Mookem
join:2004-08-26
Wilton, CT
| DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Posting this info to possibly help others that are experiencing disconnect/reconnects after flashing their DI-524 routers to bios 1.05.
I flashed my DI-524 from 1.03 to 1.05.
I started to experience quick disconnects/reconnects on my Windows XP sp1 system every 34 minutes.
Error message was "A network cable is unplugged" and the connection would reconnect after a couple of seconds. My Event Viewer System log would show Source: Tcpip Event: 4201 every 34 minutes when the auto-reconnect would occur.
Called D-Link tech support..they suggested disabling UPNP in router bios...no affect.
Flashed back to 1.03...no more problems. | |
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 sh00tfire
join:2004-01-16
Syracuse, UT | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I flashed my DI-524 last night and have had no problems. I am also running VoIP service with no ill affects. Seems to work as good as 1.03 bios | |
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denzilla
@charter.com
| I just jacked my cable modem directly into the computer and left the router on for a few hours. Ran cable modem back through router and rebooted computer and the entire problem went away. Could've been a fluke that it fixed it, but hey, whatever works! I was mearly trying to determine that it wasn't my bult in NIC that was going bad. After a few hours of trouble free operation, I re-connected the router for the purpose of rolling back the Bios to 1.03. It was while writing down all my router configs that I noticed it wasn't screwing up anymore. Been working fine ever since. | |
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cewyatt
join:2001-07-24
Atlanta, GA
| I've tried the 1.05 firmware three times now, and all 3 times I get the frequent reconnects on my wired and wireless connections. D-Link tech support said the router was doing a "soft reboot" for some reason and suggested I go back to the 1.03 firmware. The 1.03 works great for me, no problems. So I suppose I should abide by the old saying, if it isn't broke, don't fix it.:) | |
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denzilla
@charter.com | Well, had to reboot my router today after a setting change. Guess what? stupid problem returned! I rolled the firmware back to 1.03 and no problems since. | |
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gulltop
join:2004-10-19
| I've been getting this problem too with 1.05. It's always 34 minutes, plus or minus 5 seconds.
Strange thing is, I've been able to sometimes prevent it for weeks at a time with some magic combination of settings and router rebooting (as-yet-undetermined).
Back to 1.03 right now, but still experimenting... | |
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the moog
@rim.net
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects UGh...I just bought the 524 and am having trouble keeping a connection up longer than 5 min using both 1.03 AND 1.05. This is really frustrating. It's working fined with te wired connections, just the wireless portion is flaky.
I'm using an integrated Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter on my IBM T41p notebook.
The router boasts it can support 802.11b so I thought it would be a no brainer. I disabled uPNP aftrer reading some other postings here and it didn't seem to help. (but you can't even disabled uPNP under the 1.03 firmware)
Any suggestions? | |
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| | jimwh
join:2004-10-18
Hollywood, FL
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I only got my 524 yesterday, but upgraded to the 1.05 f/w immediately just out of habit. I use iTunes while surfing and have not had any isues of disconnects or soft-reboots.
I have had iTunes "re-buffer" the stream a couple of times, but have never paid attention to the timing (if it is indeed 34 minutes). I did note that while the "re-buffering" was going on, other surfing proceeded as usual, so it must have been an issue with the iTunes site.
I'll keep watching for this, though, and will go with a LinkSys if I encounter problems. | |
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| gulltop
join:2004-10-19
| Upon further watching, the 34 minute disconnect cycle seems to be triggered by filesharing programs. Not sure which, though (I use Shareaza and Kazaa Lite).
I wrote a script which logs changes in the connection, and its very consistently 34 minutes. +/- 5 seconds at most.
Basically the router is just getting overloaded by the traffic and resetting itself. (Not sure why 34 minutes specifically, though. That'd be up to a D-Link engineer to answer.)
While I'm no expert, this indicates a security vulnerability, since someone could purposely flood D-Link routers with this sort of traffic in order to cause a denial of service.
