Re: Can I backup firmware before upgrading (D-link 604)

From: Hal (Hal_at_nospam.com)
Date: 03/23/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:09:56 -0500

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:32:36 GMT, Darko Gavrilovic
<darko.gavrilovic@utoronto.ca> wrote:

>You should be able to also backup your config to file.
>In case of probs, after you flash to old fireware version, just restore the
>config. I think that would achive what you originally posted.

It's not the config settings I am concerned about. I want to backup
the present firmware before installing the new revision in case it is
necessary to reinstall it.

If I go to Tools/System on the DI-604 setup, I find System Settings,
which enables saving the settings to a config file, or restoring the
settings from that file or from the factory defaults.

If I choose factory default, it will restore whatever the defaults are
for the revision that is installed at that time, but it will not
reinstall the factory installed firmware if I flash a new firmware
over it.

I can not find anywhere on the setup to backup the old firmware before
installing the new revision.

Perhaps there is a software tool somewhere on the internet that could
read the firmware on the router and save it to a .bin file so I could
reinstall it if necessary.

Does anyone know of such a tool?

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