Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 in Linksys

Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 in Linksys http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9086288 en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:24:50 EDT Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:24:50 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9881292 d_l : Thanks for the effort!!! I hope it would be possible to make it so that the average home user could self-hack 1.45.7 and change the NTP servers to their own choices. This would spread requests from the SX41's with hacked firmware over many different servers and reduce the concentrated load on each.

If that was your intent in the in the first place, then good show! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9881292 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:30:29 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9880826 Jan Janowski : What a Guy!!!! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9880826 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:15:55 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9879076 TimInHackMod : Hi All,
I've had a few requests for a NTPHack version of 1.45.7. I am currently working on it.
Apparently they are using host names in this version and not just IP's as they did in the previous versions I hacked. So, this will take a little longer as my hack program is geared for putting in IP's, not the names. Not a big problem, but I couldn't just plug in the offsets and the original IP's like I could on the other versions.
I'll post when it is available.
See ya,
Tim]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9879076 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:46:31 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9876978 ticker5 : There was never a bug fix sheet with 1.45.7. The only difference I've ever noticed was the time server fix. I have flash down to Tim's fix and the time server works again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9876978 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 20:45:01 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9875834 ElJay : I tried 1.45.3 with some better NTP servers via the Timinhackmod, but it was apparently polling the NTP server(s) every hour. I stopped using it and went back to the unhacked "broken NTP" 1.45.3 version.

This router should poll the NTP server once a day at most, and once a week would probably be even more appropriate. Once an hour is way too frequent and I feel like an idiot having a device on my network that sends too many unneeded requests to somebody else's machine.

I think that if it were Linksys' NTP server and bandwidth that these routers were using, they'd be a bit more cautious with their selection of the interval between time updates.

I'm also surprised that 1.45.7 sets time.nist.gov as one of the default servers. That's a big no-no as well, since we should all use a stratum 2 or lower time server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9875834 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:26:49 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9873311 Jan Janowski : I just sent him an email...

What's the difference between V1.45.6 and V1.45.7????

If the info is available on how to edit the file, I'd like to try to change V1.45.7 (because it seems to be the best so far...)
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Looking for 1939 Indian Motocycle]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9873311 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:32:53 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9873285 ticker5 : Jan,

How can you forget Timinhackmod. It a great fix.
And Tim's site: »home.cinci.rr.com/tgourley/BEFSX···Updater/

sx41_v1.45.6···Hack.zip 433,700 bytes

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9873285 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:30:14 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872977 Jan Janowski : Did anyone ever try the instructions (posted months back) on how to hack the firmware with new time servers????
(I must admit I didn't save the program or instructions)

If so, if the instructions are clear & concise......
And someone has already tried it and found it OK...

Based upon the instructional Timeserver links posted by Beaujolais, I'd be interested in giving it a shot.....
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Looking for 1939 Indian Motocycle]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872977 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:45:58 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872792 Brano :

said by Flogator :
Here we go again. Since Friday, April 2nd around 18h00 (Eastern Time), the three hard coded time server in the BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 stop responding. That sounds like a déjà vue isn't? I am hoping at least the time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18) will come back to operation soon. Otherwise, the alternatives are not very attractive:

- Downgrade to 1.45.6_Beta Hacked
- Upgrade to 1.50.9 and configure your own time server
- Wait until someone hack the 1.45.7 firmware

I'll complain to Linksys on Monday in the event that no time servers are responding by then. I'm kind of surprise since I thought time.nist.gov was a reliable NTP server. Ah well...

I think the problem is that LinkSys hardwired stratum 1 time servers (at least time.nist.gov is stratum 1, not sure about the others). This may cause overload on some servers which then stop responding.
To 'nicely play' by rules of internet stratum 1 servers should be only queried by stratum 2 servers and stratum 2 servers may be queried by end users.
Some more info here: »www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html
Public stratum 1 servers: »www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1a.html
Public stratum 2 servers: »www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2a.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872792 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:16:55 EDT Re: Time Servers N/A V1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872742 jefe :

said by Jan Janowski :
ATTENTION!

Presently 9:48AM DST April 4th, 2004 V1.45.7 CANNOT FIND A WORKING TIME SERVER!!!!

