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Re: DI-524 bios 1.05 disconnects
said by laserfan  :Robb as you have followed this thread, I wanted to add that AFTER I got an RMA to send-back my brand-new DI-524 (buy.com) for its random resets, it occurred to me that: maybe the 524, wired & used as an access point only (no WAN connection) should never have been asked to issue "Static DHCP" at all to my wireless client? That's true. DHCP should have been off -- issuing no dynamic or static IPs.
The log would not have picked this up.
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Robb as you have followed this thread, I wanted to add that AFTER I got an RMA to send-back my brand-new DI-524 (buy.com) for its random resets, it occurred to me that: maybe the 524, wired & used as an access point only (no WAN connection) should never have been asked to issue "Static DHCP" at all to my wireless client? My main WAN gateway/router is a Linksys, and altho I have DHCP disabled on the Linky, maybe I should never have asked the 524 to issue IPs? Then again even w/all Log options selected, there was nothing in the log to suggest any problem.
OK so I disabled DHCP completely on the 524, then set the Linky to DHCP an IP to my wireless client (via the 524 I mean of course) and while it worked fine I didn't leave it "up" in this configuration long enough to see if I got any further resets. I'd already bought a new AP today and was anxious to set it up in the 524's place.
This is my final nagging thought about this--I hate to give-up on a product, but I'll be sending the 524 back anyway without doing any more testing.  |
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said by laserfan :I do like D-Link's "Static DHCP" feature and hope I can find another wireless AP with that... It is a common feature these days. You can also run a software DHCP server, or you can set up the server machine with a static address (where it never asks for DHCP since it is preconfigured).
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laserfan
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Well, although the number of resets has been greatly reduced, my DI-524 RevC fw3.02 still does reset itself about once a day. I had taken the cover off also to see if heat was a problem.
Anyway I'm going to return it to the retailer, and probably NOT buy another because I have a nagging doubt about it.
I do like D-Link's "Static DHCP" feature and hope I can find another wireless AP with that... |
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laserfan
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said by BillW2:
If you are experiencing disconnects on your "Wired" or "Wireless" connections...
3) Force your wired nic to use a specific speed (ie. 100mbps full duplex)... I know this is an old thread, but my brand-new DI-524 was giving me fits until I did some surfing and found this tip.
My router has only been "up" for about 4.5hours now, but this is such a huge improvement over what it was doing before that I am delighted & think the problem may be fixed. I was faced with sending it back to the retailer.
For the record, the DI-524 that was previously re-setting frequently is a RevC, 3.02 firmware unit, with 2 hardwire connections, no WAN, and a single wireless-G client using "Static DHCP". As BillW2 said in his original post "hopes this helps someone". Bill it sure helped me! Thanks! |
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