RE: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
-Original Message- From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2006 21:33 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I use a dlink and had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I lowered it to 1480. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 yeah... I played with MTU as well Then I dloaded what was labled as the firmware version that I had been running I installed that and now the router is completely hosed. Somewhere in my travels, I found a description of how to telnet to the router and update. I'm going to see if I can find that and give it another shot. If not, CompUSA has a router for $30. -- Regards, Ernie Your ISP should advise what is the optimum MTU for their gateway implementation. Mine for example is 1480. At 1500 I get a lot of fragmentation but can still connect. I have found that upgrading the firmware on embedded routers using the provided browser gui can go wrong with some browsers. If I remember right the Netgear routers won't upgrade using Konqueror, or earlier versions of Firefox, but don't mind Opera. Note: you may need to allow all popups in your browser for the upgrade to complete successfully. I would at least try to reload the firmware upgrade after a factory reset. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
On Wednesday 08 February 2006 04:36, a tiny voice compelled Michael Kintzios to write: -Original Message- From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2006 21:33 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I use a dlink and had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I lowered it to 1480. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 yeah... I played with MTU as well Then I dloaded what was labled as the firmware version that I had been running I installed that and now the router is completely hosed. Somewhere in my travels, I found a description of how to telnet to the router and update. I'm going to see if I can find that and give it another shot. If not, CompUSA has a router for $30. I upgraded to the newest version (1.46.02) using tftp and at least the router is useable, though I still have the previous problems. Linksys has sent me a link to the version that I had been using, (1.42.6) and I'll try that today. -- Regards, Ernie Your ISP should advise what is the optimum MTU for their gateway implementation. Mine for example is 1480. At 1500 I get a lot of fragmentation but can still connect. I have found that upgrading the firmware on embedded routers using the provided browser gui can go wrong with some browsers. If I remember right the Netgear routers won't upgrade using Konqueror, or earlier versions of Firefox, but don't mind Opera. Note: you may need to allow all popups in your browser for the upgrade to complete successfully. I would at least try to reload the firmware upgrade after a factory reset. Actually, I ran into the problem after updating the firmware with IE on the wife's machine after reading a few warnings about Linux issues. I continued working on this from the wife's computer due to the inability of various tech support people to comprehend that I didn't have Internet Explorer, Outlook or AOL, and it's proximity to the phone. -- Regards, Mick -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
On Wednesday 08 February 2006 08:30, a tiny voice compelled Ernie Schroder to write: On Wednesday 08 February 2006 04:36, a tiny voice compelled Michael Kintzios to write: -Original Message- From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2006 21:33 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I use a dlink and had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I lowered it to 1480. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 yeah... I played with MTU as well Then I dloaded what was labled as the firmware version that I had been running I installed that and now the router is completely hosed. Somewhere in my travels, I found a description of how to telnet to the router and update. I'm going to see if I can find that and give it another shot. If not, CompUSA has a router for $30. I upgraded to the newest version (1.46.02) using tftp and at least the router is useable, though I still have the previous problems. Linksys has sent me a link to the version that I had been using, (1.42.6) and I'll try that today. well I flashed it with the 1.42.6, and all is well with the default settings. The reason that I wanted to update it in the first place was that it would crash a couple of times a week. When this happened, I couldn't even ping it, let alone access it in a browser. I guess if the crashing returns I'll live with it for a while and keep pushing Linksys for a solution. -- Regards, Ernie Your ISP should advise what is the optimum MTU for their gateway implementation. Mine for example is 1480. At 1500 I get a lot of fragmentation but can still connect. I have found that upgrading the firmware on embedded routers using the provided browser gui can go wrong with some browsers. If I remember right the Netgear routers won't upgrade using Konqueror, or earlier versions of Firefox, but don't mind Opera. Note: you may need to allow all popups in your browser for the upgrade to complete successfully. I would at least try to reload the firmware upgrade after a factory reset. Actually, I ran into the problem after updating the firmware with IE on the wife's machine after reading a few warnings about Linux issues. I continued working on this from the wife's computer due to the inability of various tech support people to comprehend that I didn't have Internet Explorer, Outlook or AOL, and it's proximity to the phone. -- Regards, Mick -- Regards, Ernie -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
