Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? in Other Manufacturers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r8808214 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:25:16 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:25:16 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11263974 toowired8 : I have to fire this discussion up again...the 1504 firmware has been stale for a while now. Anyone successful getting the RP614 v2 working on this? Or tried any other DR-E604 flavor? How about Nucleus RTOS revamp?

Just curious...I have the latest 2k3 version from uniden, and am thinking of trashing it from lack of features. Unless someone dinked around with it enough to run something cool.

I've tried...gave up. Even someone with leads on an embedded linux...

TIA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11263974 Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:52:12 EDT Forward an Ext. Port to a Different Int. Port http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10638440 thosek : Hello,

I need to forward an External Port to a Different Internal
Port.

Example: 25.185.50.55:9000 to 192.168.1.200:80

I own a Uniden ENR1504 router, I tried accomplishing this
by using Packet Filtering without any success.

The reason I need to do this is because my ISP blocks port
80 & I have a PowerEdge 1600SC with a DRAC III/XT card
that is hard coded to port 80.

Has anybody accomplished this on this router?

Any Help or Information would be Greatly Appreciated!

Thanks,
RR]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10638440 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:08:09 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10036350 jeje :
said by animecabbit See Profile:
Have you tried dropping to command line and using switches to force the firmware to write without confirm/complain? You can do a "/?" to see what switches it accepts.


How do you drop to command line? Are you able to get a shell through telnet? Or, did you connect a serial terminal to the internal UART connector (with a level shifter?)?

Please, clarify.

Thanks,

Jerome]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10036350 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:57:17 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10014673 jeje :
said by daifanshi See Profile:

One neat thing is that the router is likely running embedded Linux since the development tools for the KS8695 include a Linux kernel.


The ENR-1504 router is NOT running a Linux based firmware. As far as I can tell, it is using Nucleus RTOS from Accelerated Technology Inc.

Here is the copyright string and version found in the WNR2004_1.08.bin firmware:
1993-2001 ATI - Nucleus PLUS
ARM 6/7/9 1.13.20

But, yes, Linux should run fine on this piece of hardware...

Jerome]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10014673 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:55:05 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9605032 animecabbit : OK, I tried to load the RP614v2 firmware and, of course, it did not work (complained about wrong firmware.) I don't have time to play with it now but will do it next week---does anyone know how they register firmware to a specific manufacturer (some kind of ID string in the firmware file?)

Have you tried dropping to command line and using switches to force the firmware to write without confirm/complain? You can do a "/?" to see what switches it accepts.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9605032 Sun, 07 Mar 2004 03:32:47 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? Comments... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9587908 anon : If you had resolve this, i'm interested
tks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9587908 Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:16:57 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9475261 Bobb : No problem with BBR port scan anymore, passed!
GRC pass to except ping reply, shows all stealth though!

GRC Shields up:
Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED
Unsolicited Packets: PASSED
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED)
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Vote out the embarrassment! - Kerry 2004 »www.johnkerry.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9475181 Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:28:30 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9475075 Baloo1 : My router's held my settings since they were put in. I just ran shieldsup again to make sure before posting and all is stealth.

I did a lot of searching to learn about routers since getting this and I found a couple of sites with info about setting up the DMZ to get stealth. Both were about Linksys routers not stealthing out of the box. (This could be different now, I don't know how old these write-ups are, but they helped me set this one up.)

»www.2kevin.net/router.html#SETUP
»www.practicallynetworked.com/sup···#stealth

This has been a really good router for me since I got things all set up. I didn't really expect it for the price.

I'm running the 1.02 firmware that shipped.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9475075 Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:17:51 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9466629 Bobb :
said by Baloo1 See Profile:
Thanks for the response. I understand what you're saying. I'm going to leave it in the stealth config. Everything is working fine. This has been a good piece of equipment for me so far.
When you tried the DMZ trick, did that hold?
One post was saying after 8 hours it changed.
I emailed Uniden, complained that my prior routers have been secure out of the box and this is awkward to setup, etc. I got a automated response with a Question Reference # & Status: Unresolved. So far no more E-mails. Hopefully they will fix this, new firmware, whatever!
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Vote out the embarrassment! - Kerry 2004 »www.johnkerry.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9466629 Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:13:30 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9466089 Baloo1 : Thanks for the response. I understand what you're saying. I'm going to leave it in the stealth config. Everything is working fine. This has been a good piece of equipment for me so far.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9466089 Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:51:22 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9461104 Ryan_C : Stealth is the way to go. Sending a Closed response tells the other comp that its scanner has stumbled upon a valid IP address with a working comp. Not good.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9461104 Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:44:17 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9437743 Baloo1 : Bobb, try it this way to get stealth...

