Netgear WNDR3700v2 - stuck on firmware 1.0.0.32? Need to downgrade to older firmare?

In my zeal to have the latest greatest router firmware for Netgear WNDR3700v2, 

I jumped to 1.0.0.32. However, I noticed that my Epson Workforce printer stopped 

connecting to the router, so no wireless printing for me. After some time now, 

my wireless network is not stable. Signal strength is awfully weak, and I started 

disconnecting form the router.

So the recourse was to upgrade the firmware. However, if you have 1.0.0.32 then
The instructions are pretty accurate, but they did not work for me.

1. I used a Mac.
2. Downloaded TFTP Client. It's a shareware, and it worked like a charm.
3. I had a difference router ip: 10.0.0.1 and a different password than the default 'password'. I think that was the issue for the posted instructions not to work.
4. I went to http://routerlogin.net/index.htm use admin and my password, then Maintenance, Backup Settings - Erase. Erase all the settings so now the router IP was 192.168.1.1 and username password: admin/password.
5. I then use TFTP server: No matter what I did, it won't allow me to upload any firmware. Searching for the issue, 

I found a few posts here and here. 

So these are the following differences:

Finally, the upload succeeded. Now I am back to v1.0.0.12.

Now its to be seen how it will fair! I will venture into other firmwares, but for now my wrestling with this router is at an end.

Thanks to the sources above.

Ubuntu 10.10 Linux - Using wired for LAN and wireless for internet SIMULTANEOUSLY!

From my post @ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10590567#post10590567

Amazing, finally its all working!!

Setup: Ubuntu 10.10 connects to the internet using wireless (wlan0) and it also connects to my iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.6 over the lan (eth0). I have also configured netatalk and avahi so my Linux machine shows up in iMac thru zero conf/Bonjour (No manual connection required. Excellent writeup here)
The suggestions from the post pointed me in the right direction, but it did not work for me. I had to add some of my own tweaks before my networking adventure got on the road!
Steps:
1. I am using Network Manager. I removed Wicd Network Manager since I was looking for this option "Use this connection only for resources on this network"
2. As per quote 2, add a wired connection manually (iMac LAN). Setup is: fig. iMac LAN

Then configure a static IP as shown in fig. LAN.

3. For this LAN connection, using NM add the route details and check "Use this connection only for resources on this network" option after clicking "Routes".

4. I left wireless as is, but here it is in fig. wlan0

The config is now as shown in fig. wireless


5. Additionally, I configured the Network settings on the iMac. Go to System Preferences>Networking>Select 'Ethernet' on the left and for 'Configure IPv4' as Using DHCP with manual address. I used 169.254.26.55/255.255.0.0. This works with the LAN settings!

And now I am streaming movies from my RAID 5 on my Linux to the iMac over this LAN and using the internet on the Linux machine as well. Note: Somehow iMac chose this LAN interface over the wireless one! My avahi configuration does not have any interface info. BTW I need to be able to use the Linux RAID for my laptop over the wireless. Talk about a simple setup .

I am sure a nifty /etc/network/interfaces file config can do the same. But for now this is the Eureka moment !

Quote:
Originally Posted by gpgp
I want to connect to 2 physical networks. I am using my wired to go to lan used for machine control. And using my wireless to connect to the lan attached to the internet.

It seems i cannot use both at the same time in Karmic. If i open a web page via wireless then plug in to the machine control lan with my wired connection, i can no longer get web pages via wireless. The settings for wired are over riding the wireless and it doesn't try the wireless connection.
Can anyone help with this ?
Thanks
gpgp

I found it. there is a box to check : use this connection only for resources on this network. System> Prefernces> Network Connections> Select conection, edit> ip4 tab> routes button> check box.
Thanks, hope this helps someone else.

Quote:
Originally Posted by houstonbofh

If I am reading this right, you want to browse the Internet on wlan, while also connecting to a single network on lan. This is easy.

1) Right click on your network manager icon, and select 'Edit Connections.'
2) Under 'Wired' click '+ Add'
3) Name it something, uncheck 'connect automatically' select the 'IPV4' tab, and give yourself static IP, but do not fill in the gateway.

By not putting a gateway in, your lan interfaces has no default gateway, so the wlan one can be used. Otherwise the lan gateway takes precedence.