D-link 614+ router question

[~Mike Hollywood]

Hi,
I'm going to set up a wifi system at a friend's house using a D-Link 614T
ver A router. D-Link's web site says it's no longer supported, but it still
has manuals, and firmware updates for it. It will be used in an XP Home
system.
I thought updating the driver would be a good idea because it was
manufactured in 2003. I couldn't find a driver on their web site, but I did
find a firmware update which I downloaded but haven't yet installed.
Does the firmware update include a driver, or should I continue the search
for an updated driver, or just forget about the firmware update and the
driver because it was working ok on an older system anyway.
TIA
Mike

 

[JAD]

Hi,
I'm going to set up a wifi system at a friend's house using a D-Link 614T ver A router.
D-Link's web site says it's no longer supported, but it still has manuals, and firmware
updates for it. It will be used in an XP Home system.
I thought updating the driver would be a good idea because it was manufactured in 2003.
I couldn't find a driver on their web site, but I did find a firmware update which I
downloaded but haven't yet installed.
Does the firmware update include a driver, or should I continue the search for an
updated driver, or just forget about the firmware update and the driver because it was
working ok on an older system anyway.
TIA
Mike

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No 'drivers' for router it's a PnP device. FIRMWARE update only if there is a defined
problem with the prior firmware.

 

[BigJim]

set it up, if it works, leave it be.

 

[~Mike Hollywood]

ok, thanks

set it up, if it works, leave it be.

 

[Paul]

Hi,
I'm going to set up a wifi system at a friend's house using a D-Link 614T
ver A router. D-Link's web site says it's no longer supported, but it still
has manuals, and firmware updates for it. It will be used in an XP Home
system.
I thought updating the driver would be a good idea because it was
manufactured in 2003. I couldn't find a driver on their web site, but I did
find a firmware update which I downloaded but haven't yet installed.
Does the firmware update include a driver, or should I continue the search
for an updated driver, or just forget about the firmware update and the
driver because it was working ok on an older system anyway.
TIA
Mike

The release note for the firmware here, mentions "fixed NTP".

http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DI-614+

That is Network Time Protocol. The router calibrates the time of
day, by going to the network and using the NTP protocol, to access
a time server. Certain brands of home routers were overloading an
NTP server, since there are thousands of them, and the guy running the
server wanted compensation for the costs associated. It is possible the
new firmware, points to an "NTP pool", which distributes the load across
many NTP servers in the pool. So that reference to "fixed NTP", could
be as relief for the load caused by all the routers, on a network
resource. (There may be other fixes in the firmware, such as interface
changes, which they didn't bother to mention.)

AFAIK, the time of day is used to stamp entries in the log. I don't know
if there are any policies in your router, that are time based or not.

The web page also mentions setting the admin password, and I keep a
PostIt note stuck to my router, with the critical setup info
written on it.

The unit appears to support WPA, and that may be a bit more secure
then WEP.

Paul

 

[~Mike Hollywood]

Paul,
thanks for the details.
mike

The release note for the firmware here, mentions "fixed NTP".

http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DI-614+

That is Network Time Protocol. The router calibrates the time of
day, by going to the network and using the NTP protocol, to access
a time server. Certain brands of home routers were overloading an
NTP server, since there are thousands of them, and the guy running the
server wanted compensation for the costs associated. It is possible the
new firmware, points to an "NTP pool", which distributes the load across
many NTP servers in the pool. So that reference to "fixed NTP", could
be as relief for the load caused by all the routers, on a network
resource. (There may be other fixes in the firmware, such as interface
changes, which they didn't bother to mention.)

AFAIK, the time of day is used to stamp entries in the log. I don't know
if there are any policies in your router, that are time based or not.

The web page also mentions setting the admin password, and I keep a
PostIt note stuck to my router, with the critical setup info
written on it.

The unit appears to support WPA, and that may be a bit more secure
then WEP.

Paul