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#1 2008-05-23 23:35:42

nUll
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Registered: 2008-03-09
Posts: 113

Questions...

1 - Is there any Positive/Negative feedback out there on the newest 1.05 Firmware?

I am debating if I should upgrade... I mean if is not broken dont try to fix it... I am using 1.03 and it works "ok" for me... samba is a bit boken but I dont use samba...

2 - I havent been able to get Printing working from my Fedora box to the DNS-323... Is there a how to out there?
I mean I dont think is that complicated... I plug in my Epson 320 to the DNS and than set LPD/LPR printing to print to lp...
What am I doing wrong?!?

TIA!

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#2 2008-05-23 23:48:47

fordem
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Registered: 2007-01-26
Posts: 1938

Re: Questions...

Ummm - how should I answer you?

Point out that there is a search function - or - do the search(es) and post links to the threads?

I mean how hard can it be?  Click search, enter 1.05 as the keyword, click submit and bam!!! - three pages of posts returned, all sorts of good and bad stuff that people have discovered. 

Try it - and that way you don't get just what U think will interest you, you get to choose for yourself - read one or read all.

wink

Oh - printing - that's pretty easy to do - and covered in the forum, search is your friend - if you search for keyword printing and author fordem - you're guaranteed to find a thread with step be step instructions.  I don't guarantee it'll work for you though.

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#3 2008-05-24 00:57:08

nUll
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Registered: 2008-03-09
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Re: Questions...

Well thanks for your very constructive and helpful search reminder...
I did get my printer working using the smb protocol.

Now I am undecided if I should upgrade my firmware...

Thanks!

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#4 2008-05-24 01:27:51

fordem
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Registered: 2007-01-26
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Re: Questions...

You're welcome - sometimes search engines give usable results if you don't how to choose the keywords.

As for the firmware - take the plunge - what have you got to lose?

I would upgrade - well - make that I already did.  I waited long enough for a few of the early adopters to use the firmware off of the Singapore site and report their results, by that time DLink USA had posted it and that's what I used.

The new firmware is not perfect but it does fix a number of issues - it appears to have improved disk failure detection routines, I have actually seen an amber disk failure LED, something which I could not force in a simulation on 1.03, and it also introduces (or reintroduces) jumbo frame, which could deliver as much as an additional 50% read throughput if the circumstances are right - you know the planets all line up just so wink  - I've seen in excess of 30 MB/sec in testing, although I'm not certain what that would translate to in real world usage.

Also - I don't know how important it is to you - there is a bit torrent implementation, not exactly my cup of tea - I like to know where I'm getting my stuff from, but, that's just me.

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#5 2008-05-24 16:33:33

nUll
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Registered: 2008-03-09
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Re: Questions...

Thanks...
I am going to upgrade today... Right now I am running a backup so I can upgrade to 1.05

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