http://www.dslreports.com/forum/BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3231222 en Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:55:04 EDT Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:55:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3353823 BTW - Linksys has now told me (in their usual blame-the-other-guy way) that the problem is my Fujitsu DSL modem. They say there are incompatibilities btwn Fujitsu and BEFW11S4. Anyone else w/ Fujitsu DSL modem having this problem?

MDS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3353823 Tue, 21 May 2002 14:28:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3344442 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3344442 Mon, 20 May 2002 14:21:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3343758 I can sympathize. After having a ver 2 work for 3 days and then seemingly going bad (spent way too much time trying to get it to work again) I exchanged it for a new one, started it up, and it has now been about 10 days for me without a problem. I have 2 desktops wired to it and a laptop using wireless on a netgear card. NO problems, knock on wood. A friend, who really knows this stuff, also bought one and had it go bad - possibly from lightening hit, but he didn't think that was it. Returned, exchanged, and no problems since. We are wondering if the ones we have now aren't from a later shipment, packaged a little better or just built a little better. Guess we will never know.

Chuck]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3343758 Mon, 20 May 2002 12:48:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3341432
I don't dare upgrade to the beta firmware and would only ever consider doing so if Linksys posted 1.40.2 to their website so I could change it back. Process of elimination points to the previous box I had purchase being bad hardware since any firmware I ran on it caused disconnects every 20 minutes or so in the exact same environment I'm running the new one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3341432 Mon, 20 May 2002 01:56:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3261573 Chalk, you've mentioned that you tried every firmware versions, but you didn't specifically name the versions. We just went through new version release this week, and it's 1.42.7

When you encountered the problems in your first posts, what version of firmware where you using?

Sorry, I just noticed your router is BEFW11S4...this does not apply to your router, big oops!
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3261573 Fri, 10 May 2002 20:30:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3261310 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3261310 Fri, 10 May 2002 19:55:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3249139 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3249139 Thu, 09 May 2002 12:21:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3243172
My 'quick fix' has always been to enter the router config, even though I cannot access the internet, and hit the APPLY button (without making any changes) and of course, the CONTINUE button. I can resume surfing after that.

I'm going to start a new thread asking v2 users if they are successfully running the router without interruption. If the number of people who reply with a "YES" outweigh our responses in this thread, I'm chalking it up to a bad hardware run at the factory and get a new router. Either RMA or buying a new one outright (and returning the old).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3243172 Wed, 08 May 2002 18:13:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3241704
I hope they wake up and address this problem - at the very least they should inform their phone-support folks about the problem, so they don't treat customers like they're talking gibberish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3241704 Wed, 08 May 2002 15:13:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3241367 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3241367 Wed, 08 May 2002 14:21:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3240140
Make sure your MTU settings are at 1500 (1492 for PPPoE). I have not had problems not with connecting and dropping off but I could not get Terminal Services to connect properly to my server from the WAN. This fixed the problem. If your problem only occurs during high activity, possibly changing your (M)aximum (T)ransmission (U)nit may help. You can go through the trouble of contacting your ISP to find out what MTU they use but there is a lot of info on this site about MTUs and the effect on your connection.

I never had problems until I installed Win2000 pro on a client and Server.Net on my server but from my understanding (and I hope someone will correct me if wrong), the operating system you are using may or may not influence your MTU but setting it in the router may eliminate a lot of bad or no connection problems. It is a quick fix on the Filters tab and easy to change back if it doesn't do you any good.

Oscar Amos
oamos@swbell.net]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3240140 Wed, 08 May 2002 11:19:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3238339 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3238339 Wed, 08 May 2002 02:10:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3236731
I have tried:
Exchanged router for new one - still crashes
Running only 1 machine at a time (eliminates a specific NIT card as the culprit) - router still crashes
Re-formatted the XP machine (it needed it anyways) - still crashes
Exchanged the DSL modem - still crashes
Changed Ethernet cables - still crashes
Different frimwares - still crashes
Verizon swears they don't do anything to "jinx" routers

One thing I have noticed - the crashing seems to be related to activity. That is, if I leave it in the "uncrashed" state, I come back hours later or even overnight, and it is fine. It's only with use that it crashes. When it goes down, it's only WAN that goes - LAN still works.

Linksys telephone tech support have been worse than useless. They have blamed (in order):
NIT card, DSL modem, XP, Verizon

HELP!!!
MDS
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3236731 Tue, 07 May 2002 22:29:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3236304 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3236304 Tue, 07 May 2002 21:49:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3234769 While the new firmware hasn't presented any problems, my disconnects from the router seem more frequent, like every 20 or 30 minutes I'll lose connection. All hardware is basically in the same room with the exception of my roaming laptop. Tonight I'll try to change channels or move the router around and post a reply.

If anyone needs more hardware info, I'd be more than happy to share it.

PS - I just went to post this and lost my connection!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3234769 Tue, 07 May 2002 19:04:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3232352 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3232352 Tue, 07 May 2002 14:33:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3231222 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/BEFW11S4-V2-connection-Locks-up-HELP-3231222 Tue, 07 May 2002 11:29:22 EDT