Advanced Configuration> DMZ
Enable DMZ
Enter an IP that is not in your lan. Mine already had 198.162.1.254 entered.
Apply and reboot

This stealthed everything for me. All unsolicited packets are routed to the non-existant IP and dropped. I am new to routers so I don't know if this is the best thing to do. Nothing incoming is logged using this method.

Could someone tell me if I should use this DMZ method and get stealth or leave the config the way it came out of the box showing ports closed (and have logs). Either way nothing got through to my software firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9437743 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:03:37 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9436668 Bobb :
said by anony2004:
darn. It lost the assigned IP address after 8 hours of use. Into storage it goes...
I tried what you did, and it worked! To bad to hear it stops working. I can't get this thing to stealth the ports! 3 ports show up stealth, all others closed.
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The first page of this thread shows how to disable ping.

What I came across is that if you enable the DMZ and point it to a non assigned ip address on your network, then all ports show up as stealthed.

Put that together with the disabled ping, and you get a perfect rating at shieldsup.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9423159 Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:53:15 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? Comments... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9317441 nonayourbizn : You seem to be very familiar with this router. I recently purchased it to replace a Linksys BEFSR41 because I needed the Port Redirection feature offered on the Uniden, but I'm having problems with the Uniden router. Below is a description of what I've experienced. Any insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

With the Linksys router, both WAN and LAN communications were working properly. Most importantly, I was able to run a web based application (uses Apache & Tomcat) on my server both within the LAN and over the WAN (through Internet Explorer). Access to this application is gained through a URL in Internet Explorer. The URL is the same wether you are access it from the LAN or the WAN.

Since replacing the Linksys router with the Uniden router, I have been unable to run this web application from inside my LAN. I can successfully run the application over the WAN (using the same URL as before), but receive a “page cannot be displayed” error when I attempt to access it over the LAN.

Basic configuration overview:
ISP Service – Optimum Online
DNS Service – TZO.com
Uniden Router has 3 computers and a Belkin wireless router connected to it.
Computers Connected to Router:
Port 1 – Connected computer is acting as a web server, but is not hosting a web site. Instead it is the host for the application we are running over the web. This computer has a static IP address of 192.168.1.11

Port 2 – Connected computer is being used as a PC Anywhere host. This computer has a static IP address of 192.168.1.12

Port 3 – Belkin wireless router (configured to act as a dumb hub) is connected in this port. One computer accesses the network through this wireless router with a dynamic IP address.

Port 4 – Connected computer is the “kids machine” and has a dynamic IP address

I believe the router is configured correctly because all computers on the LAN have access to the outside (i.e. all have internet access). In addition, I can successfully ping every computer on the LAN from any computer on the LAN.

I believe the Dynamic DNS is configured properly because we are able to access the LAN (through PC Anywhere, VNC, and Internet Explorer) from outside the network.

Based on the troubleshooting I have run, I have been unable to determine why the URL to access the web application is not working over the LAN. Below is information about this web application:

Uses Apache 1.3.23 (listening to port 6800)
Uses Tomcat 3.3.1 (listening to port 6700)

The Ports listed below have been mapped to the web server (192.168.1.11)
80
8080
6700 (Tomcat is configured to listen to this port)
6800 (Apache is configured to listen to this port)
5900 (VNC uses this port)

The Ports listed below have been mapped to the PC Anywhere host (192.168.1.12)
5631 through 5632

HELP!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9317441 Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:10:26 EDT ENR1504 WAN Dyn IP (DHCP) renewal http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9154259 nekote : To amplify previous post as to where "Renew" button is:
Basic configuration
WAN (Dynamic IP (DHCP)) {Internet / cable modem side}
Status
Renew

