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From: Bella Jones on 7 Mar 2010 15:32 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > More numptude- what does a firmware look like? Is it one file? > > > > > > Generally it. > > > > > > > downloaded a folder that claimed to be it, but it's full of files and > > > > folders. Got the router's page up, but the upgrade firmware thing seems > > > > to want a single file. > > > > > > Did you download a zip file that got extracted? If so you need the > > > unextracted file. > > > > Buggery! What a waste of bloody time, transferring 380 meg of unzipped > > stuff from Mac to key drive to laptop! > > according to > <http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WRT54GR/download> > it is 2.19MB > > its a zip file that contains a readme and the firmware update, which is > 2.3MB oh god FFS I never got that page! I got one like it but nothing showed and I went to another list of stuff on another page where the huge files were. Thanks - it's best I leave this stuff alone, really, isn't it. And there's no saying it'll work even if I do upgrade the effing thing. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Woody on 7 Mar 2010 15:37 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > More numptude- what does a firmware look like? Is it one file? > > > > > > > > Generally it. > > > > > > > > > downloaded a folder that claimed to be it, but it's full of files > > > > > and folders. Got the router's page up, but the upgrade firmware > > > > > thing seems to want a single file. > > > > > > > > Did you download a zip file that got extracted? If so you need the > > > > unextracted file. > > > > > > Buggery! What a waste of bloody time, transferring 380 meg of unzipped > > > stuff from Mac to key drive to laptop! > > > > according to > > <http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WRT54GR/download> > > it is 2.19MB > > > > its a zip file that contains a readme and the firmware update, which is > > 2.3MB > > oh god FFS I never got that page! I got one like it but nothing showed > and I went to another list of stuff on another page where the huge files > were. I just went to linksys, put your model in the search and selected downloads. > Thanks - it's best I leave this stuff alone, really, isn't it. And > there's no saying it'll work even if I do upgrade the effing thing. I haven't been keeping up with what the issue is. Wireless can be a pain sometimes but if you just copy that file over, update it, and plug your details in, it should be reasonbly happy -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Woody on 7 Mar 2010 15:39 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > More numptude- what does a firmware look like? Is it one file? > > > > > > > > > > Generally it. > > > > > > > > > > > downloaded a folder that claimed to be it, but it's full of files > > > > > > and folders. Got the router's page up, but the upgrade firmware > > > > > > thing seems to want a single file. > > > > > > > > > > Did you download a zip file that got extracted? If so you need the > > > > > unextracted file. > > > > > > > > Buggery! What a waste of bloody time, transferring 380 meg of unzipped > > > > stuff from Mac to key drive to laptop! > > > > > > according to > > > <http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WRT54GR/download> > > > it is 2.19MB > > > > > > its a zip file that contains a readme and the firmware update, which is > > > 2.3MB > > > > oh god FFS I never got that page! I got one like it but nothing showed > > and I went to another list of stuff on another page where the huge files > > were. > > I just went to linksys, put your model in the search and selected > downloads. > > > Thanks - it's best I leave this stuff alone, really, isn't it. And > > there's no saying it'll work even if I do upgrade the effing thing. > > I haven't been keeping up with what the issue is. Wireless can be a pain > sometimes but if you just copy that file over, update it, and plug your > details in, it should be reasonbly happy This is assuming you had a reason to update the firmware? Although it is generally a good idea to have the latest, although I tend to stay with working ones if there isn't a really compelling reason to upgrade. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Bella Jones on 7 Mar 2010 15:50 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: [...] > > > > > > > > according to > > > > <http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WRT54GR/download> > > > > it is 2.19MB > > > > > > > > its a zip file that contains a readme and the firmware update, which is > > > > 2.3MB > > > > > > oh god FFS I never got that page! I got one like it but nothing showed > > > and I went to another list of stuff on another page where the huge files > > > were. > > > > I just went to linksys, put your model in the search and selected > > downloads. > > > > > Thanks - it's best I leave this stuff alone, really, isn't it. And > > > there's no saying it'll work even if I do upgrade the effing thing. > > > > I haven't been keeping up with what the issue is. Wireless can be a pain > > sometimes but if you just copy that file over, update it, and plug your > > details in, it should be reasonbly happy > > This is assuming you had a reason to update the firmware? Although it is > generally a good idea to have the latest, although I tend to stay with > working ones if there isn't a really compelling reason to upgrade. I am dubious as to whether it will work. Basically this router worked for six months until a year ago. suddenly stopped working. I totally ignored it as did not need wireless for a while. now i have got giant sofa i would like to get it working again. Owt's not working. It doesn't like the iMac, or something. Or the laptop. ANyway, thanks for reading. :-) -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Woody on 7 Mar 2010 16:00
Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > [...] > > > > > > > > > > according to > > > > > <http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WRT54GR/download> > > > > > it is 2.19MB > > > > > > > > > > its a zip file that contains a readme and the firmware update, > > > > > which is 2.3MB > > > > > > > > oh god FFS I never got that page! I got one like it but nothing showed > > > > and I went to another list of stuff on another page where the huge files > > > > were. > > > > > > I just went to linksys, put your model in the search and selected > > > downloads. > > > > > > > Thanks - it's best I leave this stuff alone, really, isn't it. And > > > > there's no saying it'll work even if I do upgrade the effing thing. > > > > > > I haven't been keeping up with what the issue is. Wireless can be a pain > > > sometimes but if you just copy that file over, update it, and plug your > > > details in, it should be reasonbly happy > > > > This is assuming you had a reason to update the firmware? Although it is > > generally a good idea to have the latest, although I tend to stay with > > working ones if there isn't a really compelling reason to upgrade. > > I am dubious as to whether it will work. Basically this router worked > for six months until a year ago. suddenly stopped working. I totally > ignored it as did not need wireless for a while. now i have got giant > sofa i would like to get it working again. Owt's not working. It doesn't > like the iMac, or something. Or the laptop. Hmm.. so it doesn't work at all? Unlikely to be firmware, as the firmware either works or doesn't. If it worked and stopped, it either died or reset in some funny mode. Do the firmware update, do a complete reset, then just do the simple setup. If that doesn't work, don't waste any more time on it, get someone to do it for you. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |