SpeedTouch 585 firmware update query

Here is a screenshot of someone I know who has v5 firmware of the SpeedTouch 585:

http://i16.tinypic.com/42ir6h2.jpg


Here is mine (v6):

http://i3.tinypic.com/49bg93r.jpg


As the 'Update' option is missing, if ever I want to update the firmware, how would I go about doing so?

d/l the firmware from http://www.speedtouch.co.uk/codepages/content3.asp?c=7&ProductID=511


then use the upgrade wizard..

http://www.cerealsmoker.net/~thomson/firmware/SpeedTouch_upgrade_wizard_R4421.zip

The upgrade wizard is on the CD supplied with the router.

Thanks and also to Beachboy


I never used the installation CD by the way.

very strange, my speedtouch 585 originally came with a old version not available online and didnt have that in the gui, the 5.4.0.14 firmware available online also doesnt have that in the gui, I would guess that is some kind of oem specific firmware feature.

It certainly isn't OEM - my speedtouch had it before I upgraded the firmware to 5.4.0.11 (latest available for the v5 on the UK website) and it still has it now.

interesting and your 585 is a v6?

doesnt make sense how you have it and I dont. my 585 is on v5 firmware.

I will try flashing it down to 5.4.0.11 from 5.4.0.14 to see if it appears tho.

No - mine is a v5 (I did mention I was using the latest firmware for the v5)

I was surprised by the firmware version you quoted, but you are right - the current version on the SpeedTouch UK web site
http://www.speedtouch.co.uk/codepages/content3.asp?c=7&ProductID=511
is indeed 5.4.0.11 (ST585v5UK_540B.bin, dated 24.01.2006).

But I have been running 5.4.4.1 (ST585_5441_UK.bin, dated 13.04.2006) on my ST585v5 for several months now, and I'm sure I downloaded that from the SpeedTouch UK web site. It is very stable (I checked just now and I've been synchronised for 32 days so far at 5,376 - not bad for a line on which I was refused an upgrade to 2 Mbps because "the line cannot support it").

It looks to me like 5.4.4.1 has been pulled, but why...?

JPL

For reference,
firmware file on router ZZUCBC5.40B is from installation file ST585v5UK_540B.bin
firmware file on router ZZUCBE5.441 is from installation file ST585_5441_UK.bin

JPL