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Re: It's not the flash, it's the code in the firmware! what's a cold start i rebooted twice ie unplugged?must sit how long to qualify as a cold start |
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Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Router! hmmm correct me if i m wrong but it seems like v1 version of the routers that have been flashed to firmware version 1.45 are the ones with the problem??? |
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well this thread had caught my eye, I have reported the bug with our Engineers. I even have tired the 1.45 in my SR41. I did not come across any issues of killing my router and neither has our Engineers. Has anyone figured out a pattern yet? |
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| man the firmware is f***** up or so many different revisions of routers hard to pick up a pattern yet. in beta(1.45) should have shot drawn and quartered! linksys this a fiasco! |
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x062pea
join:2002-04-07
Huntingtown, MD | reply to Asterix
I seem to be the odd one out. I have a BEFSR41 V2 router. It said V2 underneath anyway. I followed the same procedures I always use. I download the firmware. I reset the BEFS41 by holding the reset button for 15 seconds. I get into Microsoft internet explorer to verify all defaults are set. I usually can tell because I immediately have to use the old default password of admin.
I unzipped the firmware into it own folder. I used the TFTP program in the zip file that comes with the firmware. I browse to the .bin file and enter admin for the password.
The status bar move across, the red light on the BEFSR41 lights up, and in my case that was it. The BEFSR41 no longer responded and I was hosed.
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 zoob_57
join:2002-08-21
Mcconnell, IL | reply to Asterix
Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Rou That's odd. I flashed my BEFSR11 to 1.45 from 1.442 and no problems here. Yet...
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Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Router! Maybe the techs can get a hold of the RMA'd routers being send back. According to UPS.com my router was recieved today @ Linksys. |
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 GorkOu812ic
join:2001-10-06
Bountiful, UT | reply to gerald410
Re: It's not the flash, it's the code in the firmware! said by gerald410:
what's a cold start
Removing power for a number of seconds and reapplying it should do the trick. |
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Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Router! okay,
The firmware has been pulled from our web site. We are still looking into this issue. For those of you that have 1.45 saved, please do not release the firmware any more.
Thank you, |
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i dont know if its just me but i havent seen any complants of anyone with a version 2 who used the web update instead of the TFTP and not resetting the defaults. |
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said by Linksys Tech5:
okay,
The firmware has been pulled from our web site. We are still looking into this issue. For those of you that have 1.45 saved, please do not release the firmware any more.
Thank you,
Thank you? nah your alright you stuffed my BEFSR41 and I cannot get UK tech support to answer any email OR phone calls.
your RMA site say you go to go via your countries tech support how can I do that for god sake!
so no way of RMAing a UK router.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-07 16:32:13] |
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baroque
join:2003-04-30
Providence, RI | reply to Asterix
Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Rou Same here. I was a perfectly happy Linksys user up
until yesterday. Due to some glitches on the UPnP
configuration page, I decided to give the new f/w
a try without consulting this thread. Bad, bad idea.
Although the upgrade went fine, after the first
cold start, the router is dead. LAN side seemed OK,
but the WAN side was completely kaputt. Needless
to say, the downtime was horrendous. It is not
the first time Linksys put out buggy f/w, but
c'mon, this one is unacceptable. Along with my
router, I ditched the brand altogether, I went
out, got a Netgear (on sale in Staples for $39 after
$20 rebate). The folks at Linksys have no clue
whatsoever about the software quality assurance, it
seems, and I think they should just replace all the
units affected with this fiasco free of charge.
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| seems to me no rhyme or reason im one of the lucky ones running 1.45. Linksys make it right!(including massive rmaing if need be)cause you know were telling everything to everyone! |
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zoob_57
join:2002-08-21
Mcconnell, IL | said by gerald410:
seems to me no rhyme or reason im one of the lucky ones running 1.45. Linksys make it right!(including massive rmaing if need be)cause you know were telling everything to everyone!
