http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13724485 en Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:54:56 EDT Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:54:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14554488 anon : Just an update for anyone interested...

I did end up hard-wiring the XBOX into my LAN and I am now achieving 15,000KB/s on average for local LAN to LAN traffic.

Just so people know, the problem WAS ZoneAlarm Pro!! For some reason, it bogs down network traffic to almost a crawl and will not allow you to uncap the speed.

I ended up blowing all ZoneAlarm references out of the system, then tweaked my XBOX speeds to get them as good as I could and I was set. For the hell of it, I reinstalled the newest ZoneAlarm again (AFTER IT'S CONFIGURED) and the speeds are still great!!

I think that if you have ZoneAlarm installed before you add components to the LAN it gets buggy and causes speed performance issues. Try an uninstall - configure XBOX - then reinstall and that should fix your problem...

The wireless now just so you know averages ~7,000KB/s which is tremendous over what it used to be.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14554488 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:57:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14474655 anon : Here's my latest: I'm scrapping the MN-740 and hard wiring the XBOX to my network. I bought the cable yesterday and it should be here by tomorrow. I found a dude on eBay that sells them dirt cheap (200' for $18!)

Last night, I booted the XBOX and then plugged the router in and there was no change. I ran a 25' cat 5 cable from the XBOX to as close to the router as I could and there was still no change. I then flashed the router back to the Linksys release to rule out a firmware problem on that end and I had the same problem still...

I've come to the conclusion that the MN-740 is junk.

Needs: To properly set up the adapter, you need to do the following steps:
1.) Disable all security on your router
2.) Do a hard reset of the adapter by pressing the reset button for 10 seconds.
3.) Boot into the XBOX and go to the network settings screen and click on connect.
4.) Let the XBOX find the wireless network
5.)Make sure the settings for the wireless network are the same as your router and hit apply (if you don't have an option to apply, change something and then change it back right away and then it apply)
6.) Let it connect.
7.) If it doesn't connect, go back and set static ip's on the XBOX, set up dhcp filtering and try again
8.) Keep trying, over and over - move the adapter around, move the router to the other side of the room

Keep in mind that mine connects and it says Excellent recetion at 54Mb/s but the download speeds are just terrible.

I was just reading on a forum that the problem may be related to ZoneAlarm on my PC.. I'll try that this weekend and see]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14474655 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:17:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14469671 anon : AtieN thanks for the info. But I still cant get a connection with the internet. Any suggestions?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14469671 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:28:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14467325 anon : I have a version 1.0 xbox modded with a Zenium SP.ICE chip. I run EvolutionX BIOS and am presently running the UnleashX dashboard.

I have not tried to wait until the xbox is booted before plugging the adapter in and will try that tonight when I get home (why can't it be 3:30 now?!!?!?) and post my results in the morning...

I reflashed my WRT54GS router again last night with the Alchemy firmware (1.0) posted on sveasoft.com and it seems to help the speed - now I'm getting ~700k which is still very slow as far as I'm concerned, but now I am losing connectivity... When I FTP files over to the xbox it starts and seems fine and when I come back to check on it later the connection is lost and I actually have to reboot the xbox to get it to reconnect to the network...

I'm very close to just going out and purchasing Cat5 cable and hardwiring the xbox to the network...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14467325 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:36:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14463862 zefrench : I think I finally was able to reproduce the slowness some people were talking about.

I have a softmoded xbox, and if I boot the xbox with the wireless adapter already connected, I get miserable results.

However, if I wait to be booted into my alternative dashboard, and then power up the wireless adapter, I do not see this problem.

Perhaps the problem is:
1-the new flash does not like the boot sequence for softmode (hanging halfway through initialaion)

or
2- Perhapse the new firmware is not liked by certain versions of Microsoft Dashboard Kernel versions.

Those that are not working, can you post:
1) whether using softmod or chip or unmodded .
2) what dashboard and version are you using on boot up.

Just sharing my experience

Zefrench]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14463862 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:34:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14461840 anon : No. Since the flash the light is on continously. Even doing a hard reset to the adapter, the light remains on and doesn't blink like it did before the flash.

I've spent most of the day looking through forums on the net and I think I've come to the conclusion that this flash is NOT a good idea to do. If even the smallest thing goes wrong, you're stuck with a useless adapter considering that you can't flash it back the MS firmware...