PS: vip007 - contact me so we can talk widget internals

FWIW: email log sample (not terribly informative):
076 22:50:08 Wednesday 2004 Jan. 21 Access From:LAN IP=192.168.1.11 Protocol=UDP
077 22:50:18 Wednesday 2004 Jan. 21 Access From:WAN, IP=65.194.40.208 Protocol=TCP
078 22:50:18 Wednesday 2004 Jan. 21 Access From:WAN, IP=24.64.3.13 Protocol=ICMP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9154259 Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:29:56 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115663 MPSAN : OK...I powered down everything including the cable modem. I then waited 20 minutes (went out to do something else). Came back and plugged in the modem, and then, after it stopped flashing, the router...that I set to dhcp before the power down. Then the computer. When I hit refresh on systeminfo screen it came up!

But wait there's more! :-)

I was glad my dhcp worked like everyone elses. I unplugged the power to run the small cord in back of the desk, and it would not come up again. I did this again. Only this time I reset everything and had breakfast. I came in after breakfast and it all was up again.

I wonder if the "bug" is that the dhcp discover takes a longer time that usual?

Seems to be working now. Will leave everything alone and see if it works when I power down just the computer.

My SMC was always ready before I ever tried to access the web.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115663 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:10:41 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114878 MPSAN : OK, I will try the renew. I had thought that if you reset modem, reset router and reboot system it woulf force anything required. I see all 0.0.0.0 and I think the router screen does have a renew function...maybe on WAN screen. I will look and try again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114878 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:43:44 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114655 nekote : Inside the WAN menu area, tried the "Renew" button?

When everything came up as 0.0.0.0 , "Renew" fixed it all.

Seemed it needed a "kick", so to speak.
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all other forms of government. - Winston Churchill]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114655 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:14:15 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9110673 MPSAN : Yes, I know about the ip, but that is on the LAN. I did change it to 192.168.123.254 as on the SMC and had it assign LAN's from 1 to 20.

As I said, all works as long as I force the WAN side to use static. Comcast uses DHCP, but I do know the gateway, dns and my IP. It works, but why can't I use DHCP on the WAN side as I can on my SMC?

One thing I do notice is that on my SMC I added the Computer name comcast gave me. UNIDEN will not let me add this as the screen for WAN will not accept the name if autodns is configured. The manual says otherwise. Also, I am using 1.08 of the firmware. I updated that before I did anything. :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9110673 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:01:23 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9110111 nekote : Maybe different IP subnet manually configured?

SMC7004BR's default is 192.168.123.254 (subnet 192.168.123.nnn)

Uniden ENR1504's is 192.168.1.1 (subnet 192.168.1.nnn)
Default initial DHCP IPs handed out start at 192.168.1.11

Switched one client from manual 192.168.0.nnn to automatic DHCP, for example.

If you've already got Internet access, remember to download the 1.08 firmware *first*, before working the Uniden.

Worked on AOL Plus (DSL) too - don't have to use that dumb AOL software - can just use Netscape or MS IE or whatever browser, without having to crank up AOL and sign in! Gotta' select PPPoE and set MTU to 1400 and provide user acct. name (screenname@aol.com) so *router* can do the login!
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all other forms of government. - Winston Churchill]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9110111 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:49:11 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9109049 MPSAN : I just got this working. DHCP on the WAN side will not work. I have it all working by puting in the IP, DNS, Gateway ip's. What don't I have configured? Any ideas?

TIA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9109049 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:32:19 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9104384 MPSAN : Well, I bought this as a spare. All was working with my SMC 7004BR but this Uniden will not connect to Comcast. LAN is OK but status shows 0's for dns and gateway. DHCP for WAN is not working. Also, if I set it to automatic, I can not give the HostName comcast gave me. Not sure why it will not connect!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9104384 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:07:28 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9050667 nekote : Odd thing about AT-AR220E is the external power brick connection is listed as 12VDC @ 1.2A in the documentation.

The Uniden and its brick that I have in hand are both labeled as 7.5VDC @ 1A.

AND, the front LED displays are decidedly different.
Uniden - single row of LEDs: power, test, WAN, 4, 3, 2, 1
AT - single power and test, triple LEDs 1, 2, 3, 4, single link, active WAN LEDs.

