Draytek Vigor 2800 Firmware Upgrade Issues
11/08/07 10:42 Filed in: Technology
Over the last week or so our iMac has been suffering a little 'connectivity' issue with the Draytek Vigor 2800 G Wireless router we use.
Having looked at the Draytek's firmware and noting it was significantly out of whack with that on Draytek's website, I decided it needed a boost.
But here's where the problem start.
Draytek, unlike other Wireless Routers, don't have a built in function on the router itself to upgrade it. There could be a number of reasons for this, perhaps security being one of them. But the fact is, you'll need to update your Firmware using software running on a desktop machine. Mac users (like me also) this is where we have a problem. Because, despite Draytek providing a Mac version of the software, it lacks a particular feature that is definitely required.
Speed up, your going too slow
I'll get to the point. Draytek's Router tools include the Firmware Upgrade Utility. But it has an amusing problem. The time out is set FAR TOO LOW. There is no way a firmware flash of nearly 4 MB is going to get uploaded in the router in 5 seconds!
So, here's what I decided would be a good option. 13 hours or so. Plenty of time... and sure enough... up it loaded.
One last tip. If you abort at any time, it times out and you have to kill a dead upgrade... Make sure you look in your Windows Task Manager for any FrmUpg.exe that happen to be left running. Kill them all, then try again, remembering to set the Time Out value first.
Then it should work!
Having looked at the Draytek's firmware and noting it was significantly out of whack with that on Draytek's website, I decided it needed a boost.
But here's where the problem start.
Draytek, unlike other Wireless Routers, don't have a built in function on the router itself to upgrade it. There could be a number of reasons for this, perhaps security being one of them. But the fact is, you'll need to update your Firmware using software running on a desktop machine. Mac users (like me also) this is where we have a problem. Because, despite Draytek providing a Mac version of the software, it lacks a particular feature that is definitely required.
Speed up, your going too slow
I'll get to the point. Draytek's Router tools include the Firmware Upgrade Utility. But it has an amusing problem. The time out is set FAR TOO LOW. There is no way a firmware flash of nearly 4 MB is going to get uploaded in the router in 5 seconds!
So, here's what I decided would be a good option. 13 hours or so. Plenty of time... and sure enough... up it loaded.
One last tip. If you abort at any time, it times out and you have to kill a dead upgrade... Make sure you look in your Windows Task Manager for any FrmUpg.exe that happen to be left running. Kill them all, then try again, remembering to set the Time Out value first.
Then it should work!