I recall a virus which targeted a similar vulnerability in Cisco routers this past summer. It took down a lot of businesses for many days, and many of them simply moved to the competition. The same could easily happen to D-Link if they don't fix this soon. | |
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| gulltop
join:2004-10-19
| I've been between BIOS v1.03 and v1.05 several times since my October post...
I can confirm that v1.03 ALSO HAS A RESET PROBLEM. It happens less often overall than v1.05, and with a random frequency (instead of 34 minutes).
Again, this is usually under heavy traffic conditions, usually with many connections (like filesharing programs). | |
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morpherex
join:2003-09-18
West Bend, WI | I upgraded the firmware to 1.05 mainly for the XBox live support. Problems are annoying. | |
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| billdoe
join:2002-03-18
Valparaiso, IN
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Ya know I've had the same problems, and its annoying as hell. Glad to see its not just me  I just emailed D-link I hope you have all done the same.
And whats with xbox live compatable? Don't people know how to forward ports? yeah, I got two xbox's and never had live problems with a router, if set up properly.
D-Link responded ASAP While I was still here.
Products: DI-524
Operating System: Windows XP
Bill, from your email it seems that your router is rebooting.
You may be experiencing trouble with a feature known as UPnP. This feature allows Windows XP and Me machines to remotely open necessary ports for Internet Applications. You may try disabling UPnP (on the router as well as your computers) to see if this cures your reset woes. Log into the web-based configuration, access the Tools page, then the Misc. button. Choose the disabled button next to UPnP. Click Apply. You should no longer experience the frequent resets.
Still using 1.05 firmware I'll respond if this helps.
Bill | |
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| | billdoe
join:2002-03-18
Valparaiso, IN
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Nope stopping UPnP didn't help a bit. Had to go back to Firmware 1.03. Oh fun  That's why I got rid of my Linksys. Worked great when i got it. Every time I got firmware I had even more problems..lol | |
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the moog
@rim.net
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I hate to admit this, but MY problem was resolved by physically relocated the router. I had it on a shelf which I suspect was trapping the signal. It wasn't a full enclosure by any means, but seems to have been enough to screw the signal up. After moving the router out to the electronic tundra that is my desk, everything works great on 1.05 firmware.  | |
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ural_rider
@pldt.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects my disconnects went away after a re-boot. anybody have issues with distance? if i go more than 12-15 feet away...signal drops. don't really want to buy an external antenna for more than the cost of the router. suggestions?
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join:2004-10-29
New Orleans, LA
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I initially had problems with distance...I had one box in a back bed room, the router in the front room (approx 50 ft)..signal was usually very low...
moved the router to a more central location (within 15 / 20 feet) and problem was resolved...can run the router at the lowest antenna power output (12.5% 10dbm) with signal strengths always at very good or excellent.
i suspect however, the problem was more of my LinkSYS Wireless G USB adapter on the desktop machine...
I run a Dlink Airplus Xtreme G in my laptop and have never had a signal degredation, even going outside with it in excess of 50 feet from the router at the lowest antenna power output...
So, i think the results can vary based on the config of the router and the adapter you are employing... | |
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ANoni
@cox.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Lock the speed of the NIC to 100 FUll DUPLEx. | |
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Stilon
@tht.net
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I had the same problem. Just got this unit yesterday. First I could not connect at all. Went on D-Link web page to find out that I should get the new Bios. Got 1.05. It was the same problem as with others here. Than I installed 1.03 - so far so good.
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gretti
@klmzmi.ameritech | worked for me thanks | |
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dlinkblows
@insightBB.com | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects day 5.. still strong...
i did run into one problem. when i loaded up the machine with dvd burning... limewire download.. an office application open.. and several browsers open... i lost connection.... but i expected it... need to get more ram | |
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dlinkblows
@insightBB.com | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects limewire download through proxy.... insight blows too!!! | |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Execulink
| said by dlinkblows:
day 5.. still strong...
