Td-w8968 needs new firmware update, tp-link!
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Td-w8968 needs new firmware update, tp-link!
Region : Australia
Model : TD-W8968
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Region : Australia
Model : TD-W8968
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 120926
ISP :
Dear TP-LINK,
After countless times to try and fix the hereafter problems and spending hours on your tech lines in China trying to fix them I have no idea where else to turn except the forums in the hope you see this.
Like many others with the W8968 Modem Router we are experiencing sudden disconnections from the internet every 1/2/3 hours with the only way to cure the problem is to hard reset the modem router. For your tech staff on the phone to say 'I'll just have to do this" is completely unacceptable.
I have used 3 other modem routers with the exact same setup flawlessly with no disconnections so it's 110% the modem routers problem.
I'm pushing this message for you, TP-Link, to release a new firmware version to fix this problem.
I also believe there are other problems incorporating port forwarding,etc aside from this major flaw.
I used to believe TP-Link was a trusted and great company but after my experience I'll be thinking otherwise.
Really hope you can get this sorted.
Regards,
Tim
Model : TD-W8968
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Region : Australia
Model : TD-W8968
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 120926
ISP :
Dear TP-LINK,
After countless times to try and fix the hereafter problems and spending hours on your tech lines in China trying to fix them I have no idea where else to turn except the forums in the hope you see this.
Like many others with the W8968 Modem Router we are experiencing sudden disconnections from the internet every 1/2/3 hours with the only way to cure the problem is to hard reset the modem router. For your tech staff on the phone to say 'I'll just have to do this" is completely unacceptable.
I have used 3 other modem routers with the exact same setup flawlessly with no disconnections so it's 110% the modem routers problem.
I'm pushing this message for you, TP-Link, to release a new firmware version to fix this problem.
I also believe there are other problems incorporating port forwarding,etc aside from this major flaw.
I used to believe TP-Link was a trusted and great company but after my experience I'll be thinking otherwise.
Really hope you can get this sorted.
Regards,
Tim
Re:Td-w8968 needs new firmware update, tp-link!
I can confirm that TD-W8968 suffer from bad firmware:
TD-W8968_V1_120926: overall good stability, no disconnections except when you launch torrents and programs with a lot of UDP connections (NAT table is overflowing and then router just hangs up, then you should reboot it to work).
TD-W8968_V1_120802: overall bad stability (disconnects every hour-two, but you can actually run torrents and run Steam client with P2P download). Currently on this one.
I'll definitely try to revert back to factory defaults and see if there is an improvement.
What I've done (on firmware 120926) is connected usb flash drive and run .sh (via telnet and then sh) file on router:
Here is output:
Script start (with uTorrent on) on:
Wed Jan 2 13:02:56 UTC 2013 with connections: 613
And hang up (script stopped generating output, monitored on LAN via usb-disk sharing) on:
Wed Jan 2 13:35:24 UTC 2013 with connections: 1898
Here you can see problem with this so called "UDP-storm".
TD-W8968_V1_120926: overall good stability, no disconnections except when you launch torrents and programs with a lot of UDP connections (NAT table is overflowing and then router just hangs up, then you should reboot it to work).
TD-W8968_V1_120802: overall bad stability (disconnects every hour-two, but you can actually run torrents and run Steam client with P2P download). Currently on this one.
I'll definitely try to revert back to factory defaults and see if there is an improvement.
What I've done (on firmware 120926) is connected usb flash drive and run .sh (via telnet and then sh) file on router:
Here is output:
Script start (with uTorrent on) on:
Wed Jan 2 13:02:56 UTC 2013 with connections: 613
And hang up (script stopped generating output, monitored on LAN via usb-disk sharing) on:
Wed Jan 2 13:35:24 UTC 2013 with connections: 1898
Here you can see problem with this so called "UDP-storm".
