ClaudeB
join:2005-01-30
Clarence Creek, ON
| How to tell what firmware is the most recent??
Hello. I have 2 5200 E242 modems both have alltel firmwares on them but different numbers...
How can one tell what version is the most recent?
One has 004-E242-A1J and the other has 004-E242-A0W firmware.
Is there a way to tell what's the newest one?
Thank you. |
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Doctor Olds
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join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs:
2 edits | By the build date if you have the Firmware extracted or by the output in Telnet if you don't:
show sys versions
Firmware: 00X-E2XX-XXX Build: XXX-XX
A1J should be the newer of the two listed since it is numerically higher.
Regards,
Doctor Olds |
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ClaudeB
join:2005-01-30
Clarence Creek, ON
3 edits | Ok Thanks Doc. 
xsh> show sys versions
Firmware: 004-E242-A0W Build: 78-56
Config: 003-6100-G09
DSL: a3.01.01.00
and
xsh> show sys versions
Firmware: 004-E242-A1J Build: 91-13
Config: 003-6100-G09
DSL: a3.02.05.00 |
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buggage
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join:2002-11-28
1 edit | reply to ClaudeB
Doctor Olds is correct, you would look at the firmware number to determine it. However don't be confused about the build number as displayed in the firmware above, verses the build date that you can only see in an extracted boot.img file, or through a Telnet session with a serial connection.
It's the last three characters of the firmware number that makes the difference. Think of counting from lowest to highest as numbers to letters, and compare the numbers from the left to the right. For instance, A1J is automatically more recent than A0W, because in the second position, the 1 is greater than the 0. If the firmware were A1J and AAJ, the AAJ would be more recent, as the A is greater than the 1. If the firmware were A1J and A19, the A1J would be greater, as the J is greater than the 9.
You can verify this by comparing the build date within the boot.img files of various firmware images with a hex editor. You can also see the date of both the boot.img and .img files if you have a serial connection attached to the device, and view the readout when the device is booting. |
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ClaudeB
join:2005-01-30
Clarence Creek, ON | Thank you. |
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