Therefore, All Filters and Blocking by Keywords will be inoperative!!!!

I also cannot connect to a time server. However, the time from whenever the last check was (I'm too lazy to drill down in the logs and find it) is close and keyword/url filters are still working here.

--jeff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872742 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:08:36 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872673 Flogator : Here we go again. Since Friday, April 2nd around 18h00 (Eastern Time), the three hard coded time server in the BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 stop responding. That sounds like a déjà vue isn't? I am hoping at least the time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18) will come back to operation soon. Otherwise, the alternatives are not very attractive:

- Downgrade to 1.45.6_Beta Hacked
- Upgrade to 1.50.9 and configure your own time server
- Wait until someone hack the 1.45.7 firmware

I'll complain to Linksys on Monday in the event that no time servers are responding by then. I'm kind of surprise since I thought time.nist.gov was a reliable NTP server. Ah well...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872673 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 10:57:38 EDT Time Servers N/A V1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872638 Jan Janowski : ATTENTION!

Presently 9:48AM DST April 4th, 2004 V1.45.7 CANNOT FIND A WORKING TIME SERVER!!!!

Therefore, All Filters and Blocking by Keywords will be inoperative!!!!
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Looking for 1939 Indian Motocycle]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872638 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 10:51:07 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872601 Jan Janowski :

said by cghh :
Does the time setting work in 1.45.7? I flashed my BEFSX41 from 1.45.6 (which it came with) to 1.45.7, to get time time working to get the filters working, but none of the three hard-coded addresses seem to work??? Do I have to do a HARD reset and reenter the the configuration? When it went from 1.45.6 to 1.45.7, it didn't wipe my settings... it just rebooted. The Status does say 1.45.7.

Yes! Time settings and filters work in V1.45.7.. Hold reset for at least 30 seconds.... That should do the Hard Reset...
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Looking for 1939 Indian Motocycle]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872601 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 10:44:23 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872294 cghh : Does the time setting work in 1.45.7? I flashed my BEFSX41 from 1.45.6 (which it came with) to 1.45.7, to get time time working to get the filters working, but none of the three hard-coded addresses seem to work??? Do I have to do a HARD reset and reenter the the configuration? When it went from 1.45.6 to 1.45.7, it didn't wipe my settings... it just rebooted. The Status does say 1.45.7.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9872294 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 09:28:49 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776887 tisch : No, using automatic IP]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776887 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:42:27 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776876 Flogator : There is currently a thread discussing BEFSX41 firmware 1.50.9. Please post your findings there instead of this 1.45.7 thread. Thank you. Below is a link to the 1.50.9 thread.

»BEFSX41 FW 1.50.9 Mar 17, 04]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776876 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:40:10 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776790 Linksys Tech5 : I assume that when you setup DMZ you statically assigned the computer's TCP an IP Address, Gateway and the DNS numbers from your ISP?

I'll see if I can double check this out. Anyone else having the same issue with DMZ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776790 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:27:44 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776747 Tyreman : Thanks weird though]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776747 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:17:05 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776516 tisch :

said by Tyreman :
ran/updated 150.9 at buddys but he had poor performance in general.
at gibsons site showed the ports(small blocks) from 935 and up as closed not stealth to the end
changed back to 145.3,shows all stealth now now and better operation

Under 150.9, if you disable firewall protection under Security, all ports will be stealth for some reason(except 113 if not forwarded). Seems self-defeating though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776516 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:28:32 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776482 tisch :

said by monlosez :
I cannot get back to Router Setup after enabled DMZ and connection is not stable, keep disconnect me. Anyone got same problem? These guys are horrible at making firewares. Always problems with every fireware they make. I am going back to 1.44.11.

Same here. I had to use another computer on the LAN (non DMZ) to get control of the router back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776482 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:21:03 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776098 Tyreman : ran/updated 150.9 at buddys but he had poor performance in general.
at gibsons site showed the ports(small blocks) from 935 and up as closed not stealth to the end
changed back to 145.3,shows all stealth now now and better operation]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9776098 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:20:02 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9775723 monlosez : I cannot get back to Router Setup after enabled DMZ and connection is not stable, keep disconnect me. Anyone got same problem? These guys are horrible at making firewares. Always problems with every fireware they make. I am going back to 1.44.11.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9775723 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 03:10:03 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9775631 monlosez : They got 1.50.9 now. 1.81MB
It has 51 fixes, that crazy. They got new menus too.
»www.linksys.com/download/firmwar···fwid=172
Hehe, this one got fast upload speed like the 1.44.X.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9775631 Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:37:19 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9756316 Flogator : VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and is a mean to securely connect two LANs together through a public network. For example, if you have two sites connected on the internet and for a reason or another, you want one site's LAN to be visible from the other LAN (i.e. share files and printer or simply to provide access to an application server). That's what VPN is all about. If you do not have more than one site, there is no point in using VPN.

VPN are quite good for remote access. Many corporation use VPN as a mean to allow their employees to access the corporate network from their home internet connection.

There are currently two widely used VPN protocols, IPSec (IP Security) and PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol). The BEFSX41 is a router capable of handling both a VPN end-point (implementing IPSec only) or VPN pass-through (allowing IPSec and PPTP). When using the VPN end-point feature, no extra software is needed. However, when using VPN pass-through, every single PC requiring VPN access must run a software VPN client (i.e. SSH Sentinel). Using BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7, all of these VPN functionality are working.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9756316 Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:49:00 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9754960 monlosez : Should i use VPN? What does it do really?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9754960 Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:49:07 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9753460 tek_nick : Joined up just to say thanks to you all for helping me to fix my problems.
Am on Telstra Cable in Oz - they use a "heartbeat" keep alive signal. Bought the Linksys to replace my gateway box but was unable to remain connected for more than 25 mins with fw 1.45.3 - router would apparently get constipated (thought it was connected but would pass no traffic) - using disconnect/reconnect on status page would restore traffic for another 25 mins. Forwarding the "heartbeat" signal port to an internal machine running login software would work OK, but I bought this critter because of its advertised login client and SPI. Linksys here say they are aware of the problem with 1.45.3 and are "working on it" - yeah right! - sell me the thing when it works then. Finally found this site and having wasted most of the weekend trying everything else to stay connected, decided to try the 1.45.7 firmware.
Way to go. Everything in the garden is rosy - at least ATM.
All systems, PC & Mac 9 & X connect, logs work, NTP works, modem drops sync and router reconnects almost without blinking. Online for over 24 hrs straight now. Once again, thanks to all for all the good info and links to firmware. We likes DIY customer service broadbandreports style.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9753460 Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:59:50 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9737715 monlosez : I found another flaw, when i changed MTU to 1492 instead of Auto, the ping test went up pretty bad. All these 1.44.X have the same upload and download speed, so to me it doesn't matter which one i use, but i like to go with the lastest date out of them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9737715 Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:24:40 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9737313 Flogator : My memory could very well fail me but the reason 1.44.7 was not posted in the list was because it was considered less stable than 1.44.3 and 1.44.8. Obviously, this is all a matter of opinion but if you like 1.44.7, you should like 1.44.8 better.

As for the upload problem, I am thinking it would be more related to some tweaking than a firmware problem. The reason is I am running BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 and can get an upload speed of 760Kbps (my ISP advertise 800Kbps but I'm in the country so 760Kbps is plenty). Keep in mind that starting with 1.45.3, the MTU settings in the BEFSX41 has an additional impact on the MSS negotiation in the TCP layer. I'm not saying that is the problem but that sure is something worth looking. You can find information about the MTU/MSS behavior introduced by 1.45.x here.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9737313 Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:26:45 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733055 monlosez : here is the 1.44.7 missing from the list.

befsx41_v11.44.7.zip 652,427 bytes

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9733055 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:36:13 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9727700 monlosez : All the 1.45.X versions slow down my Upload Speed from 138Kbits to 128Kbits, so I stick with 1.44.X. Download speed about same. Upload speed is very important for download speed. :)

www.pcpitstop.com where i test upload speed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9727700 Sat, 20 Mar 2004 02:48:29 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9712518 MrMoke : Quite honestly, Linksys has had such a dismal record for designing a compliant interface for DynDns that I switched over to DynDNS Updater from www.kana.homeip.net. It just sits there and "works properly" 24 by 7. Turning it off in the SX41 gives me one less thing to worry about. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9712518 Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:38:57 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9709376 mklangelo : I tried flashing this firmware last night. In the middle of the flash, I lost connection and LinkSys says the router is fried. The router came with 1.45.5.

:-(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9709376 Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:33:17 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9543184 anon : Just out of curisouty, does this new beta release include updating a DynDNS.org account using wildcards? Part oft he update message for DynDNS account allows for wild card handling of the host name. It is standard; however I am not sure why Linksys does not include this field.
Even Netgear routers has this option field.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9543184 Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:12:12 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9537854 Flogator : Usually, behavior such as the one you are describing is related to MTU. Starting at 1.45.3, you need to configure your router's MTU manually is you are running application like VPN. Use this procedure to figure out your MTU. The link was designed to configure the MTU on your PC but simply use the procedure to determine the MTU and program it into your router's configuration web page.

»Tweaking FAQ »Max MTU: How do I find mine?

Additionally, here are the most popular BEFSX41 firmware in the last year.

»Re: Advanced Filtering in BEFSX41 fw 1.45 - YUK]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9537854 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:17:25 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9537655 ExecSupport : I've run into several BEFSX41 routers blocking certain websites while using firmware 1.45.3 with the VPN tunnel active (but not connected because I can't get them to connect with this firmware). Two of the sites are www.fordham.edu and www.soundscan.com. I have not upgraded to the 1.45.7 beta version yet but at this point that seems to be my only solution other than going to a different router. I had the tunnel up and running with the older firmware. I spoke with LinkSys support about this, and after being put on hold several times they told me that the problem lies with the sites in question requiring "more bandwidth and your VPN tunnel being active is using it." Gee, it seems to work for people who dial in and connect at 56K...

Does anyone have a link to older versions of the firmware for the BEFSX41 in case I can't get this new beta version to solve both problems? LinkSys sent me to their FTP site but mysteriously the firmware for this router seems to be missing and their promises of someone emailing me the firmware has not followed through.

Thanks in advance.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9537655 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:51:51 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9499040 Flogator : Some update, it was just recently discovered that BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 has introduced a new functionality (partially working in my opinion). You can find all the details in this thread:

»Bug in BEFSX41 fw 1.45.7

Basically, it as to do with the MTU settings of your BEFSX41. Whether you're on cable or DSL, it is now highly recommended to configure this value to the lowest of the highest values of all of your applications. For example, let's assume you are on cable (for which a MTU of 1500 should be fine). If you run a software VPN client behind your router, that particular application's MTU might be something like 1446. Despites the rest of your LAN does not make use of this software VPN client, you should set the MTU that lowest of the highest (which is 1446 in this example). Remember that the above numbers were provided as an example and that you are always responsible to find yours.

I will document this issue more adequately and will forward a bug report to Linksys. The thingy about the MSS snooping is good but it should have been smarter.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9499040 Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:43:31 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9389529 anon : Does someone know why the development of firmware for this router is slow and maintains glitches which were reported ages ago? They (Linksys) are not selling as the cheapest in this market segment, still the product remains buggy with no visible improvement for the firmware. I reported about 4 months ago to the Linksys customer service that it is impossible to set the MTU manually to e.g. 1400 as the firmware as from version 1.45.3 onwards automtically swithces it back to 1492. Since then nothing happened. From what I can gather from this forum there are obvoiusly even more seriuos and long standing issues remaining unfixed.

I am pretty much upset about the Linksys customer care policy and therefore decided to change to a vendor who cares about the people buying their products.

Cheers]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9389529 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:31:59 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9388565 Flogator : Normally, such request is worth its own thread. Nevertheless, here is some thought. By resetting the router to factory defaults, it changes all IP configuration back to defaults. The router should at the very least reply to ping commands. You may need to refresh your IP address of the PC you are using to access the router. Here is what I would try from a console prompt window:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ping 192.168.1.1

If you still have problems after that and assuming your cabling is fine, you've got only two options left:

1- Try the looooooong reset using instruction here.
2- Your router is dead, your only hope is to RMA it back to linksys following the steps here.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9388565 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:43:30 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9388078 achilles1 : Can someone help me please, I try-ed updating to this firmware and the router just hung for over 15 minutes. I try-ed shutting it down and resetting it to factory setting, by pressing the reset button for ten seconds, with no luck. I can't get the router up and running now, suggestions? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9388078 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:33:14 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9386146 anon : Howdy, just should throw in my two cents.

Thanks MUCHO for this post. I was on 1.45.3 from Linksys direct, and it was OK for the most part.

This firmware seems... well..snappier. Maybe it's my brain thinking so after forcing 100Mbit and full duplex to the wan port, which is a Linksys cable modem unit! hah.

So far, so good. IRC works, web, games, software VPN tunnel, FTP.

Thanks again for the firmware, seems solid over Comcast cable in Seattle.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9386146 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:01:19 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9342492 anon : Furball001, assuming you're using the net-snmp version of snmpwalk, you want to use the -C c option. This disables the checks for an increasing OID.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9342492 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:30:04 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9235485 Flogator : Indeed, firmware 1.45.7 fixed a VPN problem when the remote gateway is set to Any. Honestly, I did never tried setting the remote gateway to Any on my BEFSX41 on cable modem. I always set it on my BEFSX41s on xDSL. I guess that feature was never broken for cable connection but was only broken for xDSL ones. Thanks for bringing that up Kurupira.

Additionally, note that SNMP is properly working using 1.45.7 as well as NTP time synchronization. All of these three bugs were introduced by firmware 1.45.3 and fixed again in 1.45.7.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9235485 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:37:45 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9235378 anon : I must thank all here who have pointed me in the right direction! Using two BEFSX41s for VPN, both on firmware 1.45.3, I had the tunnel up successfully. Both devices were behind cable modems, both on dynamic.
I then moved one of them behind a DSL modem (SBC Global) with a static IP and I got nothing! (also had the non-blocking filter issue). Tech support for both DSL provider and Linksys were absolutely useless!
After many hours of troubleshooting, testing different things, I came across this site. A dearth of info to go through, for sure, but well worth it. The 1.45.7 firmware did the trick!
Due to my particular issue which didn't quite match any I saw here, I must assume the firmware fixed an issue with the box's ability to negotiate the VPN link through the PPPoE protocol since it worked fine through cable modem on dynamic setting.
The filter issue was fixed as well.
Anyway, this user is a much happier camper now.

Thanks much to all once again!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9235378 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:24:52 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9221172 Flogator : About the SNMP walk problem, it is a well known issue. There is currently a bug in the router that when DDNS is enabled, the SNMP walk fails. You have two alternatives. Either you disable DDNS when you do SNMP walk or you write yourself a small utility that increment the OID when it returns the same one twice.

As for the MIB file, I have got an old version that I have posted to this message. It is not the most accurate but it works for me. There is only one or two attributes that mismatch but I don't care too much about those.

SX41x1.zip 4,710 bytes
old BEFSX41 MIB file
(SX41x1.mib)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9221172 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:05:54 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9221087 Voigtlander : I upgrade my firmware from V1.44.11t to V1.45.7. However, when I access the FTP within my LAN, no file name can be displayed on the FTP client even connected. Further, it is unable to use IE to access the FTP within the LAN also. I flash it back to V1.44.11t, all resume to normal. Do anyone encounter this situation?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9221087 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:56:35 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9220014 furball001 : I just installed the 1.45.7 firmware on my befsx41 and have had no connection problems with it. In fact the snmp function seems to be working, to a point.
The only problem I have with it is when I do an snmpwalk from my linux box I get the error "Error: OID not increasing: .1.3.6.1.2.1.6.13.1.1.xx.xxx.xxx.xx.xxxxx.xx.xxx.xxx.xx.xx" (blanked out ip info on the end of OID)
This happens when I do an snmpwalk starting from 1.3 but if I start with 1.3.6.1.4 it seems to exit normally.:hmm:

Also, does any one no where I can get the mib for this router or at least how to toggle the Block WAN request via snmp?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9220014 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:21:54 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9217498 Citezein : Can someone verify that this firmware allows multiple PPTP sessions to pass through? I was not happy installing the previous version and finding my VPN dead.