Uniden LEDs are multi-color.
(Lovely blue for power).
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all other forms of government. - Winston Churchill]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9050667 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 21:33:29 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9048211 anon : Port forwarding works fine for me (and it even worked with the old firmware). Did you remember to enable port forwarding after you added all the ports you want forwarded?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9048211 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:02:05 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9047062 chevron7 : I got this Uniden router before Christmas ... I have not tested other fancy features such as MAC spoofing but there is one major problem for me with this router - the port mapmping (i.e. port forwardin) does not work !!!

I have a Linux server and I cannot telnet or ftp it from outside. the new 1.08 firmware does not help.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9047062 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:43:17 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9046615 chevron7 : I have this Uniden router before Christmas ... I have not tested other fancy features such as MAC spoofing but there is one major problem for me with this router -- the port mapping (i.e. port forwarding) does not work !!!

I have a Linux server and I cannot telnet or ftp it from outside. the new 1.08 firmware does not help.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9046615 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:54:37 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9038310 MPSAN : Great, I may as well order it! They now want $7.21 shipping...geeze!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9038310 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:10:59 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9038113 anon : I had a problem with MAC spoofing with the old firmware (and I'm on Comcast. I had the same problem when the router was in my LAN).

Just tested MAC spoofing with the new firmware and it works! (At least it does so on my LAN so I assume it works when connected to Comcast cable modem as well.)

So, it looks like they fixed the spoofing/cloning problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9038113 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:47:39 EDT Re: This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9037327 MPSAN : This looks good but I do use Comcast. Some have MAC Spoofing issues and others say it works fine. Anyone know if this is an OK router for Comcast?

TIA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9037327 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:21:02 EDT This router looks interesting... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9034632 qworster : I bought one from Outpost today. Also bought the Uniden 10/100 dongleless PCMCIA card.

Total came out to $40 bucks including taxes and shipping. With 30 bucks coming back from rebates, I'm not complaining.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9034632 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 05:39:32 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9034434 daifanshi : The UNIDEN router pcboard has DR-E604W silkscreened on it.

The router is based on a Kendin KS8695 and requires an offchip flash for storing the firmware. When I opened the router I was hoping the eeprom was socketed so I could program it directly with the RP614 firmware. But the flash is very much soldered down. I didn't look to see if there was some sort of header for programming.

One neat thing is that the router is likely running embedded Linux since the development tools for the KS8695 include a Linux kernel. Getting a hold of the development tools for the KS8695 may be another way of getting the RP615 firmware into the unit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9034434 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:11:26 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9033347 anon : After poking through the ENR firmware file I found these model numbers listed in it: AT-AR220E, DR-E604W, LD-BBR4, and WSR-500.

Turns out AT-AR220E is an Allied Telesyn router, »www.alliedtelesyn.com/allied/pro···&lang=en, and, judging from its manual, it has a very similar web interface and basic setting options as ENR1504 (although it has fewer options, it seems.) LD-BBR4 is its sibling, seems like a Japanese version of the router. Could not find out anything about WSR-500.

The ENR and RP firmwares look somewhat similar (RP's is longer), at least in the beginning and at the end.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9033347 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:49:29 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9032983 anon : OK, so now that we have both the ENR1504 and a RP614v2 firmware files available we can attempt to figure out how to upload the RP614 one into ENR1504. My guess is we only need to modify the RP614 file (change some manufacturer ID string) to fool ENR1504 into loading it... (And then probably change some checksum.)

Any hints how to do this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9032983 Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:59:49 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9023539 nekote : Just received mine. Upgraded to 1.08 .
MAC spoofing worked, when I specified the address manually.
Factory reset kept 1.08 upgrade.
Internal (natural) MAC address automatically (surprised me!) worked with Comcast.

Tested with Steve Gibson's »www.grc.com "Shield's Up" test service (All Service Ports).
Uniden ENR1504: 0 Ports Open, 1050 Ports Closed, 6 Ports Stealth
Stealth ports: 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 445
SMC7004BR: 0 Ports Open, 1 Ports Closed, 1055 Ports Stealth
Closed ports: 113

NO unsolicited packets were received, in either case.
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all other forms of government. - Winston Churchill]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9023539 Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:27:22 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9022273 anon : I guess I was wrong about firmware updates :)

Anyhow, I just upgraded and have not noticed any changes. The version (1.08) date is Sept. 29, 2003. I have not tried to verify if this fixes the MAC cloning problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9022273 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:57:50 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9019208 daifanshi : For what it's worth, Uniden just released the v1.08 firmware for the ENR-1504 on their website. Not sure what it does since there's no change log.

