The new released firmware Version 2.0 offers so much good features that finally lured me enough to go ahead and give it a try, which is where the hassle started.
Apple offers the new firmware 2.0 for free for all iPhone users but charges $9.99 for iPod Touch owners which pissed off most of the owners including myself. I didn't have the intention to do so to get my Touch upgraded so I followed iPod Touch 2.0 Upgrade Download Link and downloaded the restore pack. Once I have the file ready, I fired up iTune, connected my Touch, held down the Shift key and clicked the Update button. So far so good, I got the window pop up asking me where the update pack located. I selected the file and the upgrade progress started, but it failed in the end with the error code "1603". I then ran through a couple of cycles that restored the iPod to 1.1.4 and tried to upgrade again, and still without any luck. I thought maybe Apple did something in their end that eventually prevented owners from upgrading without paying them. So I decided not to waste any time and went and paid the $10 to Apple, wished I can have this installed. And not surprisingly, it still came no luck. I felt I was stupid and wasted my $10.
It turned out I was stupid. There are solutions to this error code, one suggesting recharging the device directly by the charger for 10+ hours, and other suggesting reinstall iTune. But I took the solution suggesting giving a try on another computer. So I tried on my another computer that never had iTune installed. And yes, everything runs perfectly. I finally got my iPod Touch up running in version 2.0.
I am still in the process of resnyc but so far so good. I guess I had to pay Apple something because simply I didn't pay for my Touch.
And for any iPod Touch owners who want to give a try on version 2.0, you can simply download the package either from the link above or better, here. You don't have to pay to get it.
I don't need to do this very often, only when I install a new IP-based device that has static IP address assigned by manufactory but lacks of documentation.
I recently purchased an APC Environment Management Unit due to the temperature issue I am having in our server room. The device looks awesome but I was having the problem finding its IP address. It was mentioned on the quick installation guide that it uses DHCP to get the IP address automatically if there is an available DHCP server on the network but I saw no records related to this new device on the DHCP server assigned addresses pool at all. I was stuck because I only know its MAC address and there is no way for me to find it out without a proper tool handy.
Then my assistant came over and mentioned a shareware tool called CC Get Mac Address which is designed to find MAC address and computer name from IP address. So I downloaded and installed on my Vista. And did a quick scan and magically found out the IP address associated with the MAC address that matches the APC unit. Hula...it turned out that the APC unit has its default IP address 192.168.0.100 assigned by manufactory. And this IP address falls into my DHCP IP address pool.
I believe there are probably a lot tools like this CC Get Mac Address out there on Internet and some of them even comes free. So it would be handy to at least know where to look when situation like this happens.