Rebooting or unplugging router restores default config
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:58 pm
Using a D-link DIR601 A1 router. I updated the firmware from 1.47 to the latest 1.6. Everything looked good except when I rebooted the router from System> Reboot Now, it restored all settings to default. Since I'm using this router as a wireless AP and almost never need to reboot I figured I can live without the GUI reboot function. When I unplugged the router and moved it back to the other room and tried to connect, it didn't show up in the list of wireless networks. After examining it I realized that merely unplugging the router also resets it. This I can't live with.
Also if I try to Restore Default Configuration from System > Backup/Restore it just messes up the router. I can't connect to it anymore using the default IP.
I've tried using the 1.6 DIR600a1 firmware file as well as the DIR601a1 file and both have the same problems. Afterwards I installed OpenWRT 12.09 just as a test using the DIR601a1 firmware and it did not have this reboot issue. I haven't actually connected online with the router using OpenWRT yet so I don't know if everything is working. I only verified that it doesn't have this reboot problem.
So my questions are, is there a bug with the 1.6 firmware for the DIR601? Are there any substantial bug fixes in the 1.6 firmware that I should need to upgrade from 1.47? I'd rather use Gargoyle instead of OpenWRT for the simpler interface.
In the meantime, does anyone know how to disable DHCP completely in the OpenWRT GUI to use the router as a wireless AP?
edit: nvm I figured out how to disable DHCP. I'm also connected online through this router and OpenWRT and it seems fine. If I can't solve this problem I can just stick with OpenWRT.
Also if I try to Restore Default Configuration from System > Backup/Restore it just messes up the router. I can't connect to it anymore using the default IP.
I've tried using the 1.6 DIR600a1 firmware file as well as the DIR601a1 file and both have the same problems. Afterwards I installed OpenWRT 12.09 just as a test using the DIR601a1 firmware and it did not have this reboot issue. I haven't actually connected online with the router using OpenWRT yet so I don't know if everything is working. I only verified that it doesn't have this reboot problem.
So my questions are, is there a bug with the 1.6 firmware for the DIR601? Are there any substantial bug fixes in the 1.6 firmware that I should need to upgrade from 1.47? I'd rather use Gargoyle instead of OpenWRT for the simpler interface.
In the meantime, does anyone know how to disable DHCP completely in the OpenWRT GUI to use the router as a wireless AP?
edit: nvm I figured out how to disable DHCP. I'm also connected online through this router and OpenWRT and it seems fine. If I can't solve this problem I can just stick with OpenWRT.