DSL firewall/router solutions?
joe kagenski
joe at kagenski.net
Mon Jul 14 16:40:06 EDT 2003
more than a theory. WIth the Linky befsr41, some of the newer firmware is
(using
a highly technical term here), crap. Some of the 1.43.x releases had
problems causing the
router to hang often. Fortunately, I had kept some older releases around
and was able to
flash back to a stable 1.42.x version (.7 is good). As usual, if it's not
broken...
every brand seems to have some problems and some good points. I and a lot
of others
have had real good luck with this unit. I've known some dlink, smc,
netgear to work and
not work too...
The other thing that I have found is to keep the AP separate from the
router. This has come
in handy when the location for the router isn't optimal as I can move the
AP to a better
location without resorting to boosters. And, when it's time to upgrade to
a newer AP or to
the VPN router, I can do it without taking everything down...
joe
> > 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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