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Although developers produce upgrades in order to improve a product, there are risks involved—including the possibility that the upgrade will worsen the product.

Upgrades of hardware involve a risk that new hardware will not be compatible with other pieces of hardware in a system. For example, an upgrade of RAM may not be compatible with existing RAM in a computer. Other hardware components may not be compatible after either an upgrade or downgrade, due to the non-availability of compatible drivers for the hardware with a specific operating system. Conversely, there is the same risk of non-compatibility when software is upgraded or downgraded for previously functioning hardware to no longer function.

Upgrades of software introduce the risk that the new version (or patch) will contain a bug, causing the program to malfunction in some way or not to function at all. For example, in October 2005, a glitch in a software upgrade caused trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to shut down for most of the day[1]. Similar gaffes have occurred: from important government systems[2] to freeware on the internet.

Upgrades can also worsen a product subjectively. A user may prefer an older version even if a newer version functions perfectly as designed.

Network Gear
Networking Stuff
Hardware Specific
Hardware Specific Info...
File Versions
What's what...
Build Links
Links to builds of dd-wrt
and TomatoUSB
TJTAG
JTAG information
DD-WRT
Regain Your Internet Freedom
CFE Collection Project
Forget to backup your CFE?
TomatoUSB
Unleash Your Router
Other Firmware
Other Firmware
Hardware DIY
Hardware tutorials...

Much, if not all, the information i have has come from the dd-wrt Wiki and Message board. Everything that I know about WiFi, I credit to BrainSlayer, Eko, barryware, redhawk0, murrkf, phuzi0n, LOM, Tornado, frater and all the other Guru's and Moderators. Without them, none of this would be possible. As accurate as I want my information to be, I encourage going to the source to be sure.

^ Firewall Builder

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