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4 Step by Step Upgrade Instructions
Direct Links to 5660 Firmware can be found here: »Efficient Networks Forum FAQ »Is there a list of available 5660 Firmwares? 2. Set up an FTP server on your computer. SpeedStream is going to try to FTP into an FTP server to download the firmware file. I recommend Serv-U, it's easy. Search »www.download.com for Serv-U FTP. You need to configure your FTP server software to point to the directory where you saved your firmware file(s), and create a user name and password, which you will then enter into the modem's command prompt. For simplicity sake, just make the FTP server give your firmware directory as the home directory for the user you create. 3. Telnet into your modem. For detailed instructions, see the FAQ entry on telnet. For the executive summary, go to Start menu, choose Run... option, type in "telnet 10.0.0.1" and that will open up the Windows Telent utility and attempt to connect with 10.0.0.1 (which is EFficient's default IP for the modem). If you time out here, you must go to your Network control panel in Windows and set your NIC's IP to 10.0.0.x (x=any number between 2 and 255 but not 192) and your subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. DO NOT USE 10.0.0.1 as your NIC's IP! Then try again. 4. If you have more than one firmware file, decide which firmware you want to flash. (If you only have the official Efficient firmware, you're out of luck here.) In the interests of safety, I recommend you flash version 2.1.0 first. It is an older version, but some 5260 modems unfortunately are provided with a smaller memory size compared to "real" 5660's and as such they can only be upgraded once to a newer version before running out of memory. Once you have successfully flashed 2.1.0 you can decide whether to upgrade to 2.3.0(6) or just stick with 2.1.0, which you can do if you only need PPPoA or DHCP support. If you only have a 2.3.0 revision, there is no need to worry, as one 2.3.0 can be upgraded to the next. But avoid an obsolete 2.2.x version at all costs! 5. Now you need to flash the firmware. Type "firmware" into the speedstream command line. It asks you for the IP address of the FTP server, login, password, and path (location). Enter the username, password, filename. Just use the name of the image file if you specified the proper directory in your FTP server program. The simplest thing to do is set the speedstream user's home directory to your firmware's directory on your hard drive, and then tell it the location is just the firmware's filename. If you have a problem where the FTP transfer to the speedstream cuts off after a short time or times out immediately, try setting the modem and/or your NIC to half-duplex mode first. 6. Your modem will now reboot. When it comes back up, use your web browser to visit 10.0.0.1 and try to keep your jaw from falling onto the floor in disbelief. YOU HAVE TURNED YOUR 5260 INTO A 5660. "That's not a moon. It's a space station!" - Star Wars 7. If you want the nifty new features that router mode can bring you, you must switch your modem into "router mode". First, you will want to go to your Network control panel and change your NIC's TCP/IP setting to "obtain IP address automatically" then set the default Gateway to 10.0.0.1 and enable DNS and set your DNS server to 10.0.0.1. Please note that the 5660's DNS server is rather unreliable, and you may get improved results by simply adding your ISP's DNS servers to the DNS server list in your Network control panel. 8. To quickly set the router up to be your PPPoE client device (meaning no more Enternet, WinPOET, or RasPPPoE!!) and router, at the web configuration interface do "simple setup", use the default values for VPI/VCI (which should work fine), enter your username and password for your internet access account. Then reboot the router. Then reboot your computer. Your computer will now use your router as a DHCP server to get an IP, which defaults to 10.0.0.2. All done! No more stupid PPPoE software clients. No more personal firewall software, unless they amuse you. Yay!
 got feedback?by MrCornell 1. Telnet into 5260/5660. 2. Enter command "set priv", use password "enisecret" 3. Enter command "shell" 4. Enter command "memShow" 5. If your modem says you have a memory of 12531680 bytes or 9470496 bytes or something similar, you're in luck. You have a "big memory" 5260. 6. If your modem says you have a memory of 1059344 bytes or 4826576 bytes you have a "small memory" 5260, so use caution. 7. Enter command "logout" to leave the shell and return to the regular command line. Keep in mind that all 2.3.0 firmwares tend to fit nicely into a "small memory" 5260's memory, as long as you have never installed the now obsolete 2.2.x firmwares.
