http://www.dslreports.com/forum/New-Firmware-144-5149463 en Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:27:46 EDT Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:27:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-1442-6005239
Too busy working on new products to con you into buying; doubtful they will support those for long either.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-1442-6005239 Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:13:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-1442-6003924 of particular note is the UPnP configuration page.
is it just my installation or does every one have broken heml on that page?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-1442-6003924 Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:46:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5527157 Strange to hear that so many others are having problems..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5527157 Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:13:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5527142 said by RoBoMo:

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I just updated my Linky to 1.44 in hopes it will solve my dilemma. I can't play DirectX DirectPlay8/9 games behind my Linky hosting or joining.

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Bad move: firmware 1.44 is broken for your sort of use. You need to update straight away to firmware 1.44.2 or higher. What mdeol of router do you have?
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Robin Walker »homepage.ntlworld.com/ro ··· .walker/ for broadband troubleshooting tips]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5527142 Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:10:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5526720 www.puffinsoft.com/ even if I only have one client at a time playing DP games.

Any hints/pointers more descriptive than the help?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5526720 Fri, 03 Jan 2003 05:50:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5338088
"Dear Gary,
 
Thank you for contacting Linksys Customer Support.
 
I am very sorry for the inconvenience. I would like to inform you that Linksys Engineers are aware with this and they are on the process of creating a solution for that but up to now we still don't know when will be the date of release of the updated driver for your technical difficulty. Rest assured that we shall continue to exert our best efforts in order to meet and even exceed your needs and expectations.
Please try to frequently visit Linksys website for updates and releases regarding the driver for your technical difficulty.
If you have further questions, please contact us at (800) 326-7114 or send us an email at support@linksys.com so that we may further assist you.  Please use this phone number given as reference for future support calls.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Vanessa B. Vela
 
Product Support Representative"
 
LINKSYS
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I running XP SP1 and reactivated UPnP and the gateway popped right up, plain as day. I would bet that a large percentage of people who can't see the gateway, have UPnP disbled.

TPuckett99

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How do you activate it?
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UPNP will probably be addressed in the *next* firmware upgrade.
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the_w0p, MCP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5314485 Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:46:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5307588
Am I supposed to have an Internet Gateway icon?

Hey also, where can I get 1.43.4 for the BEFW11S4 v2? I foolishly upgraded to 1.44 before reading the forum. After about 10 retries the firmware finally got to the router but as everyone else is seeing, UPnP doesn't work @ all and now I have random wireless blackouts.

Edit and Solution: Problem solved. Reverted to 1.43.3 (since I can't find 1.43.4) and got the icon for the gateway back.
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Considering that this problem is manifesting itself in the 1.44 firmware releases for a variety of models across a wide variety of users, I would suggest that a very small percentage (including yourself) are misinterpreting what you are seeing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5282405 Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:47:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5279776 said by TPuckett99:

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I running XP SP1 and reactivated UPnP and the gateway popped right up, plain as day. I would bet that a large percentage of people who can't see the gateway, have UPnP disbled.

TPuckett99

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Did you ever read through those posts? People have gateway icon since 1.42.xx firmware. It's just after upgrade to 1.44 the icon goes away, do you think the firmware upgrade will magically disable the XP's UPnP service?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5279776 Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:02:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5279336
TPuckett99
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I'm just confused to what is the best hardware firewall that I can used in conjunction with my existing ADSL box.
The other thing am unsure about what Hardware Firewall supports multiple SMTP IP's and you can also configure stealth mode on specific ports.

Many thx.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5261152 Mon, 09 Dec 2002 07:07:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5259466 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5259466 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 23:29:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257868 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257868 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 20:48:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257688 said by chamberc7:

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Since upgrading to version 1.44 firmware on my BEFW11S4 v.2, uPNP does not work. I have reflashed the router twice and uPNP doesn't work. When I failed back to 1.43 uPNP worked fine. Can anybody confirm that UPNP doesn't work in version 1.44? Thanks!

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LOL! Apparently you have not read the previous NINE PAGES of UPNP DOES NOT WORK! WTF!?

