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Re: [wired] BEFSR41 - Firmware 1.45 Kills the Router! I had the same thing happen to my V1 Router.
Replaced 1.44.2 with 1.45, hoping that UPnP might start working. Upgrade went fine. Version 1.45 was displayed in the Configuration Menu. I put in my ISP information (I had reset everything to factory defaults before the Firmware upgrade). It took it fine. Then I closed the Config. menu, reopened it to make sure everything had taken (it had), closed it again and then unplugged the unit to move it in the other room where the DSL modem is. When I got there, it wouldn't connect. I tried EVERYTHING, setting static IPs on my computer, cold resets, long resets, holding the reset button in while powering up the unit, etc. Nothing worked. When I power it up, it acts like a normal router starting up (diag. light does not stay on or flash like with corrupted firmware). I believed that I now owned a purple and gray plastic doorstop until I read here yesterday that someone else got Linksys to RMA them for their two + year old router. I called Linksys myself and was told to get an RMA from their web page, which I did. I sent the router off late Friday afternoon via UPS ground. It should arrive in Irvine Monday or Tuesday, depending on when the UPS truck gets to the UPS store. I guess we'll know soon if they actually send me another unit, won't we?
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