| reply to RUdude0884a
WAN IP Problems Upgraded my Linksys BEFSR41 v1 firmware from 1.45.7 to 1.45.11 yesterday and have also discovered that it won't renew a WAN IP automatically, have to do it manually every few hours too. No other problems to report so far. |
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| Yep, same thing with WAH DHCP realse - the router does not renew when the lease expires and drops WAN connection as a result. |
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This upgrade as well as the last two do not work with my 3com Office Connect switch. So I have been having to downgrade. Has anyone else had this problem with 3com switches as well? |
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Well on the advice of a friend I REINSTALLED the firmware (after also having issues with the DHCP lease time & disconnects). This fixed it - no more issues! |
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| said by HikkuP:
This fixed it - no more issues!
Can you elaborate:
Does the DHCP lease renew itself after using about 50% of the lease time?
If not, when it runs to 0:00 do you still keep the connection? How long has it been after the lease ran out?
What type of connection do you have to the ISP - direct DHCP or PPPoE?
I have reinstalled this firmware a few times now - and there's no change at all in the DHCP bug. That's been the experience of most people on this thread. |
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I also have had problems with non-renewal of DHCP Lease.
I'm on Shaw... and have a BEFSR41 rev 1 or 2... just updated to 1.45.11, with no resolution of the problem... |
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| Re: WAN IP Problems - linksys tech suggestion! I called support & talked to very nice person after a surprisingly short wait. After going thru the usual info regarding how I knew a 1 hour DHCP lease was wrong, she suggested something I thought was a waste of time, but it appears to have worked! She had me set the MTU under the Advanced tab to 576 and apply it. Immediately my lease went to 7 days without even a renew. I requested they put it down as a suggestion on the web site - hopefully it is a valid work around. |
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 jbobReach Out and Touch SomeonePremium
join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR
1 edit | Only problem with that MTU setting is that one is used for a dial up service. Using that low a setting will definately take some steam out of a broadband connection.
See the thread I started on DHCP lease time.
»DHCP Lease Time |
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| reply to anon cable user
If you check here »www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/280/
You'll see that 576 is indeed ment for dialup. So Linksys tech support might have been nice, but uninformed...
Another thing is, you'll now need to wait 7 days to see if the DHCP lease time expires or renews. Check it after 3.5 days, as the renewal is supposed to happen at the 50% mark.
We'll wait for your followup post.
I wonder if you change the MTU to 1492 - PPPoE Broadband Connections or 1500 - Ethernet, DSL and Cable Broadband Connections , will that also solve the DHCP lease time bug?
But just to remind you all that this thread has 2 viable workarounds for this problem. I'm using mavit's Perl script for over a week now - and everything is fine! |
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jbobReach Out and Touch SomeonePremium
join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR | I never changed my MTU from the default setting(on the router). I got a 4 day lease time and it ran for another 3 or 4 days after it hit 0:00:00 before finally losing connection. I'm on Comcast cable. |
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