unzip??

[andy66]

i know this will sound daft to most of you but im learning so pls be patient....i was looking into how to flash the dg834gt and the first part says to download files then UNZIP them and put them in another file...????can someone pls explain how do i unzip a file and make another....???
also ive got the netgear coming and i need to know if its best to go to the netgear site to dl the latest firmware or is the DG team one better??or is it better to go to skyuser or here and follow the links to flash it???
lots of q's but im learning so all help is appreciated......

[skmo]

If you download the dg teams file its an .IMG file no need to unzip, just d/l file and goto update bit in router and tell it where file is, it will do the rest,
as for zipped files this is just a way off compacting files to make them smaller, zipped to pack unzip to unpack basically, you can get lots of programes to do this most popular are Winzip, Winrar, 7-zip they are free to try, but kinda have unlimited use 7zip is free, google and u will receive

[Tony1044]

Not forgetting of course, that if you have Windows XP or above it has a built in zipper/unzipper (granted it can fall over with some file types, but it does generally work ok for simple .zip archives).

By the way, you'll find this one of the nicest forums on the web...I've yet to see anyone flamed for asking what they considered to be a "noob" question.

Welcome to the forum and we'll all do our best to assist.

[Saturday]

Originally Posted by andy66

or is it better to go to skyuser or here and follow the links to flash it???

You'll find instructions on how to flash the router on Skyuser but not the O2 settings.

Try these links:

JJClements.co.uk Sky Router DG834GT Unlock

and then here:

How to use your own router with O2 Broadband

As Tony has said, you should find no trouble unzipping files if you have XP or above as support is built in. If you want to read about zip files then try here:

ZIP (file format) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia