D Link G604T Network Adaptor
Encyclopedia
The DSL-G604T is an integrated Wireless/ADSL router with 100Base-T hub from the D-Link
corporation that aims to provide both wireless and wired networking capability to its users. Commonly used in both the home and office
it is but one of many such tools on the market as of May 2006.
and busybox
Linux which allows a degree of customisation with customised firmware
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These and similar units from D-Link appear to have an issue that causes certain services to fail when using the factory provided firmware, namely the Debian package update service being interrupted due to a faulty DNS through DHCP issue at the kernel level. A v2.00B06.AU_20060728
patch was made available through their downloads section that provided some level of correction, but it was not a complete fix and the issue would resurface intermittently. When the issue was originally reported, Dlink seemed to have misunderstood that the same issue has been discovered by the Linux community at large to be common across a number of their router models and they failed to provide a complete fix across the board for all adsl router models. Removing the router and installing a different brand generally solves the issue completely.
D-Link
D-Link Corporation was founded in June 1986 in Taipei as Datex Systems Inc. It began as a network adapter vendor and has gone on to become a designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the consumer and business markets.In 2007, it was the leading networking company in...
corporation that aims to provide both wireless and wired networking capability to its users. Commonly used in both the home and office
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
it is but one of many such tools on the market as of May 2006.
Technical details
The G604T runs MontaVistaMontaVista
MontaVista Software is a software developer that develops embedded Linux system software, development tools, and related software. Its products are targeted at other corporations developing embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, mobile phones, and other...
and busybox
BusyBox
BusyBox provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable. It runs in a variety of POSIX environments such as Linux, Android, FreeBSD and others, such as proprietary kernels, although many of the tools it provides are designed to work with interfaces provided by the Linux kernel. It...
Linux which allows a degree of customisation with customised firmware
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
.
These and similar units from D-Link appear to have an issue that causes certain services to fail when using the factory provided firmware, namely the Debian package update service being interrupted due to a faulty DNS through DHCP issue at the kernel level. A v2.00B06.AU_20060728
patch was made available through their downloads section that provided some level of correction, but it was not a complete fix and the issue would resurface intermittently. When the issue was originally reported, Dlink seemed to have misunderstood that the same issue has been discovered by the Linux community at large to be common across a number of their router models and they failed to provide a complete fix across the board for all adsl router models. Removing the router and installing a different brand generally solves the issue completely.
External links
- [ftp://ftp.dlink.eu/datasheets/DSL-G604T.pdf D-Link datasheet for DSL-G604T]
- Seattle Wireless - DSLG604T