When I get home tonight, I'm going to run a few more tests and then I'm going to scrap this new POS and get something reliable...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14461840 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:50:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14461584 anon : Hey AthieN, I was wondering does your adapater's wireless light flash when you are not connected to your network?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14461584 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:22:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14459255 anon : Any updates to this? I flashed the MN-740 to the DGL-3420. The flash took. I can see the adapter via its web interface as well as my wireless network. It connects to my network from the xbox and the xbox setup screen says it's connected at 48 MB/S. So, all seems well right? Wrong.

The problem I am seeing is speed - or lack there of. When I try to FTP files to the xbox, it maxes out at ~100-300k and no matter what I do I cannot get it to increase.

I have set and reset all my settings in both the adapter and on the router, I have reflashed several varies types of firmware on the router, from the Linksys officials to Sveasoft to Hyperwrt.

The only firmware that seems to be somewhat stable and the fastest is the Alchemy 1.0 obtained from Sveasoft but even it at best is ALOT slower than it should be.

I have NOT tried to downgrade to the 1.0 Dlink firmware but I doubt that will resolve this problem...

I have a simple environment set up - WRT54GS with 2 wired PC's and just the one wireless adapter for the xbox so I don't think anything there is the cause of the problem...

Does anyone have any suggestions?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14459255 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:07:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14435477 anon : Hey! It worked. The only problem is that it does not seem to connect to the internet. On the MN-740 it has all the leds light and I thought that the middle one (wireless) was suppose to blink whenever it was not connected. Is there a solution to my problem. If so please post an answer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14435477 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:28:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14433707 anon : Can the adapter be configured and used by xbox again, after flashing it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14433707 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:12:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14358030 anon : Is there a more secure way of doing this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14358030 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:31:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14351921 anon : Just found this thread and updated my MN-740 and am quite happy. I almost considered going back to WEP to make use of this device again and figured I'd give it a quick Google. Glad I did =D Thanks for this!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14351921 Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:10:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14342312 anon : Can a ps2 configure a the wireless device.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14342312 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:33:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14325272 anon : So I've followed the hack per the instuctions and found that with my particular adapter, it doesn't seem to be working. When I get to the point where it fails and clicks retry, it always continues to discover the adapter again; thus not updating it to the DGL. I've tried the IP just to see, however it doesn't work. I've also tried after pressing the reset switch on the back, but to no avail. Any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14325272 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:52:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14315048 zefrench : It is really strange, some folks like myself it works just great, yet others it does not work in WPA.

I wonder if there is different revision of Atheros chips in the mn-740. No way to know, and I am not ready to open my only adapter.

Other then reflashing the adapter through the LAN (not the wireless) via the Dlink web interface , I do nto have any other suggestions.

Zefrench]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14315048 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:46:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14302757 anon : I tried the hack to convert the MN-740 to DGL-3420 firmware 1.01 and the hack works quite well. The only issue that I’ve discovered is that enabling WPA on my newly converted MN-740 causes it to reboot every 10 seconds or so. The only way to recover is the switch back to WEP encryption.

Has anyone else reported this issue? I’m using a WRT54GS as my access point and it works perfectly fine when configured for WPA. Only the MN-740 has an issue. Do you think that this just a bug in the DGL-3420 code base or an incompatibility between the firmware and my MN-740?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14302757 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:10:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14284394 NeoXTC : okies problemed fix but it seems WPA doesn't work for me :(

damn oh wellz I'll just use wep with the web interface then.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14284394 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 05:01:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14277307 NeoXTC : I've done it and it works thanks alot

But one thing that's not working is that I've set the device to DHCP. Now I can't get to the webinterface anymore :(

I hook up my xbox and it connects to the network fine but I can't get to the webinterface of the MN740. I've tried hooking it directly to my pc and resetting the device using the reset at the back but I can't connect to it either :( ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14277307 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:38:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14251958 uwiz8 : I just did the flash (on a 01.00.02.0021 unit) and it works like a charm. Took me a little while to get the security reconfigured, but now it's working just fine and I am the proud owner of a DGL-3420 "minus" unit instead of an annoying, proprietary MN-740 Xbox Gaming Adapter!