»www.uniden.com/productsupport_do···=ENR1504

Hopefully it'll fix more problems than it creates.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9019208 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:05:39 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9015124 anon : I don't think it's worth it.

I've just spent the last hour trying to set up this router (again, after a month since I removed it due to problems mentioned in my posts above) and I had to reset it to factory defaults, reboot it several times, etc (which is not the case when I set up my old SMC router.)

More than anything, I don't believe Uniden will provide good tech support. Their tech support is not knowledgable and responds slowly. They refused to answer the last question I sent them by email, arguing that I sent it from a different email address (this was a follow-up to a case) and said I would first have to call in and change my email address on their records. How pittyful! Finally, I doubt they'll be posting updates to router firmware any time soon (despite known problems, such as MAC cloning.)

Go with an established network equipment manufacturer (Netgear, Linksys, Dlink, SMC,...). You can almost always find a ~$15 deal on their routers (after coupons/MIR). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9015124 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 11:01:19 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9013580 Hel : I need an inexpensive router that will allow me to share a dsl connection between two computers, nothing fancy. I've got no problems setting up a firewall on each computer. Is this worth the $9 (after $20 rebate)+$3.95 S&H? I haven't been able to find another router for less then $15 including S&H, but I'm wary of buying this and then having it turn out to have been a waste of $. I can't seem to find much of any reviews of this router online, even amazon only has one, so it's proving very difficult to create an informed opinion. I have a Uniden phone, and it works well, but, a phone working well does not mean a router will.
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"Sugar and Spice and all things nice, to me are quite a mystery, cos women who are well behaved, don't go down in history." Hel ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9013580 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:38:22 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? Comments... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8945509 lowmazda : You can set the router to block ICMP. You need to enable the packet filtering section. I have uploaded a screenshot of what I have done to enable packet filtering.

Also, MAC spoofing works fine. Have you tried rebooting your modem after you have set the spoofed MAC? If you look in the 'System Information' section, it shows the Default MAC and the Spoofed MAC.

Overall. Great router for $0
Click for full size
Uniden Packet Filtering Screenshot
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8945509 Thu, 01 Jan 2004 03:24:48 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? Comments... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8924694 Danno : That's a great review of the Uniden model. I almost jumped on the sale of $20 with a $20 rebate on the preorder, but I think I'll pass based on your review.

They make great phones, but their two-way radio biz went SOUTH...guess networking products is their new venture.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8924694 Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:07:42 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? Comments... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8909956 daifanshi : I bought this router as a backup for my Webramp. A few things I discovered while playing with the router left me less than impressed.

1. There isn't any way to configure the router to "stealth" all the ports even though it does "close" them. Similarly, the router will respond to all ICMP (ping) packets. You can't set it so it doesn't.

2. MAC Spoofing does not work correctly. When setting the router for DHCP, MAC spoofing will prevent the router from grabbing an IP address with Comcast broadband. It seemed to be able to grab it from my other router on SOME occasions with MAC spoofing enable. In general MAC spoofing and DHCP are very flakey. By the way, PPPOE doesn't work with MAC Spoofing enabled either. (This shouldn't matter for most people.)

3. Dynamic DNS only works if you chose your domain to be "dyndns.org" regardless of the domains www.dyndns.org offers. This is a silly thing really.

These are my major gripes. The MAC spoofing issue is pretty serious and I wasn't able to get UNIDEN tech support to acknowledge it was a problem.

There are some good things to this router like price and general reliability. I can recommend this router if you have ADSL static or PPPOE but would stay away if you need WAN DHCP in any form especially if you need MAC Spoofing. The fact that all the ports can automatically adjust for crossover or straight cables is a real plus if you have a collection of unused ethernet cables.

The ENR1504 hardware looks to be generally sound but the firmware needs serious work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8909956 Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:44:08 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8835454 shikux2000 : I had the same problem when I called them. They are supposed to call me back. This was two days ago. I'm pissed and i'm going to return this POS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8835454 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:31:20 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8827750 AJ023 : Any ideas on how to hack the netgear firmware for use with this unit? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8827750 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:57:56 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8827282 anon : I guess I forgot to mention that MAC spoofing/cloning does not seem to work on my 1504. Tried it several times, both connected directly to my cable modem and to another router and neither would recognize the cloned MAC. 1504 was always identified by its true MAC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8827282 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:12:36 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8825745 anon : The netgear firmware can be found on netgear's support site.

