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X4S File copied over the network fail MD5 checksum and are corrupted
I have the X4S configured as an access point. I have a PC connected to the X4S via ethernet cable. Files copied over the network consistently fail MD5 checksum. I've searched and found a related pos...
by the way for a test you just need to disconnect you cable from internet port and to attach it to the internet port. two seconds. and i beat you will not have such md5sum problems anymore.
TBy wrote:
I have the X4S configured as an access point. I have a PC connected to the X4S via ethernet cable. Files copied over the network consistently fail MD5 checksum. I've searched and found a related post with no resolution, other than configuring the router as a normal router and not as an AP which is not a fix but a workaround and I need the AP configuration. Link to previous thread
I'm running the latest firmware v1.0.1.52.
I replaced the router and all files copied are without error, so it is definitely a problem with the router. Very frustrated as I'm having to go back and restore backups due to the corrupted files but not everything was backed up.
you have to use the only lan ports if your router is in ap mode. no wan port. i guess you are using wan so it is a reason.
The manual states to connect the X4S Internet port to the LAN port of the other router which is how it is/was configured. I take it the "Internet" port is what you reference by "WAN" port. Is there reference that your method should work?
TBy wrote:
The manual states to connect the X4S Internet port to the LAN port of the other router which is how it is/was configured. I take it the "Internet" port is what you reference by "WAN" port. Is there reference that your method should work?
Maybe the error is in the manual. Would it be reasonable to use the second configuration and run a test?
> [...] Files copied over the network consistently fail MD5 checksum.
> [...]
"copied" how, exactly? From what to what (computer systems, storage
devices, ...)? Have the source and destination files the same size?
Are the file data simply passing through the router, or do you have a
USB storage device connected to the router, or what?
Even for Netgear, corrupting data on the fly seems like the kind of
bug which might be caught in even minimal testing.
> [...] I replaced the router and all files copied are without error, so
> it is definitely a problem with the router. [...]
Or something else changed at the same time.
> [...] you have to use the only lan ports if your router is in ap mode.
> no wan port. i guess you are using wan so it is a reason.
Not really.
> Maybe the error is in the manual. [...]
Or, maybe not. On modern Netgear routers with a one-step "AP Mode"
option, the WAN/Internet port is reconfigured as essentially another LAN
port. On a router without a one-step WAP option, the WAN port is on the
wrong side of the LAN-WAN boundary, and is not used.
There should be no harm in trying another LAN port instead of the
WAN/Internet port. I wouldn't expect much to change, but that's what
experiments are for.
TBy wrote:
The manual states to connect the X4S Internet port to the LAN port of the other router which is how it is/was configured. I take it the "Internet" port is what you reference by "WAN" port. Is there reference that your method should work?
i had the same issue with my r7800 in ap mode. there were broken files transferring them with readyshare or ftp. manual is wrong. i have connected my router to the lan port instead of internet port and now it works as it have to do. i am using it connected to lan port during one year and do not have such problems amymore. one year of testing is enough?
by the way for a test you just need to disconnect you cable from internet port and to attach it to the internet port. two seconds. and i beat you will not have such md5sum problems anymore.