To lucentguy: I'm wondering, maybe you should try renaming the hacked firmware from .0022. to .0027.? Then it will still appear to be an "upgrade" to MSBNDownload.exe.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14251958 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:41:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14052053 lucentguy : Ok, I tried doing the flash but it won't update as my adapter seems to have firmware 01.00.02.0026. This is the way I bought mine. Is there any hope of flashing this version? Thanks for any help you can provide.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14052053 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:01:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14048086 anon : Not I. Sveasoft Freeman. Annoying.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14048086 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:39:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13972893 anon : i give up ... the WRT54G and/or MN-740 are crap! :P can't get them to connect via WPA at all. tried the Sveasoft Alchemy firmware and it keeps bricking my v3.0 WRT54G, then tried the DD-WRT v22 final, which is based on the Sveasoft and still can't connect via WPA, on top of that my Internet keeps cutting out.

has anyone besides zefrench manage to connect their MN-740 via WPA with ANY router?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13972893 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:47:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13971782 Orbiting234 : Lets try this again. It doesn't matter how your PC is connected to your router. What you need to keep in mind is that you can only access the web interface via the actual, physical wired port of the MN-740. The web config is *NOT* reachable via the wireless antenna on the MN-740. Period. You need to either hook the WIRED port on the MN-740 to your PC or to your router whenever you need to configure it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13971782 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:41:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969684 gehx : zefrench I'm using my PC that's wired directly to my wireless router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969684 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:43:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969467 Orbiting234 : You can only access it from the WIRED side, not the WIRELESS side. In otherwords, if you plug your device into a switch/router on your network you can config it, but you can't access the web config on the wireless side of it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969467 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:10:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969382 anon : zefrench i'm currently running the Linksys official firmware 4.00.7 because it fixes the WRT54G problem of dropped wireless connections when there is a sustained large file transfered. dunno if you heard of the problem but the firmware fixes this problem by overclocking the WRT54G.

does the Sveasoft firmware have the option of overclocking the router? is that the only firmware that you've managed to successfully connect the router to the mn-740 using WPA?

gehx i might be wrong, but if you are trying to get to the web interface via wireless, i don't think you can. you have to have a PC connected directly to the mn-740, or wired via a hub/switch to use the web interface.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13969382 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:57:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13968729 zefrench : xb0xb0y I currently use a WRT54G linksys with Sveasoft firmware using WPA without any issues. The best suggestion I can make is to try that version of firmware.

WPA troubleshooting in itself is something only fixable in firmware/drivers (I had SOOO much fun with drivers version at work .... )

Zefrench]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13968729 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:10:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13966320 gehx : thx xb0xb0y!! worked :)

Now I'd just like to know why I can't connect to it over the network...all of my pc's have static IPs:

192.168.0.100
192.168.0.101
192.168.0.102

anyone w/ an idea?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13966320 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:27:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13965205 anon : gehx, it sounds like you have properly flashed the MN-740 with the DGL-3420 firmware. hook up your pc directly to the MN-740 and set the IP of your PC to the same range as the MN-740, ie. 192.168.0.X where is is NOT 30! and then try to access the web interface.

so has ANYONE gotten the hacked MN-740 to work with a linksys WRT54G router with WPA-PSK? this hack is useless to me even if it's sucessfully updates if i can't get it to connect to the router! :( any help would be appreciated! zefrench???]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13965205 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:16:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13962066 gehx : when I go into the MS dash, network settings, advanced, wireless, more...it tells me that the device name is:

D-Link 108AG Gaming Adapter, firmware version 1.01

but I don't have the web interface available (192.168.0.30 not pingable) (i do have security type wpa-psk available in dash)

When I use the ms broadband networking update tool it can't find Xbox Wireless Adapter, so I'm unable to reflash.

I'd like the web interface available, if for no other reason, than to be able to update the firmware in the future.

My router is a d-link 624 btw.

what can I do?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13962066 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:54:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13961887 thoalex : »go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=6790]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13961887 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:33:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13961751 zefrench : If you did not do the 1.0.2.22 part then you should still have a working xbox mn 740 with a few more bug fixes, not other changes.

The 1.0.2.22 files is actually a Dlink Firmware in disguise, thus why it is needed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13961751 Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:15:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13950281 gehx : Can't configure, via web interface, after updating.
I did everything in your instructions w/ the exception of:

update Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) runtime firmware 1.0.2.22

MS Broadband Networking Update said 1.0.2.21 was installed and didn't offer 1.0.2.22 as an option, so I went ahead w/ the upgrade but when I try to connect to 192.168.0.30 in IE it just says it can't find the server.

I was able to config the basic settings using the Xbox Dash, but am not able to use the web interface

/me thinking that runtime firmware 1.0.2.22 is very necessary.

anyone know what I can do to enable the web interface?

Am I screwed?

Lemme know what further info you need.

