gulltop
join:2004-10-19
| reply to Mookem
Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects
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
| 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
| 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
| reply to gulltop
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
| reply to gulltop
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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