using the 1.04 FW on my A2. On FW after that the they removed the bridge mode for the WAN port. I am using it as an access point for my internal network.
If it isn't broke.....

Have you seen throughput increases with any FW updates?

 

[zjohnr]

Have you seen throughput increases with any FW updates?

I actually have never measured the throughput on my LAN, so I couldn't tell you.

Also, I upgraded the firmware before actually using the DIR-655 for much of anything. So I couldn't even make an anecdotal guess as to any before/after performance diffs.

Out of curiosity, what tool do you use to measure your intra-LAN transfer speeds?

-irrational john

 

[kot1rc5]

There is software such as IxChariot, Iperf, Ttcp, netperf or bwping for measuring the maximum throughput of a network access. I haven't used them, but I have used the performance monitor built into windows perfmon.exe. look at the network interface counters.
I used that to troubleshoot why my old 2X300a@450Mhz BP6/SX6000 file server was so dam slow. I used the different counters to narrow it down to the pci/33/32 bus. the CPUs are old but the PCI bus was overwhelmed with a giga NIC and the raid card together.

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