I called Uniden tech support yesterday about the MAC spoofing problem. They were clueless! Of course, they blamed it on me, my equipment, provider etc. The fellow I spoke with essentially did not know much about the router (did I mention they have not replied to my email request for support---it did say all emails are answered within 24 hours!)

Anyhow, I asked them about new firmware and he said there isn't any (but then again, he said I could just download it directly from their site into the router, if there was one!? Ugh, I love knowledgable tech support.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8825745 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:40:31 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8823459 AJ023 : Ok I just got the router today. Seems to work fine right now with no problems. I do want to update the firmware, and your right, the Netgear firmware checks the previous firmware and sees it wasnt Netgear firmware. We need a hack here. Hmm. First of all Ill email uniden to see if they have any beta firmware of their own. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8823459 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:27:22 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8823012 shikux2000 : Where did you find the firmware for v2?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8823012 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:35:30 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822223 anon : OK, I tried to load the RP614v2 firmware and, of course, it did not work (complained about wrong firmware.) I don't have time to play with it now but will do it next week---does anyone know how they register firmware to a specific manufacturer (some kind of ID string in the firmware file?)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822223 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:57:31 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8808400 AJ023 : Ok confirmed: NetGear RP614 v2 is also DR-E640 Broadband router. So there you have it. Go to netgear website and/or ftp servers to see if they have v2 firmware. I dont know if the firmware can be flashed from the other unit though. I would assume it will work, but the question is whether it will accept a firmware from NetGear or if it checks to make sure its from Uniden. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8808400 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:47:30 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8808214 AJ023 : Ok I did some more digging. NetGear 614 also uses Delta as the OEM. I dont know if the Uniden ENR-1504 is equivalent to netgear 614 v1 or v2 so I dont know which firmware would be appropriate. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8808214 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:32:34 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8807999 AJ023 : I was looking for a cheap router for firewall + NAT for single pc on cablemodem so I picked up one for $6 as well after rebate. I know that Dlink + Linksys also have their problems and alot of the cheap routers do. Ill post on how the router goes for me when I get it. Uniden cordless phones happen to be excellent quality only second to panasonic. So maybe they will come out with a firmware update to cure your problems. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8807999 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:15:35 EDT Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8804036 Danno : Yep, saw where it was $20 with a $20 rebate and almost bought one but saw they were a "preorder" item and not ready to ship. Just know that Uniden is well-known for phones and two-way but those business sectors are drying up on Uniden in fact they closed their major Irving Texas section back in 1999...appears they are venturing into low-end network equipment. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8804036 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:41:00 EDT Uniden ENR-1504 router? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8781173 anon : Has anyone heard of this Uniden ENR-1504 router/gateway? I got it last week from Outpost for cheap. My first experience with it are detailed below...

Well, mixed bag so far. Installation was easy, about 15mins. Had to replicate all the settings (port mapping, fixed IP tables, etc.) Some odd things that have happened since:

- I set may network print server to be fixed mapped, based on MAC. DHCP client lists shows it under that IP, but the server actually has a totally different IP. Couple of times this showed in the DHCP table, but at other times it did not. This may be due to the server itself (an old emulex netque.)

- My download/upload became sluggish. Don;t know if this is due to 1540 or my DLink voip DTA sitting in front of it all.

- Two times, right after reboot of 1540, I got this odd error message "Wrong version of firmware for DR-E640 Broadband router". Went away quickly both times, but this lead me to the OEM of this router, Delta Networks, »www.dninetworks.com/prod_BBD_fea···asp?id=8. Hmm, are they the ones who made/make those crappy DVD rom drives? Anyway, no firmware updates on their site.

- Finally, at one point the router stopped routing traffic to WAN. LAN worked fine, but no WAN access and also no access to the router configuration itself. Had to go down to the basement and do the old fashioned reset

I guess this is what you get for $6 (that's how much the S&H was for me.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8781173 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 03:11:00 EDT