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Author Topic: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware  (Read 525887 times)

underzone

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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #900 on: January 07, 2019, 05:57:54 PM »

When you said "Even if you are able to set it as high as 1500, I doubt very much if it would help. All packets would simply become fragmented" it looks like you haven't read the whole thread.
Loads of us are now happily running MTU 1500 on Zyxel devices, along with anyone who uses the HG612!

Don't take it to heart matey, we are all still learning...  :drink:
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #901 on: January 07, 2019, 07:03:10 PM »

b*cat prefers to see friendly members.

And underzone has reminded my that I haven't yet typed:  "Welcome to the kitz forum, Jacko.:)
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #902 on: January 09, 2019, 09:29:07 AM »

Response to my GPL request:
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After our check with internal, the VMG8324-B10A_V1.00(AAKL.28)C0 open source code estimate will release at end of Jun.

I'm going to :fingers: that its a typo for Jan.
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #903 on: January 09, 2019, 09:59:01 AM »

Thanks for the update!
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #904 on: January 09, 2019, 01:00:30 PM »

That's an extremely stupid naming system... It will not catch on and I won't be using it.

I understand calling 5GHz "WiFi 5".

The above is nonsense though. I can use wireless N on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
A device being called "WiFi 4" gives no indication if it supports 5GHz.
You mean like a router being labelled Wireless N tells you whether it supports 5GHz?
Standards are usually labelled sequentially so anything later in the alphabet is usually higher spec. We had a,b,g and n - so specification wise, if you didn't know better, it would be reasonable to assume ac probably sits between b and g.
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #905 on: January 13, 2019, 04:21:26 PM »

Firmware V1.00(AAKL.28)C0 released
ftp://ftp.zyxel.co.uk/VMG8924-B10A/firmware/
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dmcdonnell

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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #906 on: January 13, 2019, 08:43:35 PM »

You can download the v.28 firmware, modified to have an Eircom header, here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19n1kJQb2rEGbftXdamW3Wr2gsChgHhlX/view?usp=sharing
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #907 on: January 17, 2019, 04:29:03 PM »

Do we have a v.28 firmware with 1500 MTU please?
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #908 on: January 17, 2019, 05:37:50 PM »

GigabitEthernet, see last few pages of discussion...end of Jan...
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #909 on: January 21, 2019, 10:55:35 AM »

Response to my GPL request:
I'm going to :fingers: that its a typo for Jan.

I just got an identical response, but they wrote June not Jun, so 6 months  :no:
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #910 on: January 29, 2019, 06:48:37 AM »

Hi Jacko and welcome. I’m using four VMG1312-B10As in modem-only mode, router functions disabled, and I am using PPPoE over ADSL2. I run our own contributor Johnson’s PPP MTU 1508 (1500+8) firmware and it works great.

The reason that there’s no possibility of fragmentation here in my case is that the whole thing is inside a PPP and Ethernet tunnel. Intermediate devices don’t see IP packets - the PPP PDUs sent could contain anything, not necessarily IP at all. I transfer IPv6, IPv4 and PPP LCP PDUs too. As a real example of something other than IP, PPP LCP PDUs are used as the equivalent of an ICMP ping / echo request and one is sent every second or so by my ISP in order to test that the link is working properly.

I get a tiny efficiency increase because I can cram 8 bytes more IP payload into every packet which helps to overcome the bloat of all the headers. In theory there might be some device out there that insists on sending 1500 byte packets so it’s to your advantage if you can handle them, but this is not something based on a known real scenario.

Johnson also out some other juicy upgrade features in that firmware build for me too. Have a poke around in the various threads. There’s one concerning maintenance, new versions too.
« Last Edit: January 29, 2019, 06:52:45 AM by Weaver »
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lofgents

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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #911 on: January 29, 2019, 11:25:14 AM »

Is there any benefit to upgrading to v.28 firmware specifically for download/upload improvements.

   Thanks
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #912 on: January 29, 2019, 06:21:36 PM »

Is there any benefit to upgrading to v.28 firmware specifically for download/upload improvements.

No. The DSL modem code is unchanged.
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #913 on: January 29, 2019, 10:24:38 PM »

No. The DSL modem code is unchanged.

Thanks for the info, saves the risk of flashing.
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Re: ZyXEL VMG8324-B10A Firmware
« Reply #914 on: February 02, 2019, 02:58:25 AM »

Seeing as it doesnt look like we will get a source package for the latest version for some time I went ahead and made a 8x24-B10A firmware with the A2pv6F039x6 from the 3925-B10B as per request @underzone:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8mnw5s9gtm8wz8w/8924-B10A-AAKL24-jumboframes-oldtelnet-x6.bin?dl=0

Again I don't recommend it for anything but testing purposes, especially as Zyxel have seen fit to update the kernel driver to d26s when including the new adsl_phy.bin. Has the jumboframes patches and telnet to allow multiple sessions, also first with the version string changed - should show "AAKL.24-x6" on the firmware update page after successful flash. Have flashed it to an 8324 but not put on a line, use at your own risk!  :)

Also had a poke around with the new V28 firmware, a glance at the changelog shows maybe one thing of interest that could constitute a reason to upgrade:

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#69247] [BRCM Linux]BCMUPnP vulnerability from 2013

But only useful if you are using the device as a full gateway not just in bridge mode.. and if you are using UPnP (I do neither). So I'm really not fussed about upgrading. The same goes for the new VMG1312-B10A firmware btw. There are no changes to modem code, kernel etc... its identical to the previous release. No idea why they need 6 months to release a source package given there appears to be zero change to the build.  ???

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