i did run into one problem. when i loaded up the machine with dvd burning... limewire download.. an office application open.. and several browsers open... i lost connection.... but i expected it... need to get more ram
I don't think that has anything to do with your ram, but the fact that limewire established too many connections perhaps, emule with the 1.05 firmware restarts but the 1.03 is fine. | |
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elorimer
@optonline.net
| I had upgraded the firmware to 1.05 right off the bat and have the disconnects. Now, dropping back to 1.03, the router doesn't pull the WAN address from the cable modem. But upgrading again, there's no problem with that. So dropping back isn't an option for me. | |
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join:2001-07-24
Atlanta, GA
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects said by elorimer:
I had upgraded the firmware to 1.05 right off the bat and have the disconnects. Now, dropping back to 1.03, the router doesn't pull the WAN address from the cable modem. But upgrading again, there's no problem with that. So dropping back isn't an option for me.
The 1.03 firmware defaults the WAN select speed to 100Mbps. Change it to 10Mbps and most likely you'll be working again. The 1.05 firmware has a new option of "Auto", the default, which means it will detect whatever speed your cablemodem is operating at and set itself accordingly, so the 1.05 firmware appears to work when the 1.03 doesn't. But setting the switch manually in the 1.03 firmware works very well. | |
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elorimer
@optonline.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Thanks. I did that and 1.03 pulled the WAN address just fine. Now to see if that fixes my problems with the DWL-G510 card. | |
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elorimer
@optonline.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects No, the DWL-G510 keeps disconnecting and changing speeds. I've replaced it with a Belkin card which is running solid at 54 mps. So I suspect my problem wasn't the DI-524 but the DWL-G510. | |
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Goin' In Circles
Premium
join:2004-11-03
Farmington, MI
| said by elorimer:
Thanks. I did that and 1.03 pulled the WAN address just fine. Now to see if that fixes my problems with the DWL-G510 card.
You're kidding, right? Unless D-Link comes out with new drivers (Microsoft-certified would be nice, too), the DWL-G510 is just a lemon. | |
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| | | Don Juane
join:2001-12-19
Anguilla
| I have an AT&T Client connection over broadband to my company VPN and as soon as I "upgraded" from 1.03 to 1.05 my VPN client started getting disconnected every 10-20 minutes. I also lose Outlook to Hotmail connectivity on about the same cycle. I am going back to 1.03 and see what happens. | |
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| | morpherex
join:2003-09-18
West Bend, WI
2 edits | quote:
Ya know I've had the same problems, and its annoying as hell. Glad to see its not just me I just emailed D-link I hope you have all done the same.
And whats with xbox live compatable? Don't people know how to forward ports? yeah, I got two xbox's and never had live problems with a router, if set up properly.
I don't know which ports to forward, and I'm too lazy to figure out Lol.
By the way people. To all that's saying it's a problem for WIRELESS ONLY you're wrong. I'm on WIRED, on this router, and I get the disconnecting. | |
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| | | cewyatt
join:2001-07-24
Atlanta, GA
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects said by morpherex  : By the way people. To all that's saying it's a problem for WIRELESS ONLY you're wrong. I'm on WIRED, on this router, and I get the disconnecting. When I tried the 1.05 firmware I had similar problems, both wired and wireless. The 1.03 firmware is very stable, no problems on either. | |
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Stilon
@tht.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I have not even used the wireless connection yet. All my problems with 1.05 were on wired connectiom. With 1.03 for a couple of days now - no problems. | |
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jcpingu
join:2004-10-01
Miami, FL | I have been using firm 1.05 for over a month and haven't any Problem. People please check the Area you are Setting the Router. The Previous post is Correct if you Trapped the Signal, of course you gonna have Constant disconnect. | |
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| rasiel
join:2004-10-27
Asheville, NC
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects same issue that you guys are having (w/ 1.03 and/or 1.05). dlink tech said to turn off power management on card and to call back if still having problem.
still having problem... but don't feel like being on hold for an eternity chewing up my day minutes.
the strange thing is i've gone back to plugging into the router with cat5. i thought that for sure would resolve the frequent disconnects but somehow the router manages to drop me even when physically connected - wtf? if i can't find a solution i'm going to have to take this dog back to best buy.
