Beta firmware V1.0.0.19_1.0.19_Test1 Issues(?)

[Ryster]

Luckily, I don't use my router as a media sharing device as I have a separate Windows Server 2008 R2 box with a 2TB data array for that

Now I just need Netgear to come through on their promise and release v2.0.0.0 of the firmware so I can get my IPv6 going.

[theTechman05]

Originally Posted by Ryster

Now I just need Netgear to come through on their promise and release v2.0.0.0 of the firmware so I can get my IPv6 going.

Your server can be used as an ipv6 server. You just got gotta find the local address sceme.

*sorry about the crabbyness, but I'd like to think there's a lot more power and money invested in your server to test with than our dgnd3700's.

Found some interesting stuff in my rant though http://www.itechtalk.com/thread1600.html

[Scubbie]

Originally Posted by theTechman05

Your server can be used as an ipv6 server

Perhaps it can on the LAN, but perhaps any traffic sent to the Internet would be automatically converted back to IPv4 since the DGND3700 couldn't handle the IPv6. This would undo the work that Ryster is trying to do.

As for whether or not the DGND3700 should support IPv6, personally I would expect every router on the market to be upgraded to support IPv6 soon as we have already run out of IPv4 numbers.

We are currently only surviving because some large organisations have completely converted over to IPv6 and sold off their blocks of IPv4 numbers to someone else.

[theTechman05]

As for whether or not the DGND3700 should support IPv6, personally I would expect every router on the market to be upgraded to support IPv6 soon as we have already run out of IPv4 numbers.

I never said it shouldn't , I just don't want to see another 6 months of how this router's ipv6 doesn't satisfy ryster once its released.

I have a 30 dollar single band d-link router that supports ipv6 if I really wanted ipv6 on a router.

I'm just specifying that you don't need to use the dgnd3700 as the dhcp server. It is only the default option.

[Scubbie]

Well it does appear that my router is now working a lot better.

I normally use the rear USB port, but plugged my external drive into the front USB port the other day to see if it worked better.

The drive is still accessible over 3 days later!

This has become an important issue for me.

I am now unsure as to whether there is an issue with the individual port, the firmware or something else, but at least it is working.

I prefer to use the rear USB port as it would keep the cable out of the way, with the Ethernet, ADSL & PSU cables.

I have updated Tech support too.

[Ryster]

Originally Posted by theTechman05

I never said it shouldn't , I just don't want to see another 6 months of how this router's ipv6 doesn't satisfy ryster once its released.

I have a 30 dollar single band d-link router that supports ipv6 if I really wanted ipv6 on a router.

I'm just specifying that you don't need to use the dgnd3700 as the dhcp server. It is only the default option.

I'm sorry that my wish to use IPv6 offends you Techman

And for the record, I'm not using my DGND as a DHCP server. DHCP is run from my server. In fact all of my internal devices have IPv6 addresses assigned to them by DHCP, from the range provided to me by my ISP. However until Netgear add the promised IPv6 support to the router, those internal addresses are pretty much unused as IPv6 traffic doesn't traverse the router out onto the internet, and inbound IPv6 traffic just stops at the router and doesn't get through to the internal device with that IP.

[keith_thfc]

This beta version doesn't solve my dropped sync issue & yet Netgear support are asking me for the configuration file.

I told them its the same as the one I sent them last year & that I haven't got time to keep switching my routers around to give them something they already have.

Its now been 5 months and I am still unable to use this piece of junk

[Scubbie]

Originally Posted by keith_thfc

This beta version doesn't solve my dropped sync issue & yet Netgear support are asking me for the configuration file.

I am wondering if perhaps there is something wrong outside of the router now.

Are you using a filtered faceplate?

Do you have an extension for the ADSL cable?

Looking at your exchange, you have ADSL2+ and FTTC available in the area. Most people who are still having issues with the Red Light problem are on ADSL1 now. If you are still on ADSL1, then please consider changing ISPs, unless you are some distance from the exchange and have a high Line Attenuation.

[keith_thfc]

Originally Posted by Scubbie

I am wondering if perhaps there is something wrong outside of the router now.

Are you using a filtered faceplate?

Do you have an extension for the ADSL cable?

Looking at your exchange, you have ADSL2+ and FTTC available in the area. Most people who are still having issues with the Red Light problem are on ADSL1 now. If you are still on ADSL1, then please consider changing ISPs, unless you are some distance from the exchange and have a high Line Attenuation.

Hi Scubbie,

I am using a filtered faceplate direct to the main socket (no extension) & I do not have this issue with my ISP's router (Thomson TG585). I'm on a long line so I do lose sync every now & then but my Thomson router will always re-sync straight away. The DGND3700 requires me to manually resync/restart it each time.

I'm on an ADSL1 profile with be* there and desperate to switch over to Fibre but BT have not yet activated my flat so am still waiting. I bought this router last summer specifically for the Fibre service as BT were meant to complete the work by October.

I do not have this issue if I use ADSL2+ but using I that means I lose about 25% of my 4 Meg d/l speed so that's why I want to stick with ADSL1.

[Scubbie]

Phooey, it looks like you've covered most of the bases there.

Flat are notoriously bad for ADSL1 & 2+ as the wires are normally laid in such a way that they pick up a lot of interference in the trunking.

Check to see if any local houses have been fibre enabled near you. If they have, then there may be another issue, but BTO are currently only enabling around 40% of any given area once an exchange has been upgraded.

Since you are in the zone where ADSL1 works better than ADSL2+, then it'll have to stay that way for now.

The only other thing I can think of is to see if there is anyway that you can get your telephone wire changed to one that is of better quality. Often the lines in flats are put in by the builders and they will use the cheapest going. This may help or it may do nothing.