LinkSys BEFSX41 Firmware Version 1.45.3 Final problems?

[SmileM]

Hi, I read a lot of info on the Linksys BEFSX41 router and decided to get one as it has the features I need. Are there really problems with this firmawre version? I heard that snmp is not working there is also a problem with filtering etc.

Somebody using this router please share your information

[CMonster]

I think Linksys routers are great -never a problem with them. I just did a firware upgrade to my Linksys BEFSR41yesterday -it worked fine before but I thought I'd get the latest version. Works great.

I only encountered one problem because I was a bonehead and didn't write down the settings before the upgrade, when it came time to re-enter all my (static) TCP/IP settings (the upgrade resets the rounter to factory defaults) I couldn't find the paper where I had written them all down.

[Jeordiewhite]

Well I had upgraded and found several problems, one being the snmp and the other was I some people were having problems connecting to my computer like from an ftp and etc. This was stopping certain people from connecting, not everyone tho. This was a serious problem I had, I had redid my whole cisco config on my cisco 678 and setup logging and debugging. It turned out it was the linksys . As MSN/Qwest had made some changes causing me to revert to their modem which had a locked down firmware not allowing me to even configure any setting on the modem. So finally about two weeks later I finally get someone on their tech support to help me even tho they aren't supposed to support the 678 modem.
During that time I was unable to use the linksys for anything other than file sharing/printer amongst my home computers. So i upgraded and didn't see any problems till I hooked my cisco modem in and started using the linksys online again.

I know all my settings for the router and modem even the port forewording and tcp/ip settings so I was sure I hadn't made a mistake. However with the cicso I made a few small changes in the setup. Like having to add a static nat entry so the ip table wouldn't reset any connections after 60 seconds when it shouldn't reset for days. However now all my networking is setup just fine.

I had to return my router to get an older Firmware Version: 1.44.8, Jan 29 2003. Since mine was newer than what was previously listed on their site and still had a number of fix's.

Unfortunatly you can't downgrade to any of these releases.
What they do have is listed here: ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/

These two are the only ones they have available,
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/befsx41_1453_fw.zip
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/befsx41_fw_1434.zip
You can call them about any issues and maybe downgrade to a firmware like I have or hope they can fix it for you.

Jeordiewhite what ftp programs are they using, and are they making sure they have passive mode off when they connect to your router?

[SmileM]

so the snmp problem is true then ?

[[A3D]Hatswitch]

I had redid my whole cisco config on my cisco 678

Why are you using a Linksys with a Cisco 678? Qwest fully supports routed mode for that router. Is it the filters that you need?

http://www.users.qwest.net/~rlutton/ADSL/

Unfortunatly you can't downgrade to any of these releases.

Actually, you can. I"ve done it numerous times myself.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...p,16~mode=flat

I have a BEFSX41 (I had to return the first one I bought). Does it work? Some of the features do, though all of the features listed on the box do not work as advertised. It seems that with each firmware update, one thing gets fixed, and another gets broken.

[Jeordiewhite]

I'm using a cisco 678 with a linksys for security reasons(like a firewall since the cisco 678 does not have one and since SW firewalls aren't always fool proof, I use both SW and a HW) and for ICS.

Well the problem was I had an msn arescom modem 800 that I had to use for a little while. I heard this happen to quite a few people at dsl reports.

I called qwest, they weren't able to help me, so they transfered me over to msn and from there I was able to redo my whole config and I got online. There were a few changes over my previous config.

Also no, I've always had filters, I couldn't have used dsl with out them right?

Well they dont have the beta firmware listed on their site(the 1.44.8 one), maybe when they release a new version I will go try it, but for now my release works just fine, or should I say, It works atleast. The latest version just seemed to have serious issues which I didn't have time for to just plug the cisco directly into my computer just to do something.

When I had that problem with people connecting to me, this would happen with dc++ and several other things where connections would get refused and some people were able to connect whether it be an ftp or something else, however i could connect to anyone else I had tried.

This didn't seem to have anything to do with passive or active mode. As half the people were equally unable to connect at all.
This was a problem I surely wanted to avoid.

Everything works fine now.

Here' what my config is now

cbos#set ppp wan0-0 ipcp 0.0.0.0
PPP wan0-0 IPCP Address set to 0.0.0.0

cbos#set ppp wan0-0 dns 0.0.0.0
PPP wan0-0 DNS Server Addresses set to 0.0.0.0

cbos#set ppp wan0-0 subnet 0.0.0.0
PPP wan0-0 Subnetmask Option set to 0.0.0.0

cbos#write
Warning: traffic may pause while NVRAM is being modified
NVRAM written.

cbos#set ppp wan0-0 login xxxxxxxxx@msndsl.net
User name for wan0-0 has been set to xxxxxxxxx@msndsl.net.

cbos#set ppp wan0-0 password xxxxxxxxx
Password for wan0-0 has been set to xxxxxxxxx.

cbos#set ppp restart enable
CPE Remote Restart is now enabled...

cbos#write
Warning: traffic may pause while NVRAM is being modified
NVRAM written.

cbos#set nat enable
NAT is now enabled
You must use "write" then reboot for changes to take effect.

cbos#set dhcp server enable
DHCP Server enabled

cbos#set int wan0-0 disable
Wan0-0 is disabled
You must use "write" for the change to become persistent.

cbos#write
Warning: traffic may pause while NVRAM is being modified
NVRAM written.

cbos#set int wan0-0 vpi 0
Change completed.
You must use "write" then reboot for changes to take effect

cbos#set int wan0-0 vci 32
Change completed.
You must use "write" then reboot for changes to take effect

cbos#set int wan0-0 enable
Wan0-0 is enabled
You must use "write" for the change to become persistent.

cbos#write
Warning: traffic may pause while NVRAM is being modified
NVRAM written.

cbos#set web disable
WEB is disabled
You must use "write" then reboot for changes to take effect.

cbos#set web port 1025
You must use "write" then reboot for changes to take effect.

cbos#set web remote 255.255.255.255
web will now restrict to 255.255.255.255

That's just the basic setup that was required to get online.

[SmileM]

So what is the most stable firmware version for this router with snmp support?

And could someone list all problems in this 1.45.3 firmware?