jgwilliamsPremium,VIP
join:2003-09-16
Chesterland, OH | reply to daphney85
Re: [Equipment] My solution for in QOS for VOIP I can tell you from my experience the BEFSR81 does a great job of managing upload bandwidth, until it locks up  It seems to do this a couple times per day.
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 tlgPremium
join:2001-08-23
Melbourne, FL | said by jgwilliams:
I can tell you from my experience the BEFSR81 does a great job of managing upload bandwidth, until it locks up It seems to do this a couple times per day.
Turn on the "UPnP Services" under the password tab. Whenever I turn this on I encounter these types of problems.
Turn it off & I never have have this problem.
TG |
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| I have two comments. No, three! No, two comments and two questions.
Question: How did this interesting thread fall down to page 7?  We fix it...
1) Best Buy will be putting the WRT54G on sale for $80 (after rebates) next week.
2) Jeff, did you ever turn off the UPnP on your BEFSR81 and solve your lock-up problem? I have not observed mine locking up, but I can still return the [expletive deleted] thing if it really truly can't do QoS to the WAN port as others have claimed. Neither you nor anybody else having troubles with their BEFSR81's have told us what firmware they are running, nor whether they left the low-priority ports set to "low" or "disabled" or used the un-prioritizable 4 ports hooked up to their bandwidth-hogging equipment. |
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| Finished looking through tomorrow's ads...
Circuit City has the same deal as Best Buy, and so does CompUSA if I can trust the picture. |
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 digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | reply to TheKrell
said by TheKrell:
I have two comments. No, three! No, two comments and two questions.
Question: How did this interesting thread fall down to page 7? We fix it...
You got me on this one... I figured everyone would be jumping on this one. The ping plot picture speaks a thousand words. If anyone needs any help obtaining the firmware, setting up the router's bandwidth shapping, etc., just let me know. PM me if you like but I rather do it out in the forum so everyone else can learn. Thats what this all about right?
If you do it on your own make sure use the .7 firmware from Sveasoft. In the .6 firmware, the bandwidth shapping was accidentally broken. If you are using a version 2.0 of the WRT54G you will need a newer unreleased(I have it though) version that deals with the hardware change between the 1.0/1.1 and 2.0 versions of the WRT54G. It may sound hard but its real simple!
Another bonus is you can setup static DHCP addresses with the modified firmware. Just enter in the IP, the MAC, and name of the device and it will ALWAYS pick up the same IP from DHCP. Pretty cool if you ask me! |
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| digiblur - I am planning on buying one of the WRT54G boxes this week given the price and a recent gift card that I have for Best Buy. Anyway, I, along with others, would appreciate a step by step procedure for downloading, installing the firmware, provisioning the router for giving priority to the VOIP adapter IP/port. My current config is 2 wired PC, a wired print server, 2 wireless PCs and my BVD adapter. I also would like to be able to remote my current 802.11b wireless router as an access point if possible.
Thanks much in advance for your offer of help and direction. |
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| Just bringing this back to the top of the heap in hopes that 'digiblur' can help us out with instructions for downloading, installing and configuring the firmware for QOS capability in the WRT54G. |
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digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | said by daphney85:
Just bringing this back to the top of the heap in hopes that 'digiblur' can help us out with instructions for downloading, installing and configuring the firmware for QOS capability in the WRT54G.
I'm still hanging in there with you guys. Just been busy... I check this thread everyday or two but I haven't seen anyone asking for help yet. I'm planning on making a guide on the evening of 1/27 with a free screen shots.
Basically here is the run down.
1. Download the the firmware here: »ftp://ftp.sveasoft.com/pub/Satori_v2_2···.bin.zip
If you have a V2(on bottom tag of the router) of the WRT54G you will need the Satori pre2 for the bandwidth management to work. PM me for this.
2. Unextract it.
3. Connect the PC to the router that will be doing the flashing to one of the four WAN ports.
4. Get an IP and go to the router configuration at »192.168.1.1
5. Click on the administration tab in the router setup and page. Click on the upgrade firmware.
6. Browse to the unextract firmware file and flash the router.
7. Do NOT disturb the router. It will change to an upgrade successful when it is finished.
8. Now hold down the reset button on the back for at least 8-10 seconds while you watch the router.
9. You should see the router reset and reboot, let go of the reset. This will make sure you have a clean NVRAM.
10. Go into the router and configure your ISP settings(DHCP, PPPOE, etc).
11. Either disable the wireless portion or turn on some sort of encryption.
12. Click on the administration tab
13. Enable "Bandwidth Mgmt".
14. Enable "Telnet"
15. Do not disable or enable anything else unless you are positive what you are doing.
16. If you decided to use the "static dhcp" option in the firmware be aware: Currently in the Satori-pre1 release the "static DHCP" address box entries will become messed up looking if you put more than one address. This has been fixed in the Satori-pre2.
17. Hit "Save Settings"
18. The management page will come back up. You will now notice more options under the "Bandwidth Mgmt" portion.
19. You will now need to fill in the uplink and downlink settings that your ISP gives you (don't forget PPPOE overhead if you use it). I have a 3000/256 cable connection and have been happy with setting the downlink to 2800 and the uplink to 228 just be on the safe side.