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Ave8
join:2004-01-02
Mississauga, ON | The bottom line is d-link is incompetent. | |
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Wireless Geek
@cox.net
| This may help. I talked to DLink support and they recommended making some changes on the Advance tab, then the performance button. These are the required changes:
Beacon interval: 50
Fragmentation: 2304
RTS Threshold: 2304
TX rate: 11
Seems to have cut down on the disconnects. | |
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guasdualito
@cantv.net
| I upgraded a month ago. This problem appears after I changed some configuration on emule or the router (I don't remember exactly). I haven't tried to roll back to 1.03, but yesterday I just hard reset it and leave standard configuration, and its working fine. I'll will configure again (not just restore the configuration file because I've already try it and the problem reappears) to check if this problem is related to the configuration. | |
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denzilla
@charter.com | Has anyone found out if there will be a 1.06 firmware? This is a stupid problem to have! | |
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RMerl
@sympatico.ca
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I talked with DLink's tech support two days ago, not in a good mood after discovering all the issues this recently purchased DI-524 had (MAC filter only working with the first entry, reseting under heavy load, even plainly freezing on a Kad search test). The tech told me that there would definitely be (his own words) new firmware releases for the DI-524, but he was unable to provide with an ETA.
Now as to what will be fixed with this router that currently looks like a lemon, God knows. Hoping they fix those stupid bugs, as they seem to be software-related IMHO. | |
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Tux68
@aliant.net | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I was having lots of disconnects with the 1.05 firmware, the only way to stop it was to disable the wireless, so went back to 1.03 and all is well again. Must be a bug in 1.05 | |
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loveya
@insightBB.com
| I got this router for about a week, hook it up to my current DI-604 router as an AP. Got the same constantly disconnected problem after updated it to v1.05. I couldn't figure out why (disabled the WZC, install the wireless card latest driver, moved the router around, nothing worked). Today, I saw one of the post and flashed it back to 1.03. The problem seems to disappear so far. | |
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Cherry8
@on.ca | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Well, tried to flash back to 1.03, but then the WAN wouldn't connect. So back to 1.05. WAN connects but the 'ole 34 minute disconnect routine continues. Anyone have same issue? | |
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| | cewyatt
join:2001-07-24
Atlanta, GA
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects said by Cherry8:
Well, tried to flash back to 1.03, but then the WAN wouldn't connect. So back to 1.05. WAN connects but the 'ole 34 minute disconnect routine continues. Anyone have same issue?
The reason "WAN wouldn't connect" when you flashed back to version 1.03 is because you didn't change the WAN select speed to 10mbps instead of the default 100mbps. The 1.05 firmware defaults to a new "auto" setting. | |
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| | | chrispycrunc
join:2005-03-05
Toronto, ON
1 edit | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Is this weird? My wireless connection is flawless, because no P2P is used on it.
On the wired system, it disconnects because of P2P. Opening ports helped tremendously, but it's not a 100% solution. | |
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| | | | chrispycrunc
join:2005-03-05
Toronto, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects Update: thanks to this thread, as of last night I changed my network card settings - Linkspeed/duplex mode from "auto" to "10 full mode." So instead of 100mbps, it's at 10. I also made sure the router is set to 10/100, NOT auto.
I also switched from my onboard nvidia gigabit ethernet to a PCI Realtek network card.
So far a P2P tests okay. Streaming audio doesn't disconnect anymore. Knock on wood! | |
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kevin311
@sympatico.ca
| Thank god for the forums!
I also had the same problem with dropped connections and even now, it's not the most stable. HOWEVER, it is much improved from going back to bios 1.03... thanks for the suggestion. At least, it seems to be working better.
I like the router; but it's really given me a hassle in terms of buggy firmware. My old DI-713p (which is in for RMA service) was SO much more reliable!
If you do reflash back to bios 1.03; remember to set the wan to 10 mbps to work with sympatico dsl modems.