Whats wrong with you people?
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"An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation, We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland." Adolph Hitler, on the creation of the Gestapo.(Homeland Security)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257688 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 20:31:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257058 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5257058 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 19:27:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5252557 said by Azorus:

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The linksys site for the BEFW11S4 version info:
»www.linksys.com/download ··· 144z.txt

Still says:
"There is no known issue with the router."

If Linksys knows there is an issue, why does it say this? Does anyone have an idea when UPnP features on the router will be fixed?

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That's how they say for every firmware release. Look how many firmware releases we have now for fixing bugs and introduce new bugs.

Linksys say there is no known issue because Linksys itself doesn't bother to test their own firmware release. Or they just don't care.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5252557 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 10:21:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5251462
»www.corest.com/common/sh ··· ccion=10
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the_w0p, MCP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5251462 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 03:33:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5250454 »www.linksys.com/download ··· 144z.txt

Still says:
"There is no known issue with the router."

If Linksys knows there is an issue, why does it say this? Does anyone have an idea when UPnP features on the router will be fixed?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5250454 Sun, 08 Dec 2002 00:29:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5247555 said by Foxbat121:

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I found it hard to believe. Did you apply any updates or Service Pack to your XP installation? The Original UPnP service comes with XP CD has security issues (it does not verify the device description xml or something like that). The updates or SP1 fixed that. The problem with 1.44 UPnP, from what I can see, is that its device description XML URL offered by the router is unaccessiable (try this »192.168.1.1:5678/rootDesc.xml).

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Yeah, you should be able to get these if UPnP is on:
»192.168.1.1:5678/rootDesc.xml
»192.168.1.1:5678/Layer3F ··· ing.xml
»192.168.1.1:5678/WANCfg.xml
»192.168.1.1:5678/WANIPCn.xml

Another tool that comes in *very* handy for finding and working out UPnP devices is the Device Spy. It's included in Intel's UPnP ToolKit. You can get it here: »www.intel.com/labs/conne ··· ense.htm
[text was edited by author 2002-12-07 19:41:34]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5247555 Sat, 07 Dec 2002 19:26:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5235753 said by TPuckett99:

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If you have disbled UPnP on your XP machine, then you would not be able to see the router as a gateway, I disabled on my XP machine, and cannot see it. I installed a new computer yesterday and used my LAN to do the updates, and that XP machine had the gateway

TPuckett99

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I found it hard to believe. Did you apply any updates or Service Pack to your XP installation? The Original UPnP service comes with XP CD has security issues (it does not verify the device description xml or something like that). The updates or SP1 fixed that. The problem with 1.44 UPnP, from what I can see, is that its device description XML URL offered by the router is unaccessiable (try this »192.168.1.1:5678/rootDesc.xml). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5235753 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 15:20:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5234283
TPuckett99
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TPuckett99 ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5234283 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 12:39:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-144-Port-forwarding-for-email-doesnt-work-5232790 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-144-Port-forwarding-for-email-doesnt-work-5232790 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:32:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5232393
"Thank you for contacting Linksys Customer Support.

Basing on the facts you have presented, I would need to forward your concern
for 2nd level assistance. I apologize for the inconvenience this has
caused.

Have a nice day!"

I would suggest all of us fire of a short email to them maybe just maybe we can get them moving on this. It would be interesting to see what a Linksys tech has to say about this latest firmware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5232393 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:24:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/144-Port-forwarding-for-email-doesnt-work-5230680 Therefore, port forwarding on port incoming 25 wasn't working. I also have reports from another of FTP and telnet forwarding not working either with this firmware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/144-Port-forwarding-for-email-doesnt-work-5230680 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 00:18:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5230537 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5230537 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:59:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229806
Now, we have 1.43.3 which disconnects every 45 minutes or so.

