GerardNL
29-09-2006, 21:01
I just checked the ASUS web site and noticed that they have published another 1.0.4.6 version.
See this page:
ASUS Support Website (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=WL-700gE&SLanguage=en-us)
Looking at the URL of the download link, the file name is different then the original 1.0.4.6 version:
WL700gE_1046n (ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-700g/WL700gE_1046_n.zip)
I don't know yet where the "n" stands for, but maybe it's a little bit newer?
I am trying to download the 17mb file, but as usual, the ASUS web site is slow slow slooooowwww.
I am using the build-in download manager of the router. Maybe a bit optimistic, but it looks like it can at least download the file.
25 min later, the file is already there ! What a supprise this is much faster then expected. Maybe download manager is not working that badly?
I've compared the old and the new 1.0.4.6 nas files and they don't have the same size. To see what is inside, I used the program "AsusTrxExtract.exe" and have a little look.
These are the difference:
the "n" version is build on 19th of September
the plain version is build on 31st of August.
However, they are both called version "1.3.0 RC1"
Looking at the Flash Image size, it is the same size in both cases. Someone did notice this between other versions as well, so that is not very supprising.
The Disk image size is a bit different. the "n" version is 100 bytes smaller. This doesn't sound like a totally new BT client, but maybe a bit updated version of BusyBox or something like that.
I will try to flash this new firmware and see if I can find any other differences.... I just hope this will not kill my machine and give me hours of off-line ...
See this page:
ASUS Support Website (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=WL-700gE&SLanguage=en-us)
Looking at the URL of the download link, the file name is different then the original 1.0.4.6 version:
WL700gE_1046n (ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-700g/WL700gE_1046_n.zip)
I don't know yet where the "n" stands for, but maybe it's a little bit newer?
I am trying to download the 17mb file, but as usual, the ASUS web site is slow slow slooooowwww.
I am using the build-in download manager of the router. Maybe a bit optimistic, but it looks like it can at least download the file.
25 min later, the file is already there ! What a supprise this is much faster then expected. Maybe download manager is not working that badly?
I've compared the old and the new 1.0.4.6 nas files and they don't have the same size. To see what is inside, I used the program "AsusTrxExtract.exe" and have a little look.
These are the difference:
the "n" version is build on 19th of September
the plain version is build on 31st of August.
However, they are both called version "1.3.0 RC1"
Looking at the Flash Image size, it is the same size in both cases. Someone did notice this between other versions as well, so that is not very supprising.
The Disk image size is a bit different. the "n" version is 100 bytes smaller. This doesn't sound like a totally new BT client, but maybe a bit updated version of BusyBox or something like that.
I will try to flash this new firmware and see if I can find any other differences.... I just hope this will not kill my machine and give me hours of off-line ...