DSL firewall/router solutions?

Matt Brodeur mbrodeur at NextTime.com
Mon Jul 14 15:27:41 EDT 2003


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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Ben Boulanger wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 4 port Wireless.
> 
> I have the same thing and 2 of my friends do as well - we all had the same 
> issue... all of a sudden, the thing just started freaking out,

   I've personally seen both sides of this case.  I'm on my second 
BEFW11S4, having left the first with my parents for them to use.  I 
typically use mine as an AP/switch only, and my parents use theirs as a 
gateway to TW RoadRunner service.  I have had no problems with either one.
   Two cow-orkers recently purchased this model on my recommendation and
have each had problems with theirs.  Off the top of my head I can remember
DHCP/PPPoE dropouts, port forwarding mixups, and general flakiness.  
Usable, but frustrating.

   My best theory on the issue is that this particular model has been 
"improved" to its current state.  My two units were both purchased 1-2 
years ago and are the original hardware release.  The other two were new 
in the last 6-9 months, and are probably version 3 or 3.2.  It's quite 
possible that recent versions just aren't as stable as the original and no 
amount of firmware patching can fix it.
   But that's just a theory.


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Matt Brodeur                                                    RHCE
MBrodeur at NextTime.com                        http://www.NextTime.com

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