Kevin | |
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| akmucker
join:2004-05-21
North Las Vegas, NV
1 edit | Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects I just bought the 524 with factory installed 1.05. So far so good. Not a single problem on the wired connection with about 7 days use. The wireless seems rock solid too, using WPA-PSK with an Intel Pro/2100 Centrino based notebook. Using WinXP SP2. The router is so cool, tiny little bugger. Got it for $19.99 AR at Fry's. Very happy so far....hopefully I won't jinx myself from posting this.....
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king dong
@comcast.net | i used the 1.05 for a few months before i started getting the 34 minute disconnects. rolling back to 1.03 helped, thanks guys. | |
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Lemurman
@rr.com
| I'm having this same problem with the frequent disconnects. Additionally, I can't get the thing to hold a time setting. All of my log enteries are dated April 1, 2002.
I have noticed, however, that if I'm listening to some streaming media I get no disconnects at all.
I'm thinking of sending the sucker back to newegg. | |
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CPT Obvious
@insightBB.com
| Ditto to all of the above. Bought mine a few days ago – wish I'd read the reviews on Circuit City's website first! – constant disconnects. Reverting to 1.03 worked fine after dropping the WAN port down to 10 Mbit/s and disabling all the special "features" (hah!) on the Misc tab.
F**k D-Link.  | |
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NetEng_Dude
join:2004-07-17
| FWIW, here's my v1.05 experience--
I bought an extra DI-524 on sale a couple of months ago with the intention of setting up a small wireless network for my parents. Just for grins I pulled it out of the box earlier this week, loaded v1.05 firmware, and configured it to otherwise match my production DI-524 running v1.03 firmware. Nothing but problems with the v1.05 unit. I have three wired systems and two wireless active, WEP-128, Open Auth, SSID broadcast on, MAC filtering, a few IP filters, a few ports forwarded, and some logging.
After wasting over an hour with v1.05, I reverted it to v1.03. Works reasonably well with v1.03. I'm actually experimenting with using the pair as APs at the moment. It would be nice if Dlink would produce a stable release with all features available, including WPA/802.1x, radio control, and enhanced timekeeping. | |
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akmucker
join:2004-05-21
North Las Vegas, NV
| Well, I am on day 20 with the 524 running 1.05 FW. I haven't had a single issue with the wired or wireless connections. Very happy with this router, it has been rock solid.
Hey NetEng_Dude, the 524 has WPA and it works great. I've been using it from day one with a Centrino based notebook with Intel Pro 2100 wireless. I am using WinXP SP2 and letting windows manage the wireless. Sorry to hear of everyone's problems....
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dr nox
@mn.frontie
| Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects On day 1: 2 hours, strong signal and working well.
Perhaps the preloaded v 1.05's work better than the previous releases. I just hope I can make it at least half a year without experiencing all kinds of problems. And maybe by then D-Link will have a new firmware, or I'll just rollback to 1.03. Just like a car, right now I just want something that works. | |
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jeffmd
join:2002-08-16
Liverpool, NY
| I was doing ok with 1.05 but then I added (upgraded) to belkins usb g adapter. before I had a netgear and while the disconnects appeared on the sys tray, it didnt sever the connections. Unfortunatly the belkin didnt fare as well and about 35 percent of the time it actually couldnt regain connection unless I opened up belkins config panel (yay.. more buggy crap). So 1.03 I went. Havnt seen any disconnections since, how ever my wifi net speed has changed.. its wierd.
My cable modem (connects at 100mbit btw) can achieve 350kbytes, and indeed my 100mbit connected computer can achieve that no problem. But my wifi computers are getting no higher then 140kbytes a second now. How ever G speeds are still fast (I use an 80 meg test file, normal is 45 second transfer time, right now its at about 60 seconds).
really freaking annoying... this is slow as all hell now. | |
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bartonsboy
@204.116.x.x
| I was just curious if anyone has an idea how to stop these random disconnects. I have tried both firmwares and I recently reverted back to 1.03 yet I still have the same problems. /i have spoke with dlink twice already and no luck there either. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it | |
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puffnstuf
|  Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects
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