Thanx.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13950281 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:12:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13929953 Trixer : Now someone needs an easy way of hacking the MN-700 with the Asus WL500G firmware. People have done it with Jtag cables, but that is hardly an easy soultion!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13929953 Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:23:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13922495 anon : anyone manage to get their hacked mn-740 to hook up to a linksys wrt54g v3 using wpa-psk??? with the hacked firmware, my wep transfer has become much more stable and responsive than before. but i have had zero success using wpa-psk, can't get any connection whatsoever!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13922495 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:11:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13902276 anon : s'okay, i managed to find myself a copy of MSBNDownload.exe, but it only had run firmware 1.0.2.21 and not 1.0.2.22. but it still worked fine it seems. haven't tested the adapter yet, just installed the hacked firmware and browsed through the web control panel. if anyone needs the file it's here:

»go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=6790

so does anyone know or has tested out the adapter to see what other features the MN-740 has taken on from the DGL-3420? is it 100% the same now or is there limitations due to hardware differences?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13902276 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:37:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13897545 inteller : you are right, it appears they have. I guess they didn't like users supporting themselves.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13897545 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:08:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13897167 anon : can someone tell me where to DL the MSBNDownload.exe that's required to do this hack? seems M$ has removed their broadband section on their website.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13897167 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:41:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13847134 zefrench : This is untested but you should be able to downgrade via the web interface.

Strange I am not having any issues at all.

Use the file supplied to downgrade.

dgl3420_firm···_102.zip 263,563 bytes (dgl3420_firmware_102.bin)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13847134 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:28:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13842796 anon : Just like ZururuX, I also sucessfully updated the firmware of my MN-740 to the DGL-3420, and also have severe connectivity issues. The MN-740 firmware connected just fine, but once as I updated to the DGL firmware, it can no longer find my network. Its not the settings of the new firmware, as they are exactly the same as I had the MN-740 before. I am wondering if there is a way to fix this, or maybe the radio's aren't as compatable as previously thought.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13842796 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:13:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13842390 inteller : i beleive I had just said no.

You probably have settings in the new firmware that you can change that will improve stability. Turn off any stupid stuff like 108 mode and all that crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13842390 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:23:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13833192 ZururuX : I successfully changed firmware to DGL-3420. But unfortunately the network connection is very unstable after firmware change. Is there any way to come back to the original MN-740 firmware? Your help will be very appreciated.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13833192 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:07:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13806985 inteller : no]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13806985 Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:16:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13806280 anon : Can you go back to the old firmware if the update fails?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13806280 Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:21:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13756254 inteller : yeah I guess so....although the beauty of the existing device is the ability to just turn it on, configure it in the Xbox, and it just "work".

IMO, the web interface allows too many options.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13756254 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:57:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13753689 Orbiting234 : Pfft...yes there is. The web interface alone is why I was looking to do this to begin with. The ability to someday use WPA with it now is just an added bonus IMHO.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13753689 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:50:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13743465 inteller : yeah I should disclaim there is NO REASON to do this unless it is the only device on your network that can't do WPA. Otherwise keep it at WEP 128 until you get the other devices in your network up to WPA.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13743465 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:35:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13741817 Orbiting234 : Just did this to my MN-740 a few hours ago. Happy to see that it worked. Now I don't need to hook up my Xbox just to change the settings on this. Glad that it has WPA now, but other devices on my network only support WEP so that's all I'm running right now. Thx for figuring this out for us!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13741817 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:39:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739787 zefrench : For those worried about the 802.11a that the MN-740 does not support, the firmware does not let you use it, its greyed out.

Like this picture:

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739787 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739603 zefrench : After you have done the upgrade, does the Microsoft upgrade utility still sees your MN 740 ?

If it does, you upgrade is not sucessfull.

If it does not, then you need to change the IP of your computer to a static IP, like 192.168.0.10 for example, before you will be able to configure the "upgraded" MN 740 via a web browser.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739603 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:57:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739464 anon : Didn't work for me, in fact I can't even get to the configuration page. It appeared as if it upgraded completely according to the directions, however I am not able to connect to it. When I plug the power cable in the power and wireless led are solid green. Hopefully there is some way to fix it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739464 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:37:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13733037 inteller : well from what I have read of the Dlink install guides, with the firmware on there the Xbox interface should just -work- I dunno I guess you just enter the PSK key in like you would a normal WEP key and it will work. But hell, it's a bridge....so what does the Xbox care? I say just configure it from the web interface...apparently the Xbox will still report the strength....its the same damn hardware! Just thinking about this makes me fume at Microsoft....they could have done this, but they chose to be asses. Oh well!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13733037 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:18:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13731765 Orbiting234 : *GASP!* Kick-ass! Anyone have any success stories to share before I bite the bullet and do this myself?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13731765 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:28:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13728014 inteller : you just made a LOT of people happy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13728014 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:42:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13724485 zefrench : Thanks to the research and the checksum calculator done by

calloatti (thread at )
»DWL-G800AP and DWL-G810 interchangeable?

