soon to be EX linksy
@bellsouth.ne
| reply to Konceptz
Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7
This is one of the most pathetic things I hve ever seen. We as customers are having to resort to providing our own customer service and provide our own firmware updates. It is rediculous, this is the last time either I or anyone I can persuade will ever purchase any Linksys products.
These guys have the worst service and most incompetent firmware staff in the industry. |
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Flogator
Premium,MVM
join:2003-01-19
Cantley, QC
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| reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto, I would still try 1.45.7 before downgrading. I mean it's true that the official changes in 1.45.7 are related to SNMP, VPN and NTP. However, as usual, Linksys have been inserting a couple of other small bug fixes in it. Perhaps 1.45.7 will solve your problem. I would give it a shot for sure. |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| said by Flogator  :
Kabuto, I would still try 1.45.7 before downgrading. I mean it's true that the official changes in 1.45.7 are related to SNMP, VPN and NTP. However, as usual, Linksys have been inserting a couple of other small bug fixes in it. Perhaps 1.45.7 will solve your problem. I would give it a shot for sure.
I'm already at 1.45.7. I cannot download more than a few hundred Kb before the connection hangs. I didn't change anything in terms of port forwarding, or any other setting in fact, aside from disabling DHCP, since I only have one computer connected to the router and firmware 1.44.11t had a bug with that setting. |
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blohner
join:2002-06-26
Cortlandt Manor, NY
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| reply to Flogator
This is day 3 with 1.45.7 for me...
It's stable. No trouble with VPN tunnels or RTP (VoIP) data.
It 'seems' more responsive - hard to explain - but my clicks on websites are more instantaneous - might also be because it forced me to reset the router - which was running without reset since late August 2003...
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rymdus
join:2002-02-14
Staten Island, NY |  reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto
I'm only having disconnect problems when I'm uploading. Downloading is working for me with whatever firmware I'm using. Have you tried updating the drivers to your NIC? What about the duplex settings? |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| said by rymdus :
Kabuto
Have you tried updating the drivers to your NIC? What about the duplex settings?
I'm on full duplex mode and I have the most recent driver for my network card, if that's what you mean by NIC. I know that it used to work on 1.44.11t, but it doesn't anymore... |
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Jan Janowski
join:2000-06-18
Skokie, IL
·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | reply to Kabuto4
"I'm already at 1.45.7. I cannot download more than a few hundred Kb before the connection hangs."
I'm at V1.45.7, have been for weeks, and I must tell you, I had to download a 300 MB file over the weekend.... and while it downloaded, I fired up an old W98 machine and did a Windows Update on another machine simultaneously... Didn't encounter a problem on either machine...
I think it isn't V1.45.7 Maybe MTU settings?
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| said by Jan Janowski :
I think it isn't V1.45.7 Maybe MTU settings?
Thanks. I'd check that out, but I don't remember the URL to access the MTU settings page. Could someone give it to me, as well as any other useful "secret" pages URLs? Thanks in advance! |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| Forget my last reply. I didn't even remember that the MTU settings were in the Firewall tab of the regular interface. If someone could help me with that, I appreciate. Here are my MTU settings:
-Auto
The manual size indicates a value of 1500, but I'm set to Auto. |
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Flogator
Premium,MVM
join:2003-01-19
Cantley, QC
·Acanac
·Videotron
| reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto, I think Jan referred about hardcoding the MTU to your PC directly. For that, you need to find out what MTU value is suitable for you. Use the links below to show you how to find the MTU value and how to apply it to the Windows OS.
»Tweaking FAQ »Max MTU: How do I find mine?
»Tweaking FAQ »DRTCP: How do I use it and what are all these settings?
I had to do that on my two xDSL sites 'cause I was having some trouble myself. |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| said by Flogator :
For that, you need to find out what MTU value is suitable for you...
I've tried that test in the command prompt and according to that, I should be alright with 1500.
said by Flogator :
...I had to do that on my two xDSL sites 'cause I was having some trouble myself.