Well here is how I did mine. I did not do reset before or after the flash on my BEFSR11. To tell you the truth, I even forgot to turn off ZAP. And I flashed it from the system that has the Mediacom configurator running. If anyone one should have gotten bit, it should have been me! After seeing these posts I unplugged it for 15 seconds and reenergized it and so far so good. My BEFSR11 feeds a Linksys EZ88X 8 port switch and even a WAP11 V2.2.
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It seems to only affect V1 of the router.... I flashed both routers I have, a V1 and a V2. The V2 took it fine (though I've since gone back to 1.44.2, why tempt fate?). The V1 is the one that got hosed...and that's what the common thread is. It only seems to affect (or should I say mostly seems to affect) V1 of the router.
I will IM you the RMA number of my unit which should already be in Irvine. You can check it out if you like. |
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jphaus
join:2001-11-10
Saint Louis, MO | reply to Asterix
Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Router! I flashed my 1.42.7 firmware yesterday (before reading this thread) to 1.45 and I experienced a problem I didn't see mentioned in this thread:
I have UPnP forwarding set up to forward port 80 to my web server. Before the upgrade, everything was working fine for over a year. I have v2 of the router. After the upgrade, entering my web server address (using any method...the DNS name, IP address, network computer name, etc.), the router forwarded me to the router setup page instead! (192.168.1.1). I tried messing with the forwarding options but nothing made it work like it is supposed to or like it always used to. Luckily, I had the old version and was able to go back with no problems and forwarding is back to working as usual. Something is definitely wrong with 1.45! |
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fourtfy
join:2002-07-02
San Diego, CA | reply to Asterix
EXACT ACTION which killed my (ver. 1) router I'm noticing there's no consensus about what preexisting conditions need to be in place such that one ends up with a hosed router (not that anyone should actively pursue this end, except the Linksys folks trying to get to the bottom of this fiasco...)
My scenario:
BEFSR41
Version: 1
Firmware version (prior to flashing w/1.45): 1.44.2
Date purchased: 04/28/2000
(Why list "Date purchased"? Maybe there are variations within each production version of the router, thus explaining why some 'Version 1' owners end up hosed, while others don't. Purely speculative on my part, though...)
Exact action causing *my* router death:
Clicking on "Apply" after changing a port filter setting on the filter configuration page.
(The red light came on, and stayed on. And the configuration page hung at "You will be returned to the configuration page within 5 seconds" (I don't remember the exact wording -- but y'all know which page I mean.))
Thus, as I've seen mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the flashing of the firmware is NOT the kiss of death (in my case). Rather, the subsequent application of the configuration change did the router in.
Life goes ... on. |
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(The red light came on, and stayed on. And the configuration page hung at "You will be returned to the configuration page within 5 seconds" (I don't remember the exact wording -- but y'all know which page I mean.))
Thus, as I've seen mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the flashing of the firmware is NOT the kiss of death (in my case). Rather, the subsequent application of the configuration change did the router in.
Life goes ... on.
For a consensus EVERYONE would have to be having the same problem with 1.45 meaning there was only one bug. For most the bug experience has been: load 1.45, the router works fine until you cycle power, then router appears to act normally (visually that is, the diag LED behaves normally as a normal power up) but the router does not respond to anything.
There are a few like yourself that have had different problems with 1.45. Your diag light staying on is a different symptom. I believe it means the router can't finish booting.
Consensus? You expect 1.45 has only ONE bug? 
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fourtfy
join:2002-07-02
San Diego, CA | said by JBrossard:
Consensus? You expect 1.45 has only ONE bug?
J
Point well taken ... 
And, after having digested your statements, I'm tempted to want to restate what I *think* caused my router to die.
It may not be the application of a configuration change, but the subsequent (automated) "reboot" of the router which is the culprit.
In a sense, it is somewhat moot, I realize, to pull out the fine tooth comb and make such a distinction ... but maybe a Linksys technician, who is perusing these discussions, will benefit from it somehow.
thanks JB. |
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