It is now possible to update the MN-740 with the D-Link firmware and get WPA.
(At your own risk)

Files required:
MSBNDownload.exe
( »www.microsoft.com/hardware/broad···ain.mspx )

Modified Files Required:
-MN740_01.00.02.0022_RUNTIME.bin
(attached, dgl3420_firmware_101.bin hex edited and checksumed for MN-740 )

-ComponentReleases.xml
-PackageCatalog.xml
( files required for the Microsoft Broadband Networking Update to update the "new" firmware"

Recommended the D-Link manuals, since all the configuration will done exactly like a D-Link DGL3420 after the flash
»ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dgl3420/M···_100.zip

1) Update the MN-740 to the following version using MSBNDownload.exe
Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) boot firmware 1.3.0.5
Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) runtime firmware 1.0.2.22

2) Turn the MN-740 into a DGL3420 using special files and the Microsoft Update tool
-Run MSBNDownload.exe
-it will extract files into %TEMP%\MSBNDownloadTemp
-it will then say "Welcome to the update wizard"
-Copy the 3 modified files into %TEMP%\MSBNDownloadTemp
-Click Next
-It will locate you xbox MN-740 adapter and say there is a new update of runtime firmware to 1.0.2.22
-Follow through with the update, do NOT cancel it, it will take a long long while
-Eventually the update will say it failed.
-At this point you can insure it was sucessfull by clicking retry, if the upgrade worked, the xbox MN-740 will NOT be found (it behaves like a D-Link 3420 from this point on)

From this point on configure using the DLink Manual using a web broswer (firefox did not work) at »192.168.0.30 user admin no password

Untested:
-Xbox Dashboard configuration
-Super A/G Mode

I hope this is as usefull to others as it is to me

ComponentRel···ases.zip 1,629 bytes (ComponentReleases.xml)

PackageCatalog.zip 595 bytes (PackageCatalog.xml)

MN740_01.00.···TIME.zip 471,351 bytes (MN740_01.00.02.0022_RUNTIME.bin)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13724485 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:25:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13553993 inteller : its a sham....for a company who has no hardware division they seem to be gearing up a whole bunch of gear for the Xbox 360.....they really botched the whole Xbox wif adapter deal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13553993 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:45:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13552193 Orbiting234 : Your MAC address did not change. This bridge device passes on the MAC of the device behind it. So if you have MAC filtering on, you have to enter the MAC of the MN-740 as well as the MAC of your Xbox.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13552193 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:25:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13550305 Necrosis1 : I also would like to know about this. Using WPA for all my computers but now my wireless XBox adapter is basically usless.

MN-740 non WPA support? A MS product not supporting something MS made? Say it isn't so!

The only problem I can see is... how do you configure the unit? The XBox dasnboard has no option for WPA and that has to be updated with the 740. There is no outside way to configure the unit. In fact the ability to change the wireless settings from withen the XBox dashboard is the *REASON* I bought this unit in the first place. You don't need a outside computer for setup.

MS ADD WAP SUPPORT!

O yeah, and brilent move MS. When I updated my unit it changed the MAC address. Now its not the same as the one on the sticker.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13550305 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:48:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13492028 inteller : well at the very least someone needs to figure out a way to glom on the WPA part of the firmware into the 740.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13492028 Wed, 25 May 2005 13:26:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13488720 Orbiting234 : Glad I'm not the only one who has been thinking this!!!

Ever since the D-Link DGL-3420 came out I have been wondering this. But I'm not sure if it would work or how to attempt. Trying to find out if the DGL-3420 uses the same SoC or not. The PCB layouts are *nearly* identical. Obviously the MN-740 has the AR2112 radio (b/g) while the DGL-3420 has a AR5112 radio (a/b/g) but I can't find a clear pic of the main SoC of the DGL-3420 anywhere. If I could and found it to be the same, I'd be trying to hack this thing in a heartbeat as WPA and web config would make this MN-740 infinitely more useful!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13488720 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:54:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13360873 inteller : Now that the D-link version of the MN-740 is out, anyone know how to hack the 740 so we can put the 3420 firmware on it? I'm not going to shell out anoher $99 to get the WPA support I SHOULD have had to begin with.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13360873 Sun, 08 May 2005 17:30:14 EDT