Looking for Telecom TG585 v8 firmware

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Kiwikid2

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#304435 3-May-2023 16:11

Hi, I'm looking for the latest version of Telecom / Spark branded firmware for a TG585 v8 router, hoping someone might have a copy saved somewhere. I know its old and we have plans to get off this router but in the meantime, we had some connectivity issues and one of our (non-IT) staff acted on some erroneous advice to do a factory reset, so now I'm faced with trying to put things back the way they were.

Thanks in advance for any assistance here.

michaelmurfy

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#3070890 3-May-2023 16:16

The latest version of the firmware will be what you currently have installed - that router is an old piece of kit! If it was on a Spark connection it would have had its firmware kept up to date over the years by remote management on Sparks end.

I'd honestly recommend just replacing it especially if you've been having some issues as it is highly likely the router is just old and faulting after years and years of service. It is just an ADSL router too so the other question is there other service (VDSL, UFB) available at this address?

Spark also don't use a username / password for the PPPoA details that will be on it so it should just reconnect and after re-configuring the WiFi you should just be back in action. The advise to factory reset based on the router having issues was actually a sound one in this case.

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Kiwikid2

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#3070906 3-May-2023 16:43

Thanks Michael.

Yep, Fibre order is in train just waiting for it to be completed - this is only to restore service in the meantime. The router still works but the LAN it is sitting on is not 192.168.1.X, so I need to change the default IP of the router. Did this via a backup / restore and altered the config but it isn't taking like it used to - thought that might be firmware related.

In any case, will see what I can patch together until the fibre order is completed.

Cheers

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#3070946 3-May-2023 18:16

It’s been years since I’ve touched one of these routers but I’m pretty sure you can also telnet into it to change many things. They’ve actually got a rather complex CLI.

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#3070967 3-May-2023 18:45

michaelmurfy: It’s been years since I’ve touched one of these routers but I’m pretty sure you can also telnet into it to change many things. They’ve actually got a rather complex CLI.

you can: https://lehollandaisvolant.net/tout/_misc/telnet/

i just use to telnet into my one to get the VDSL info from it with xdsl info expand=enabled

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#3075894 13-May-2023 18:50

A reset would have been a bad idea. It resets the user.ini file to defaults, destroying any IP address changes that had been made. Your restore would have fixed that if the backup was up to date.

The easiest way to configure the IP addresses is from the http GUI interface. Can you access that?

If the default network it is now using is 192.168.1.0/24 then browse to 192.168.1.254 or 192.168.1.1. If 10.0.0.0/24 try 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.137 or 10.0.0.254

I think the default login after a reset is admin pw admin or admin pw <blank>

If you are familiar with ftp you can create a new user by using ftp to download the user.ini text file, then edit it to add to the [ mlpuser.ini ] section a new line "add "name="<your-username>" password="<your-password>" role="SuperUser"", then upload the new file back to the router. After a reboot the new user is created and the password encrypted.

Good luck!

Kiwikid2

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#3076905 16-May-2023 18:45

Thanks for that.

I did have a backup copy of the config which I was trying to restore but it wasn't taking properly. In the end, I got a spare ASUS router working so that old router is now well out of the picture.

Cheers