'Modem mode' VM firmware imminent ? Looks like it.....

londonbairn · 13 Sep 2011 at 10:28

Loque said:
Yes, you're right mate, but like I said, theres a lot of people, who don't have a clue how to disable wireless, or anything else in the routers setup, so for them, it's a much simpler solution, to simply put the router into "modem mode"
It's nothing new, I've been doing the same for weeks now, it's really just aimed at the "technically dumb" people

Ah right, fair enough. I thought it was really ease to get working

, just disabled wireless on the Superhub plugged in the DIR-615 and it worked straight away.

Gonna replace the DIR-615 though as I find the WLAN range disappointing. Probably because my flat has crazily solid walls. What are good WLAN APs?

Duke · 13 Sep 2011 at 11:58

rafster said:
Which is what disabling wireless and using a Wireless access point does, which has been available in all firmwares? Why is R30 a sudden ephiphany? it's been well documented with loads of people that disabling the wireless works fine. I have been running like that for ages now, no dropouts, I have loads of devices connected on WLAN and Ethernet with no issues...

If the wireless is the only issue then yeah it is the same. It will still be using the router side though so if you had a decent cable wireless router already then this allows you to use it again fully.

kevpuk · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:10

What he said ^^
For me, I want my DIR655 back in service, as the SoupHoob does not allow sufficient number of port forwards, no QoS and - most importantly - no DDNS support

Modem mode will give me a proper, working network again, courtesy of the '655 and the SH can just be content as a modem !

Al Vallario · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:20

kevpuk · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:37

YAYYYYYY !
Seems like a good excuse to leave work a little earlier today

Dist · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:52

I had a power outage this morning, so my router must have auto updated when it came back on a few min later as after reading this thread I checked and its now R30

Now all I need to do is set up one of my E3000s the way I want it and then I'll be able to use that as my router

londonbairn · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:22

kevpuk said:
What he said ^^
For me, I want my DIR655 back in service, as the SoupHoob does not allow sufficient number of port forwards, no QoS and - most importantly - no DDNS support

Modem mode will give me a proper, working network again, courtesy of the '655 and the SH can just be content as a modem !

Fair enough, but couldnt you have done that by setting up your DIR 655 as DMZ in the Superhub?

Duke · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:35

Mine updated following a reboot

kevpuk · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:51

rafster said:
Fair enough, but couldnt you have done that by setting up your DIR 655 as DMZ in the Superhub?

I just couldn't get this to work :mad:

I used this approach to get my Synology DS up and running, meaning threw it in DMZ to allow external access, but - for some reason - could not get the DIR655 to play ball :confused:

Chandler_90 · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:54

Any firm release date on this firmware?

Destroyer^ · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:02

Its out today

mrgubby · 13 Sep 2011 at 15:01

My speedhub crashed today.......yet again

Rebooted & R30 appeared, now to see if it has improved........

david_xr · 13 Sep 2011 at 15:46

mine also crashed today suprise suprise, on reboot r30 installed, now my download speed has drop from the 50 to 40 (not happy). it also takes forever to load some web pages, anyone else having similar issues?

Al Vallario · 13 Sep 2011 at 15:50

kevpuk · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:45

R30 rocks for me so far....by which I mean simply eveything is off in modem-mode and the DIR655 is back in da houze !

SoapSurgeon · 14 Sep 2011 at 09:20

david_xr said:
mine also crashed today suprise suprise, on reboot r30 installed, now my download speed has drop from the 50 to 40 (not happy). it also takes forever to load some web pages, anyone else having similar issues?

Yep, Super hub was fine for me before R30 and now my internet speed has dropped from 30mbps to 20kbps!! My upload has dropped to 40kbps...

I'll have a mess around see if i can figure it out.

edit: It is the wireless, my wireless n card was connecting at 11mbps. I messed around changing the router speed from upto 300mbs to upto 54mbps and then i connected at 54mbps :s. I've now put it back to upto 300 and i am connecting at 108mbps, which is quick enough. I might just get some powerline adapters

Mel_P · 14 Sep 2011 at 13:00

Wifi range doesn't seem to have improved!

Is there a list of supposed "cures" that this firmware upgrde is supposed to have solved please?

kevpuk · 14 Sep 2011 at 13:26

Our R30 firmware includes the following changes:

1. Adds the Modem Mode feature.

2. Incorporates fixes for lock-ups (where the Super Hub appears unresponsive to traffic and the admin pages are unavailable) and reloads (where the Super Hub would reload for no apparent reason) while under heavy load in 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless modes. These symptoms were caused by a memory leak in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless driver. As part of these fixes we've changed the number of channels available under 5GHz to 4.

...taken from here

Mel_P · 14 Sep 2011 at 15:01

kevpuk said:
Our R30 firmware includes the following changes:

1. Adds the Modem Mode feature.

2. Incorporates fixes for lock-ups (where the Super Hub appears unresponsive to traffic and the admin pages are unavailable) and reloads (where the Super Hub would reload for no apparent reason) while under heavy load in 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless modes. These symptoms were caused by a memory leak in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless driver. As part of these fixes we've changed the number of channels available under 5GHz to 4.
...taken from here

Don't need those - just need wifi that extends beyond 3 metres! Pretty useless firmware upgrade then!

Snow-Munki · 14 Sep 2011 at 15:32

just wondering anyone got Wake up on lan working over the internet ??

Thanks,