Superhub R36 Firmware Beta Test (was R35) - Page 2

16-05-2012, 23:02

What General? When it all breaks and we're using our mobiles instead?

General Maximus · 17-05-2012, 08:47

Okay, I can't resist.

I'm happy to announce we're two to three weeks away from launching the beta test of the R35 Super Hub firmware. This includes the following changes:

- Updated wireless drivers: A fix for issues with multi threaded download applications you mean you are going to fix something that should have worked from the start so everyone can use the "lightning fast" internet connections you are advertising and the wireless which everyone household uses for multiple devices these days and you also advertise in the adverts in front of x-factor showing a family in a house all doing different things at the same time

- General improvements related to the Super Hub rebooting or resetting to factory settings sounds like a pretty big issue which should have been fixed during the "rigourous testing" the shub went through before it was even released

- A fix for iPlayer problems on the XBox 360 Oh, another increasingly frequent activity users are performing and wasnt picked up on

I don't actually think it is funny and I am not moaning either. I actually think it is quite sad. I feel like I am watching one of those films where a local football team from some outback village in Africa come over and try to compete with the major leagues with no resources and no money. These are all stupid common functions and features which should have worked from the start. It is as bad as me trying to make my own router, send it to everyone, and then spend the next three years with everyone telling me what is wrong with it and me fixing it as I go along. It is pathetic.

I honestly do hope they do some major fixes to make it more stable for everyone but knowing their track record, I can't see them fixing the wireless so it works 100% (or as reliable as other routers) and I can't see them fixing the shub rebooting; probably only the one or two major causes of it falling over.

Good luck and keep your fingers crossed.

BenMcr · 17-05-2012, 10:38

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

A fix for iPlayer problems on the XBox 360 Oh, another increasingly frequent activity users are performing and wasnt picked up on

Bit difficult to test something in 2010 that didn't exist until March of this year

kwikbreaks · 17-05-2012, 10:41

Well 3 - oops 2 - just seen the VM man's response.

Mind you the other 2 should have been nailed before it was ever released.

craigj2k12 · 17-05-2012, 13:19

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Bit difficult to test something in 2010 that didn't exist until March of this year

Well the superhub is the only router I know of to have issues with xbox iplayer, no other router needed a firmware update for iplayer to work, so while it would be hard to test, the bug shouldnt have been there in the first place

qasdfdsaq · 17-05-2012, 14:28

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Bit difficult to test something in 2010 that didn't exist until March of this year

Didn't various apps on iPhones and Androids cause the same problem? Or am I thinking about a different one...

Daveoc64 · 17-05-2012, 15:10

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Bit difficult to test something in 2010 that didn't exist until March of this year

Utter rubbish.

An application running on a device should never be able to crash a router.

It's poor software on the Superhub - plain and simple.

BenMcr · 17-05-2012, 15:32

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Originally Posted by Daveoc64

An application running on a device should never be able to crash a router.

Don't disagree, but that wasn't my point

General Maximus · 17-05-2012, 15:44

You made a good point but i think we are both right and both wrong. Once again it all boils down to soddy workmanship (sp) and stinks of cheapness. If other routers had the same problem and needed an update to fix it then fair enough, but once again, the shub cant do what every other basic router can

**Hugh** · 17-05-2012, 15:46

Now that people have had a chance to pick at old sores, could we now focus this thread on the R35 beta test, rather than re-hashing many, many other threads - thank you.

General Maximus · 17-05-2012, 16:01

My lips are sealed

17-05-2012, 16:24

Regardless of old wounds and people sniping at each other, it seems that the beta firmware will be available for those who are interested in trialling it. I am one who is happy to do so. If there was no feedback available from anyone, then how would it be possible to give a balanced (and hopefully fairly unbiased) opinion on how it works or not. I'm a newbie to networking, however I can look at the log and post the pertinent details.

kwikbreaks · 17-05-2012, 16:34

No good telling us here sir - you need to register for the trial and report any bugs found over on the VM community board (where they'll probably just ignore them as they have in earlier trials).

17-05-2012, 16:51

I have kwik, just waiting with bated breath to discover if I might, just might, be one of the Chosen

I said bated not held, blue doesn't suit me apparently.

General Maximus · 17-05-2012, 19:16

apart from random peeps telling them whether it is stable or not, they need people to trial it who suffer with the problems they are supposedly curing so we know whether it works or not