From the start it was apparent that the firmware for PTCL was not 'special/locked' one and just used image replacement replacing Tenda's images/logos with those for PTCL ... anyways it also didn't seem to work well, felt kind of like a beta version of the firmware ... couldn't hold onto some settings ... my long line and difficult stats didn't help either (awaiting conversion from copper to fiber) ...
so in desperation I looked at firmware updates for the router on Tenda's website knowing full well that a corrupted/interrupted/slightly-changed firmware update would brick the router with no obvious way to recover as serial & jTAG pinouts are not known (there are some test points ... but lack of interest) and no full flash backup currently ... I decided upon v1.0.1 of the update (taking note of the version previously installed ... http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/product/show.aspx?productid=389&type=2) and flashed the newer firmware "bcmw150dv3_fs_kernel-IPOA" ... it was successful :) and now its running Tenda's original firmware ... and things have improved significantly!!!
Caution: If you follow with a firmware update, you alone are responsible for your actions as a firmware update can brick your router and may void your warranty!!!
In my haste, I forgot to take screenshots of PTCL's firmware but one thing for that firmware I know is that the telnet username: admin and the password: admin ... if you want to play with the commandline ... you have to type "sh" without quotes to get into the busybox shell!!!
Here's Tenda's interface (almost same as the old one):
Any benefits??? Yes, the firmware keeps settings and seems to work much better than before ... though it runs very hot as usual and I have had to 'enlarge' some openings making air flow better ... another thing (more related to line quality than router) is that although it can hold onto dying connections well, it holds on too tighly showing connectivity via leds but you cannot use the internet until finally the connection dies and the router reinitiates sync after quite sometime ... so for noisy lines, you may have to wait a while before reconnecting (hoping shifting to fiber would sort this problem out at its roots)
Next time, we'll take a look at Telnet and some tweaking options provided by the root access ... in case you are wondering, the username: root and password: ConsoleFireitup (case-sensitive) ...
4 comments:
thanks bro for the review.. i just want to know if this "ptcl tenda W150D" is better or worse then "PTCL AN1020-25 wifi DSL" ??
which one is latest and which is better for online gaming etc.. previously i was using TPLINK WR740N which has awsome feature of brandwidth control i-e i can allot specific brandwidth speed to a specific IP or MAC !! is this feature available in both ptcl devices..?? Kindly reply soon Asgharzafar4@gmail.com 03137232015
My experience was different. I had not any problem with the modem before but, I decided anyway to install this new firmware. After the reboot it was a mess. It could not save any settings change at all, although it managed to connect to the internet with the previous configuration.
I don't know if using IE or Firefox to change settings makes a difference, but for this modem I will go for IE from now.
So after failing with v1.0.1 and since I haven't the original firmware, I used the previous version on Tenda website (W150DV3br_1.0.0_en_TD). Now its OK, like before the first update it saves the settings.
I had a backup of the settings but the modem could not save them after loading. Basically I had to re enter the NAT values.
So, If your TENDA modem is working well already, do not update it.
one thing i noticed that on tenda website i read whole specs of w150 there wrote in specs it has bandwidth control but which modem provided by ptcl it doesn't has bandwidth controling feature but why ? can we update latest firmware ?
i need ptcl firmware for w150d if anyone have email me at
shujah50@yahoo.com
thnx
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