DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

Tilly wrote:

D-Link released a new firmware for the DNS-323, the version 1.04b82 release date 01/10/2008

Change Log:

1.04b84 01/10/2008
1.FTP Server : Add Central European codepage to the list.
2.Update FTP Server's HTML Support page for Central European added.

Infos and download here http://www.dl-support.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17605

Looking at the Impressum of www.dl-support.de I find the following statement:

http://www.dl-support.de/index.php?page=16 wrote:

§ 2 - Hinweise
1) Bei den unter §1 aufgeführten Domain-Adressen und den angebotenen Inhalten handelt es sich um ein privates Support-Board und -Forum, welches in keinem Zusammenhang mit der Firma D-Link steht. Wir bitten dieses zu berücksichtigen und zu respektieren!

So I wonder why the unofficial 1.04xxx releases are announced as if they are official releases. Especially since they don't show up on the major official D-link web/ftp sites?

Personally I am not going to use a firmware where I cannot determine it's origin.

Any comments?

Regards
Thomas

It's also currently available on the official dlink German website :- http://www.dlink.de/?go=gNTyP9CnptFMIC4 … PrxSFE/I0L

Direct link :- ftp://ftp.dlink.de/dns/dns-323/driver_s … 080110.zip

Last edited by clutz (2008-01-25 18:21:41)

clutz wrote:

It's also currently available on the official dlink German website :- http://www.dlink.de/?go=gNTyP9CnptFMIC4 … PrxSFE/I0L

Direct link :- ftp://ftp.dlink.de/dns/dns-323/driver_s … 080110.zip

Thanks. Good to know.
Apparently the German site is first to release that version. I'll let you guys give it a try to see if it is stable ;-)
Since 1.04bxxx seems to have a lot changes, I wonder whether Dlink will release an updated manual or at least release notes.

Thomas

Hi,

Does this one include the BT download functionality? Do any of the 1.4b8 series of bioses?

Ta

hennemtk wrote:

I am not taking files from unofficial sources. Full stop!  dl-support.de denies any relations to DLINK. So why should I take their information as offical?

No one is forcing you to use those firmwares from german D-Link or from german DL-Support. No one is forcing you to believe the firmware release note informations from DL-Support.de. I see no reason why DL support should fake the release notes for firmwares. But maybe you.

hennemtk wrote:

It seems that these guys have unofficial links to the firmware developers at DLINK and therefore publish firmware versions which don't go through the official DLINK release process. That's fine for people like you who are willing to take chances.

Yes, I am pleased to have the opportunity of DL support, because that has save me a lot of several problems with my DNS-323.

hennemtk wrote:

BTW: It still puzzles me that different DLINk sites publish different code versions as the latest release. I assume that the local offices don't have QA people who individually release the f/w. I also don't think that much localization for the various countries is involved.

In Germany the D-Link official latest version ist the 1.04b84! But it´s better you don´t use that one for your self.

hennemtk wrote:

I would rather prefer one central point of support from DLINK.

Fine, than ask for that the D-Link Headquarter in Taiwan. Here you get the contact informations:

D-Link Corporation
1F, No.289, Sinhu 3rd Rd,
Neihu District,
Taipei City 114,
Taiwan
Telephone: 886-2-6600-0123
Fax: 886-2-6600-9898

hennemtk wrote:

Anyway, you are probably right: I should ask DLINK for the official release notes.

Yes, that has been the only right thing I have read by you.

raid1king wrote:

I tried the update again 1.04B84 to 1.04B84 (from same version) still no message after 20min.  Any one else with similar problems?

After ca. 3 min. I get the page "firmware upgrade successful". See my image attachment. Thus, it can not be a problem in the firmware, but only something in your DNS-323, or in your environment.

raid1king wrote:

May be this is why the firmware is not released yet.

NO, see before! Again: the fw version 1.04b84 is official released by D-Link Germany!!!

http://www.dlink.de/?go=gNTyP9CnptFMIC4 … DJP+lpqg==

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Attachments:
fw_upgrade_finish-info.jpg, Size: 45,643 bytes, Downloads: 197

Like Tilly, I had the "update successful" message using 1.04B84.

raid1king wrote:

Hmm... Yes I got it to work in Seamonkey and Firefox.  IE7.0.5730.11 does not show the sucessful page.

I use always the IE with one PC the same IE 7 Version like you. When webinterface use javasript it´s always recommended NOT to use other browsers than the IE. Special then if a browser like my firefox gets a javascript blocker.

Whats now with that from you and my answer to you?

raid1king wrote:

May be this is why the firmware is not released yet.

SFJAH wrote:

Should it be safe to use the firmware from the German site on a US machine?

THAT - is exactly what I am doing.  I know D-Link warns against it, and US tech support may refuse to assist if there is a problem, but US tech support have already made it clear to me that they will not assist me with my US market purchased unit simply because it is no longer in the US so ...

Hi Tilly,

Tilly wrote:

An for me incomprehensible global D-Link firmware philosophy:

As a german D-Link DNS-323 customer i use the official from D-Link Germany released ver. 1.04b84 and I get support from the german D-Link Support. That´s fine. But tomorrow I move to Netherland and than with a problem with my DNS-323 the dutch D-Link Support will not give me support because for D-Link Netherland only the vers. 1.02b114 ist the latest official released and supportet firmware version.

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Does anyone have an answer why D-Link is handling that like they do? I don´t.

I don't know any official answer but I can speculate that it has to do with the level of expertise of their local technical support people and their relationship with the development team.

For what it is worth, I was able to engage with the support person but it did not look like the development team was reverting back to him.  All I get is  "I have notified them and will revert to you in a few days" and that is about the end of that bug report

Jaya

After reading the post.  I swapped to using firefox for the update.  30sec after the green bar goes 100% I got the successful message.  Retried using IE(with default settings) waited 35min before I go the successful message.

how can I cahange to : "1.FTP Server : Add Central European codepage to the list"

On the WEB menu - FTP page, changing code page is disabled