got feedback?by MrCornell This post is reproduced, courtesy of jman642. He wrote all this, I didn't. If you want to post about your telnet experiences or questions, I recommend: »Directions on Telneting to your SpeedStream 5260 -------------------- To get at your Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5260: 1st) Verify that the TCP/IP protocol is installed and your IP is set to 10.0.0.x and subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0 or 255.0.0.0 (both work) Q: How do I Verify my TCP/IP Settings? A: Right click on Network Neighborhood (assuming your using Windows 98), then properties. The Network window opens. Scroll down to find TCP/IP - 'your network card' (be aware there may be more that one if you have a dial-up connection. that would look like TCP/IP - Dial-Up Adapter). Click on that listing. click on Properties. The TCP/IP Properties window opens. Select the IP Address tab. Here you can see your IP Address & Subnet Mask. Q: How do I install TCP/IP, because its not listed for my network card (NIC)? A: In the Network window that you have open, select the Add... button, select Protocol, then Add... Now, in this exact sequence, select Microsoft from the right side and TCP/IP from the left (you may need to scroll down). Now click on OK. At this point it will ask you for the Windows 98 CD and eventually want to restart you computer. Q: OK, TCP/IP is installed, how do I put in the right settings? A: Refer to 'Q: How do I Verify my TCP/IP Settings?' to get to the right place. Once you click on the IP Address tab, select Specify an IP address:, then in IP Address: type 10.0.0.2 and in Subnet Mask: type 255.0.0.0 (note: a couple of different settings work here, as I mentioned above) 2nd) Telnet to your SpeedStream 5260 on 10.0.0.1. Q: How do I Telnet? [Moment of truth!] A: (again in Windows 98) click on Start, then Run... Type 'Telnet 10.0.0.1' without the quotes. A Telnet window will open. It also may try to connect to your ISP (I'm using RASPPPoE and the Dialup Connection widow opens... Just hit the Cancel button). You should see 'Command-)' in the Telnet window. FYI, the connect process only should take a couple of seconds. If it takes longer, it probably won't connect. If that is the case, verify that you don't have any other devices on your network using 10.0.0.1 as the IP address. Also, verify you TCP/IP setup is correct. I have seen mention that the install tech's may disable a telnet session in. I don't ~believe~ that is possible, but I do know that the IP address or subnet mask can be changed. If that is the case, good luck, because I have no answer to that. 3rd) Run commands in the telnet session. Q: How? A: It's pretty basic. Use the '?' to get help, either general or specific. For instance, at the 'Command-)' prompt, type '?' (with out the quotes, of course) and hit Enter. you should see: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Command Description ---------------------------------------------------------------- show Shows system information, status, IP configuration set Sets configuration parameters delete Deletes NAPT server entries, routes, or PVCs default Sets various parameters to factory defaults clear Clears statistics reboot Reboots the router firmware Downloads new firmware to the router getconfig Set router configuration from a file putconfig Save router configuration to a file quit (exit, logout, logoff) exits command session logout (exit, logout, logoff) exits command session logoff (exit, logout, logoff) exits command session exit (exit, logout, logoff) exits command session atmping Tests the ATM link by transmitting an OAM loopback cell ping Sends datagram round-trip to specified IP host traceroute Traces the route (hops) from the router to an IP address This is a list of all the top level commands. You are able to type some of the commands without any options. For instance, type 'show' to see the General Bridge Information. Or type 'show ?' to see its options Some commands do need the options, though. Now type 'set ?' and you'll see: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Command Description ---------------------------------------------------------------- bridge Enables or disables the bridge function bridgefilter Enables or disables bridge filtering bridgemac Enters MAC address into the bridge filter table dsl Sets DSL interface state to reset, connected, or disconnect ethcfg Sets the Ethernet communication mode ethip Sets Ethernet IP address, and network mask hostname Sets the system hostname ipgateway Sets the IP gateway (default route) password Sets a new password for the router spantree Enables or disables spanning tree vc Configures virtual circuits This is a list of all the second level options. To see what a specific command does type 'set ethip ?' and you'll see: --------------------------------------------------------------- usage: set ethcfg (full | half) --------------------------------------------------------------- Allows configuration of the data transmission direction of the Ethernet interface. The interface can be set to 'half' (one-way transmission at a time) or 'full' duplex (transmission in both directions at once). The default setting is 'half'. I believe you can use this notation to get help on every command available in the router, although I haven't tested every command... --------------------------------------------------------------- You will want to save a copy of this page below to your PC for future use. 5660 Command Reference Guide HTML page.
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