D-link DSL2542B equips with Broadcom 96338 chipset which is quite powerful and stable working at a fluctuating environment.However,it can be perfect without a nice firmware which instructs the rules properly.Flash a new firmware will never be a tough job.
Before we visit the modem,we have to download the latest firmware first.The firmware provided here is released on December 2008 and only for D-link DSL 2542B.You can download it here and unzip it later.Now I’m going to teach you how to complete it quickly and correctly.
(1) Type 192.168.1.1 into Internet Explorer to login into the modem control panel(default login ID and password is ‘admin‘).Please be noted to use IE here as I found Firefox and Opera will lead to some unknown issue during the upgrade.By the way,if you changed modem IP/login ID/password before,please type in the right one to get access to the modem.
(2) Go to the following directory into the left sidebar:Management ->Update Software.
Please Press ‘Browse…’ under Tools–Update Software-Step 3(which is in Chinese in the above picture) and choose the file named ‘DSL-2542B-SE_1.10_12162008_cfe_fs_kernel’ in ‘Image’ folder which is in your unzipped file,then press ‘Update Software’ button.
Since now you should wait for around 1-2 mins to let the modem complete the rest procedures.After an automatic reboot,your modem will be ready to use.
That is the whole thing for flashing firmware in D-link DSL2542B.The only thing you should remember is to follow the steps carefully.All right,you could try it yourself now.