iskout Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Over the past several months, I've been having issues with my router giving me DNS issues. I'll keep whatever connections i have with no problem (Xbox live, Battle.net, Skype, Steam, etc.), but I would go through periods of 10-20 minutes of not being able to establish new connections. I tried to ping various websites, but always got a DNS timeout. This is what I got back when I approached TrendNET with the issue. I apparently have to use IE freaking 7 to upload firmware. I've tried Firefox, Opera, and Chrome with no avail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sgamer Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Retarded. At my work we have a ton of in-house developed web apps that need IE7 too. The engineers are too lazy to fix it, even though we've had IE8 for years and freaking IE9 is out now. We had to make a independent thinapp of IE7 to copy over to people's computers who had Windows 7. What a mess. Do you have any old computers around? You should be able to revert to IE7 if you are on XP or Vista. Otherwise, you might be stuck. Edited November 9, 2011 by 90sgamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 like... I'm honestly not even sure where to GET IE7 nowadays. Or WHY anyone would WANT to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sgamer Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) The way we were able to do it was with VMware Workstation and VMware Thinapp enterprise. Basically we made a Windows XP virtual machine, installed VMware Thinapp inside the virtual machine, and used VMware Thinapp to scan the VM before and after IE7's installation (via windows update's catalog I believe). It captured all files, registry keys etc, and created a .exe that you can copy over to a Windows 7 machine, run, and then delete without altering the Win7 machine at all. Edited November 9, 2011 by 90sgamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 TrendNET rounter are crap, i used one for 6months before i couldn't take it anymore, i had to reset it a few times a day and xbox live barely worked. switch to a netgear Dualband and you won't regret it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus1977 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 The way we were able to do it was with VMware Workstation and VMware Thinapp enterprise. Basically we made a Windows XP virtual machine, installed VMware Thinapp inside the virtual machine, and used VMware Thinapp to scan the VM before and after IE7's installation (via windows update's catalog I believe). It captured all files, registry keys etc, and created a .exe that you can copy over to a Windows 7 machine, run, and then delete without altering the Win7 machine at all. +1 Yeah, it would really suck if you had nothing but Mac or Linux machines in the home. I hate it when manufacturers are just too lazy to make their products cross-platform. Using any modern-day browser would be nice, but too much to ask. I also have a couple of VMs of Windows XP and a slew of old browsers installed on it just for that sort of occasion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locutus Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Which public DNS are you using? Google has one, if you haven't tried it before. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Which public DNS are you using? Google has one, if you haven't tried it before. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 I've used openDNS and one from MIT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imm0rt41 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Can you use Opera and set it to show as IE7? My mom had a similar problem with a TrendNET router...replaced it with a linksys (she doesn't need any more than this) and it is still going strong a year or so later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Tried it with Opera, and that didn't work. If I had the money, I'd definitely just replace it flat-out. That said, I don't have a job right now and I'm already looking at replacing my motherboard on my desktop and I need a new case, since mine's falling apart. Edit: trying it on Static instead of DHCP, with Locutus' suggestion for the Google DNS. Edited November 9, 2011 by iskout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatochobit Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Why are you blaming Trendnet for a problem obviously created by and should be fixed by - microsoft you may not know this, but even Windows XP requires the older version of IE6 or IE7 to update properly you can, of course, use windows IE8 after you update but if your OS corrupts, the first thing microsoft will tell you is to reinistall IE6 anyway, stop being a cheap bastard and buy windows 7 if you are not using it yet edit: btw, I bought a tenda wireless N router from microcenter for 15$ and it works fine they were giving these away this past summer for free, but I was too lazy to go pick it up probably it's time for you to update your router too Edited November 9, 2011 by potatochobit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskout Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Why are you blaming Trendnet for a problem obviously created by and should be fixed by - microsoft you may not know this, but even Windows XP requires the older version of IE6 or IE7 to update properly you can, of course, use windows IE8 after you update but if your OS corrupts, the first thing microsoft will tell you is to reinistall IE6 anyway, stop being a cheap bastard and buy windows 7 if you are not using it yet edit: btw, I bought a tenda wireless N router from microcenter for 15$ and it works fine they were giving these away this past summer for free, but I was too lazy to go pick it up probably it's time for you to update your router too You know, this is one of those reasons that no one likes you, right? You assume, incorrectly by the way, that I'm not using Windows 7 (even if I weren't, I would have my reasons not too), and you blame a router issue on Microsoft? Are you that .ing stupid? The fact of the matter is that the firmware should be able to be updated by a newer browser than IE7. At the LEAST Firefox 3.0.0, for those of us running a Linux Distro. There's no reason that someone should have to go to a browser that doesn't even ship with a current OS anymore, especially when there's plenty of other web browsers that other companies are making their router UI compatible with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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