I'm on cable modem and I was alright prior to my upgrade from 1.44.11t. Well, I'll just have to try decreasing the MTU value and see what it does. Thanks again for your help! |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| I made many tests and I finally hit the spot. The problem was not with my MTU value, since I'm now operating at 1500 without any problem. The problem was the "Proxy" setting in the web filter that was set to deny. Strangely enough, this didn't cause any problem when I was on 1.44.11t. However, if someone is interested in making a test, try downloading a file from outside on your FTP when the web filters in your router are set as follow:
-Proxy : Deny
-Java : Allow
-ActiveX : Allow
-Cookies : Allow
Please note that I made all my tests from a PC that was also behind a firewall. My FTP server is IIS, on standard port 21. |
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Puerco
join:2003-03-06
Amsterdam
1 edit | reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto, you asked about the secret pages and here they are:
»192.168.1.1/reload.htm (does nothing but reloading)
»192.168.1.1/auto_nego.htm ( wan port speed )
»192.168.1.1/BackupnRestoreCfg.htm (backup and restore custom config data)
»192.168.1.1/Filters.htm (older filterpage)
»192.168.1.1/Log4Manage.htm (to enable debug log ea.)
»192.168.1.1/routerdmz.htm (older dmz page)
»192.168.1.1/MacFilterTable.htm (mac address filter page)
They work in every firmware version as far as I can tell and some are very useful, especially the backupnrestorecfg page.
edit: this one I just got from d_l: »192.168.1.1/SysInfo.htm (some general info)
thanks d_l |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
1 edit | reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto, was your Advanced Firewall Protection set to Enable with that proxy web filter on deny? Those two settings, SPI enabled and any web filter on deny, are known to cause disconnection/reboot problems in 1.45.7. Firmwares 1.44.8 through 1.44.11t didn't seem to be as sensitive to these settings and fewer reboot problems were reported. |
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Flogator
Premium,MVM
join:2003-01-19
Cantley, QC
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| reply to Kabuto4
Kabuto, sorry about that. Many of us were already aware of this strange behavior. The problem appears to be somewhat random and some people even saw that in 1.44.11t. Seems like in 1.45.3 and beyond, this problem got worst.
As everyone else, the workaround is to allow all web filters for now until Linksys fixes that one up. |
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Kabuto4
join:2003-10-10
| said by Flogator :
The problem appears to be somewhat random and some people even saw that in 1.44.11t. Seems like in 1.45.3 and beyond, this problem got worst.
Yeah. I was aware of that already, because with 1.44.11t, I couldn't enable UPnP and have ActiveX set to deny at the same time. As you said, it seems to be worse since 1.45.3  |
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TomZz
join:2003-12-04
Oneonta, NY
| I got here by searching grc, I was getting most ports open in the grc.com test. So I installed 1.45.7 and still get the same result. I do have one port (port number > 1024)forwarded, to allow a custom application to accept connections.
My internet connection is DirecWay DW6000 (with fixed IP)
What now? |
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TomZz
join:2003-12-04
Oneonta, NY
| Opps, sorry, my previous post is a 'new guy' error. The answer is in »[DW6000] Port scan: all TCP ports open?
The open ports have nothing to do with the router, it is a direcway NOC issue.
Sorry about the bad post. |
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Citezein
join:2002-02-16
Washington, DC | reply to Flogator
Can someone verify that this firmware allows multiple PPTP sessions to pass through? I was not happy installing the previous version and finding my VPN dead.
Thanks,
Brian |
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furball001
join:2004-01-28
North Charleston, SC
1 edit |  reply to Flogator
I just installed the 1.45.7 firmware on my befsx41 and have had no connection problems with it. In fact the snmp function seems to be working, to a point.
The only problem I have with it is when I do an snmpwalk from my linux box I get the error "Error: OID not increasing: .1.3.6.1.2.1.6.13.1.1.xx.xxx.xxx.xx.xxxxx.xx.xxx.xxx.xx.xx" (blanked out ip info on the end of OID)
This happens when I do an snmpwalk starting from 1.3 but if I start with 1.3.6.1.4 it seems to exit normally.
Also, does any one no where I can get the mib for this router or at least how to toggle the Block WAN request via snmp? |
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