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Re: [LUG] New router

 

On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 23:16 +0100, Julian Hall wrote:
> I don't know why a router firmware update would rely on any specific 
> OS.  When I updated mine I just downloaded the update file using 
> Firefox, and then accessed the router configuration page, again through 
> Firefox to perform the update.  Given that this was all done via the 
> browser it was all OS independent.  I can only assume the update in your 
> case was, instead of an update file the router would recognise and load, 
> a win32 executable file - which frankly sounds a bad way to go about it.
Thanks. Can't remeber it was so long ago. I might try again and see how
it works this time round. I am sure we tried and it was my son who did
it and he has a lot more knowledge of computers than I have.

James


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