Bittorent not Working after Firmware update

[Guyver111]

@davo

 

Did you get the Link i send you work?

[davo]

yes, that worked also, sorry for not replying.

[Guyver111]

Did you test it from a terastation with 1.57 Firmware?

[davo]

Yes and LS-CHL (1.60) and CS-WVL (1.13)

[Guyver111]

okey...., very suspect.

I will try this weekend again with the utorrent

[BeijingBT]

This is indeed very strange.

I'd wish someone would figure out what the issue is. There is no doubt about the fact that there is an issue and not an isolated event considering all the reports.

 

Since torrent downloads works from my home-computer but not from the NAS, just as reported from others as well, then I guess we can rule out issues with the service provider.

 

I wonder if anyone in buffalos support or R&D team have been able to replicate the problem.

If not, then we need to help them see the problem. My guess is that they should have been able to see the problem since it seems to be so wide-spread.

 

BR

[Swan]

Just bought a new LS. The same problem as all others in this thread, Bittorrent doesn't work with general torrents.

 

Why is not Buffalo addressing this issue? It is a major flaw.

The repeated requests for set-up info from the Buffalo guys at this thread is irrelevant - many have the same problem, Buffalo should solve it NOW.

 

/Swan

 

 

[robigouk]

Ask for your money back as it doesn't work as advertised!

Ill never buy another buffalo product again! Shocking its been months since this problem was reported!

[Freeman]

Dear robigouk,

Have you success in asking the money back.

The wholesaler in Hong Kong said that BT may not be working, after I have brought the unit, and say that it is normal.

The did not give me back the money.

Freeman

[robigouk]

mine was over 12 month old so I couldn't :( I suppose on your local law, here in the UK we have trading standards who I'm sure would be interested in a manufacturer like Buffalo advertising a product that doesn't do what it says it does. Instant Money back.

[realborat]

Just bought a new LS. The same problem as all others in this thread, Bittorrent doesn't work with general torrents.

 

Why is not Buffalo addressing this issue? It is a major flaw.

The repeated requests for set-up info from the Buffalo guys at this thread is irrelevant - many have the same problem, Buffalo should solve it NOW.

 

/Swan

 

 

 

What is the firmware on the unit, also can you post the torrent link that doesn`t work for you?

[BeijingBT]

Hi,

I've been "contributing" to this thread several times and been "shut down" by admins stating that they get it to work and that there is no problem.

At the same time I've seen in a lot of other (newer) threads that Buffalo updated the client in other firmwares due to the issues that we are experiencing on the LS-CHxxL devices, namely that the torrent client identifies itself with an old version number which is banned from most trackers.

 

Have Buffalo stopped supporting this model?

IF so, where is the End Of Sales / End Of Support statements and lifecycle descriptions?

At least in Australia there are several consumer laws which holds the manufacturer responsible for making sure that the products provides the functionality state in the advertisement, that is obviously not provide in this case if seen from the users perspective.

 

Is there any plan to update the firmware (1.60 was a major fiasco and the critical bugs related have not been fixed even if the release was done 6 months ago).

 

 

 

[Zarquon]

You have to understand that from their point of view, the device works fine - at least mine and many others do.  I appreciate that doesn't help you, but if your situation is one of a relatively few number of users and a larger number of users are working fine, then the problem may just lie elsewhere.  My firmware is 1.56 - it stopped working once for a few days and started working again without anything at my end being changed and has been fine ever since.  Really sorry I can't be of any help.

[BeijingBT]

This is not a problem that affects a relatively few, it is something that affects everyone who try to access a private tracker that does not approve of torrent clients which are old and outdated. It will affect EVERYONE that uses the same hardware / firmware as I am using. And based on the number of replies in this thread I'd say that its a wide-spread problem that should not be neglected of waiwed as "irrelevant background noise".

 

I read in a number of other threads that this problem had been resolved in other buffalo products (newer version of the torrent client installed)

This means not only that it is a confirmed problem but also that Buffalo has actively choose what user groups to ignore and which ones they continue to support.

 

UnProfessional organizations have a lifecycle plan which they follow. Unfortunately buffalo does not seem to be one of them even if they are dealing with senstive storage solutions..

[Guyver111]

@BeijingBT

Forget it, while the mods here seem to at least seem to care a little i think that Buffalo as a whole doesn't seem to care a bit.

I had this problem with both my Linkstation (about 4 years old) and my Terastation (have it for about 1 year) for a long time and no Firmware Update helped on any of them.

 

As far as i'm concerned Buffalo is on my "Buy Never Again From" list.

You pay much money and get lowest-end hardware.