tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post5034062702387237824..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Comtrend a dead duckRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-5887030732839322502011-03-11T13:19:21.529+00:002011-03-11T13:19:21.529+00:00And thanks for the "told you so" emails....And thanks for the "told you so" emails.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-18156873213818352772011-03-10T22:15:10.980+00:002011-03-10T22:15:10.980+00:00Bah.. ok good call If they don't work. I presu...Bah.. ok good call If they don't work. I presume my pre order will be cancelled and won't turn up unexpectedly in 6 months when you get some.. I had been hoping to get one as my modem, router, WiFi is dying and I meed a new one. Are the any modems with WiFi that can run ipv6 with alternate firmware? And if so what's best? Or do I just get something cheap and wait?John Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910401851064983255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-63775744513421584062011-03-10T20:52:50.225+00:002011-03-10T20:52:50.225+00:00Buffalo have switched to using a form of DD-WRT on...Buffalo have switched to using a form of DD-WRT on their kit, but it still won't do IPv6. Shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70951483429380395782011-03-10T20:41:50.122+00:002011-03-10T20:41:50.122+00:00@revk not sure.
I did appreciate that this was to...@revk not sure.<br /><br />I did appreciate that this was to some degree "beta" hardware and problems were to be expected, but "they suck, we give up" is worse than I'd expected, although also does seem to be appropriate seeing as they do!<br /><br />I posted the comment above before I saw you would accept returns, which made me happier with things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-68311327837357937722011-03-10T17:53:26.505+00:002011-03-10T17:53:26.505+00:00We were expecting them to be a bit more responsive...We were expecting them to be a bit more responsive. Some things (like the /48) would could have lived with for weeks maybe months, but things like losing all routing for IPv6 on a PPP restart is just stupid. You would expect that to be a priority fix, but it seems not.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-68273644895511561142011-03-10T17:50:19.543+00:002011-03-10T17:50:19.543+00:00I gave up on the standard comtrend software as bei...I gave up on the standard comtrend software as being a joke the same day I got it, TBH. And if they're going to take months (seriously? The dhcpv6 requiring /48 fix for example is a 4 line patch..) then they clearly don't really want to sell any routers in the UK.<br /><br />I've been working on an alternaive firmware but have been hitting major issues with their ADSL driver.. for which we have no source of course. It's totally flaky*, and debugging binary on an embedded device is a complete arse... Thought I'd be running off it by now... <br /><br />* Basically it won't start unless something undocumented is done first. If you don't do this undocumented thing, it oopses the kernel.Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697664015360179933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-58161108524167503262011-03-10T17:37:11.271+00:002011-03-10T17:37:11.271+00:00Us as well - sorry. We have said everything we hav...Us as well - sorry. We have said everything we have found as we found it. We were somewhat misled I have to say. We are disappointed that this has happened.<br /><br />What could we have done differently?RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-24094178090465527472011-03-10T17:32:23.720+00:002011-03-10T17:32:23.720+00:00I have to admit being quite annoyed with both you ...I have to admit being quite annoyed with both you guys and comtrend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-19697050316586301052011-03-10T17:15:50.059+00:002011-03-10T17:15:50.059+00:00Classic example of why not to use closed-source eq...Classic example of why not to use closed-source equipment.<br /><br />Surely it must be possible to get OpenWRT running on something? And then because you'll have the source code, you should be able to *fix* any issues you find.dwmw2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08523117064342780873noreply@blogger.com