20. I do not use the "Low Priority Source Netmasks:" or "Low Priority Dest Netmasks:". I just use the low priority ports. Its not like just putting in the IP and thats it. You have to put in a netmask as follows: If you want just 192.168.1.104 then put in 192.168.1.104/32
/32 for one IP
/30 for 4 ips
/28 for 16 ips
/26 for 64 ips
/24 for 256 ips
21. For now I put in a few low priority ports that are used for upload on my home network, ex: 6881 6882 6883 6884 21 119 4662 4672 110 25
I copied the same set of ports to my "Low Priority Source Ports" and destination ports just be on the safe side.
You may use others, but its never my downloading that kills my VOIP its the uploading to newsgroups, emails, P2P, uploading FTP, etc.
24. Hit the Save Settings and make sure your settings are still there.
25. Now here is the big part. Actually the settings are set in the router but they are not in effect right now. We will need to reboot the router. Either unplug the sucker and plug it back in or use the easy way as follows:
26. Go to a command prompt. If your router ip is still at 192.168.1.1 type in:
telnet 192.168.1.1
The router should come up. Type in:
reboot
You should see the router drop the telnet section and reboot.
27. Sit back...upload a full CD's worth of files at full stream via FTP while you sit on the VOIP with talking away.
Just remember to reboot the router anytime you make adjustments to the bandwidth management.
The author, Sveasoft, aka James Ewing, is making great strides and is always adding new stuff to the WRT54G. I constantly try to keep up with his firmware and will report back to here when new verions come out.
Whew! It may sound like a lot but its real easy. I am enjoying mine day by day. |
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| Well, I just flashed my firmware and followed your guide. I'll let you know how it goes! Thanks for your hard work! |
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So how do we get the Satori pre2 version? I need it.
Thanks,
Patrick |
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digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | said by Patrick-Wade:
So how do we get the Satori pre2 version? I need it.
Thanks,
Patrick
See this post from the firmware author:
»www.sveasoft.com/postt327.html |
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are there free VOIP services out there? What equip do you use? Thanks in advance.
Tali |
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dplantz
join:2000-08-02
Roslindale, MA | Please post your setup guide. Also my speeds seem to take a hit with the pre 3 firmware any way to fix that. |
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hello i need some help can you tell me if this will work with my linksys wireless router >>>>BEFW11S4 ver.2i need a better firmW for this thing i play alot of ps2 socom game with it put the mic's's stop working and the dmz ant shit ..and i tryed the setting up the ports for the mic's still not a thing ? when i fist got it it worked fine NIce ..now i have to turn off the power on router to get the mic's to work in game ??? i hate calling linksys tell me the same old thing .. |
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digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | said by tonyhicks:
hello i need some help can you tell me if this will work with my linksys wireless router >>>>BEFW11S4 ver.2i need a better firmW for this thing i play alot of ps2 socom game with it put the mic's's stop working and the dmz ant shit ..and i tryed the setting up the ports for the mic's still not a thing ? when i fist got it it worked fine NIce ..now i have to turn off the power on router to get the mic's to work in game ??? i hate calling linksys tell me the same old thing ..
Try this out in the gaming or linksys forum.... and no... at this point in time linksys has not released the source to the BEFW11S4. This is only for the WRT54G right now. |
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I have a Linksys WRT54G
Many people seem to be raving about the seasoft firmware. I would like to know where to get it. Can you help me please. I am in UK so will need the UK version
Thanks
Ross |
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jht001
join:2003-08-05
Honolulu, HI | Look here for info on the Linksys WRT54G
»www.voip-info.org/wiki-Linksys+WRT54G
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digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | reply to Ross_at_home
said by Ross_at_home:
I have a Linksys WRT54G
Many people seem to be raving about the seasoft firmware. I would like to know where to get it. Can you help me please. I am in UK so will need the UK version
Thanks
Ross
There are no special versions for each country. Quote from Sveasoft forums:
The current firmware supports US channels (1-11), European channels (12-13) and Japanese channels (14).
The channel selection for channels 1-14 is in the Linksys web interface under Basic Wireless Settings.
It is probably illegal to use channels not authorized in your country!
USA and Canada - channels 1 to 11
Japan - channels 1 to 14
World - channels 1 to 13 (check your local laws)
FTP Locations
Please see our ftp site for Sveasoft firmware downloads at »ftp://ftp.sveasoft.com
IRC
The IRC channel #sveasoft is up and running on FreeNode
Documentation
Firmware Documentation Can be found at »sveasoft.cyberemail.org/ |
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rman66
join:2004-02-24
Alpharetta, GA | how can we be sure that the firmware does not contain any malicious code that wouldnt compromise userids, passwords, social security numbers, other confidential information you would normally key in to register in secure sites?
Next time you login to your bank account from home, beware of the firmware that you have just flashed your router with. |
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| Because you have the SOURCE CODE! That's one of the BIG advantages of Linux. Everyone gets to see the source code! |
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