On Feb 7, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Ernie Schroder wrote: I updated firmware on my linksys BEFSW11 router yesterday and I cannot receive email, nor access the email provider's website. I've spent about 3 hours on the phone with less that competent tech support people at #1 ntplx.net (email provider) #2 bellsouth.net (ISP) and linksys.com All blame the other guy. Linksys is telling me I need to set up port triggering for email and web surfing. The problem is that my bellsouth email account is un affected as are every other website I try to access. I have, for now, disconnected the linksys and am connected through a hub directly to the DSL modem/router. The problem is gone. I would really like to be able to use the router. I've gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? there should be a little hole marked reset on the back somewhere. get a paper clip, unplug the device, and plug it in while holding down the reset button in the hole with the paper clip for at least 8 seconds. this should reset it to factory defaults. might want to make a note of your settings first. and any recommendation for port triggering for email and web surfing is patently riduculous. those are for incoming connections. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 12:43, a tiny voice compelled John Jolet to write: On Feb 7, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Ernie Schroder wrote: I updated firmware on my linksys BEFSW11 router yesterday and I cannot receive email, nor access the email provider's website. I've spent about 3 hours on the phone with less that competent tech support people at #1 ntplx.net (email provider) #2 bellsouth.net (ISP) and linksys.com All blame the other guy. Linksys is telling me I need to set up port triggering for email and web surfing. The problem is that my bellsouth email account is un affected as are every other website I try to access. I have, for now, disconnected the linksys and am connected through a hub directly to the DSL modem/router. The problem is gone. I would really like to be able to use the router. I've gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? there should be a little hole marked reset on the back somewhere. get a paper clip, unplug the device, and plug it in while holding down the reset button in the hole with the paper clip for at least 8 seconds. this should reset it to factory defaults. might want to make a note of your settings first. and any recommendation for port triggering for email and web surfing is patently riduculous. those are for incoming connections. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I've already reset the router. Haven't even reset the password so far. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
Ernie Schroder wrote: I updated firmware on my linksys BEFSW11 router yesterday and I cannot receive email, nor access the email provider's website. I've spent about 3 hours on the phone with less that competent tech support people at #1 ntplx.net (email provider) #2 bellsouth.net (ISP) and linksys.com All blame the other guy. Linksys is telling me I need to set up port triggering for email and web surfing. The problem is that my bellsouth email account is un affected as are every other website I try to access. I have, for now, disconnected the linksys and am connected through a hub directly to the DSL modem/router. The problem is gone. I would really like to be able to use the router. I've gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I use a dlink and had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I lowered it to 1480. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 15:44, a tiny voice compelled david to write: Ernie Schroder wrote: I updated firmware on my linksys BEFSW11 router yesterday and I cannot receive email, nor access the email provider's website. I've spent about 3 hours on the phone with less that competent tech support people at #1 ntplx.net (email provider) #2 bellsouth.net (ISP) and linksys.com All blame the other guy. Linksys is telling me I need to set up port triggering for email and web surfing. The problem is that my bellsouth email account is un affected as are every other website I try to access. I have, for now, disconnected the linksys and am connected through a hub directly to the DSL modem/router. The problem is gone. I would really like to be able to use the router. I've gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it working. Any ideas? You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I use a dlink and had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I lowered it to 1480. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 yeah... I played with MTU as well Then I dloaded what was labled as the firmware version that I had been running I installed that and now the router is completely hosed. Somewhere in my travels, I found a description of how to telnet to the router and update. I'm going to see if I can find that and give it another shot. If not, CompUSA has a router for $30. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
