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: [email protected] > > 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 -- [email protected] mailing list
