Firmware options available from 4.25.33

[sat_mad]

Hi,

I recently bought a 2700 from eBay to see how it plays with our line long. It has come with f/w 4.25.33, and I was wondering what my best options were for upgrading.

From what I'm reading, the preferred 5.29.117.6 isn't available. 

What would be the best direction to go in to at least get WPA2 encryption?

[MisterW]

5.29.107.12 & 5.29.107.19 are generally available and both support WPA2. I'm still running 5.29.107.12 without any problems. Check your hardware version here http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/002.htm to see what firmware is supported. I'd be inclined to start with 5.29.107.12 first and see how it goes. The Singtel v5 firmware has a higher target SNR ( 8db as against the normal 6db ) so will give a slightly lower synch speed on most lines.

[sat_mad]

Thanks for that - will go have a play. 

[sat_mad]

Got the firmware up and running. 

Could I please ask whether I really need to poison the DNS as suggested in this setup guide for single SSID routers? 

[MisterW]

The DNS poisoning never really worked, since the internal updating s/w bypassed the DNS resolve table. The only way to prevent upgrades is to change the ACS URL as described here http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/032.htm. However I don't believe its really necessary on 5.29.107.12 since, by default, that is set to the 'old' provisioning servers which no longer exist, and thus it will not be updated.

[sat_mad]

I see! Thanks again for your help.