Then came 1.44 which fixed the disconnect issue, but broke UPnP. Now it doesn't work on the WAN or LAN side.
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I ain't got time to bleed!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229806 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 22:41:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229636
3. Fixed UPnP buffer Overflow issue.
9. Changed UPnP link speed displayed in XP from 3.2M bps
to 10M bps.
12. Changed Keyword UPnP request to no longer be case sensitive.
13. Changed default setting for UPnP to Disable]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229636 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 22:26:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229551 --
Live fast, die without regrets ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229551 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 22:20:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229536 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5229536 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 22:19:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5228738 --
I ain't got time to bleed!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5228738 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 21:10:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5228202 --
the_w0p, MCP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5228202 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:22:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5227227
wish i lived close to their offices, i'd throw my befsr41 at the receptionist, connect with her better than it does with UPNP
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I ain't got time to bleed!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5226402 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:33:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5226253
Bugs creep in but the latest fiasco with the 1.44 firmware for just about every model of Linksys device is unacceptable - they clearly haven't tested this code but have chosen to foist it on us to shut us up. Don't keep quiet. Yell, scream, shout, post your negative thoughts on review sites. If they don't care what their users (victims?) think, then perhaps they'll care when places like CNet start giving them negative reviews and their new user flow slows to a trickle.

This is just not acceptable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5226253 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:19:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5222820 That's like only $59 USD dollars.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5222820 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:14:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5221980 Bill in NY]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5221980 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:23:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5220598 said by akide1:

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installed the 1.44 firmware on my befw11s4 version 2 and ya the upnp doesn't work, the internet gateway icon is gone after restarting and it's just utter junk.

I just bought the Microsoft MN-500 and it's great!
Thanks for wasting all this time Linksys.. have a great life

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Well if anyone's interested in it i've posted it for sale on ebay. Ebay Item #2078511653]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5220598 Thu, 05 Dec 2002 02:03:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5219362 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5219362 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:13:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5219150 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5219150 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:58:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5218804
All else seems to be working fine!
Network is good, both PC's can see each other, only problem I am still working on is getting my permissions to work properly! But I expect that I will figure that out sooner or later!

Hats off to JW 55505 (Fish Head) thanx for the firmware :)

Good luck to all!
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5218804 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:34:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217457
I just bought the Microsoft MN-500 and it's great!
Thanks for wasting all this time Linksys.. have a great life ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217457 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:49:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217152 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217152 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:26:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217050
Indeed.

People should send e-mail to support@linksys.com and info@linksys.com, not to mention calling them toll free at (800) 326-7114, and complaining loudly, bitterly, and frequently about all the firmware problems as of late.

Make sure to mention clearly and succinctly about having to choose absurdly between security (firmware version 1.44) or connection stability and UPnP functionality (firmware version 1.43.0).

C og it ate,
H of br au

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5217050 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:17:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5216149 I had to go back to version 1.43
Linksys has to do better with their firmware updates.
Let´s all insist and pressure linksys to release better firmwares.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5216149 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 19:03:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5213463 said by maj urinator:

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My BEFSRU31 died and I got linksys to RMA me a replacement.
which arrived on Dec 2nd with 1.42.7 installed. I thought WTF and upgraded to 1.44 at 7PM last nihgt so far no issues.

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Any issues yet?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5213463 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 15:09:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5206129
If you go search the Microsoft broadband hardware newsgroups you will see reports of UPnP being broken in their 1.07 and 1.08 firmwares. The problems sound very similar to what Linksys people see with the new Linksys firmware.

You have to hunt a bit to find the UPnP complaints, but they seem to come from knowledgeable people. Being that Microsoft routers seem to cater to the entry level mom and pop, its not surprising more noise isnt being made yet. (just a guess)

Examples:
People with the older firmware had no problems conecting with Messenger voice and video. After flashing to 1.07 and changing nothing else - voice and video failed to function.

A couple of reports of the router tray icon either not appearing at all, disappearing intermitently, or showing that its attempting to connect when teh internet connection is already functioning. All with the latest Microsoft router firmware.

I know misery shouldnt love company - but Linksys is not alone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-New-Firmware-144-5206129 Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:39:50 EDT