Thanks,

Brian]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9217498 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:28:58 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9201840 TomZz : Opps, sorry, my previous post is a 'new guy' error. The answer is in »[DW6000] Port scan: all TCP ports open?

The open ports have nothing to do with the router, it is a direcway NOC issue.

Sorry about the bad post.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9201840 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:13:25 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9201714 TomZz : I got here by searching grc, I was getting most ports open in the grc.com test. So I installed 1.45.7 and still get the same result. I do have one port (port number > 1024)forwarded, to allow a custom application to accept connections.

My internet connection is DirecWay DW6000 (with fixed IP)

What now?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9201714 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:42:50 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9135383 Kabuto4 :

said by Flogator :
The problem appears to be somewhat random and some people even saw that in 1.44.11t. Seems like in 1.45.3 and beyond, this problem got worst.

Yeah. I was aware of that already, because with 1.44.11t, I couldn't enable UPnP and have ActiveX set to deny at the same time. As you said, it seems to be worse since 1.45.3 :hmm:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9135383 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:11:09 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134788 Flogator : Kabuto, sorry about that. Many of us were already aware of this strange behavior. The problem appears to be somewhat random and some people even saw that in 1.44.11t. Seems like in 1.45.3 and beyond, this problem got worst.

As everyone else, the workaround is to allow all web filters for now until Linksys fixes that one up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134788 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:49:37 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134581 d_l : Kabuto, was your Advanced Firewall Protection set to Enable with that proxy web filter on deny? Those two settings, SPI enabled and any web filter on deny, are known to cause disconnection/reboot problems in 1.45.7. Firmwares 1.44.8 through 1.44.11t didn't seem to be as sensitive to these settings and fewer reboot problems were reported.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134581 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:19:47 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134567 Puerco : Kabuto, you asked about the secret pages and here they are:
»192.168.1.1/reload.htm (does nothing but reloading)
»192.168.1.1/auto_nego.htm ( wan port speed )
»192.168.1.1/BackupnRestoreCfg.htm (backup and restore custom config data)
»192.168.1.1/Filters.htm (older filterpage)
»192.168.1.1/Log4Manage.htm (to enable debug log ea.)
»192.168.1.1/routerdmz.htm (older dmz page)
»192.168.1.1/MacFilterTable.htm (mac address filter page)

They work in every firmware version as far as I can tell and some are very useful, especially the backupnrestorecfg page.

edit: this one I just got from d_l: »192.168.1.1/SysInfo.htm (some general info)
thanks d_l]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9134567 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:18:29 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9133944 Kabuto4 : I made many tests and I finally hit the spot. The problem was not with my MTU value, since I'm now operating at 1500 without any problem. The problem was the "Proxy" setting in the web filter that was set to deny. Strangely enough, this didn't cause any problem when I was on 1.44.11t. However, if someone is interested in making a test, try downloading a file from outside on your FTP when the web filters in your router are set as follow:

-Proxy : Deny
-Java : Allow
-ActiveX : Allow
-Cookies : Allow

Please note that I made all my tests from a PC that was also behind a firewall. My FTP server is IIS, on standard port 21.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9133944 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:38:50 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9130365 Kabuto4 :

said by Flogator :
For that, you need to find out what MTU value is suitable for you...

I've tried that test in the command prompt and according to that, I should be alright with 1500.

said by Flogator :
...I had to do that on my two xDSL sites 'cause I was having some trouble myself.

I'm on cable modem and I was alright prior to my upgrade from 1.44.11t. Well, I'll just have to try decreasing the MTU value and see what it does. Thanks again for your help!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9130365 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:30:33 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129276 Flogator : Kabuto, I think Jan referred about hardcoding the MTU to your PC directly. For that, you need to find out what MTU value is suitable for you. Use the links below to show you how to find the MTU value and how to apply it to the Windows OS.

»Tweaking FAQ »Max MTU: How do I find mine?
»Tweaking FAQ »DRTCP: How do I use it and what are all these settings?

I had to do that on my two xDSL sites 'cause I was having some trouble myself.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129276 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:54:50 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129275 Kabuto4 : Forget my last reply. I didn't even remember that the MTU settings were in the Firewall tab of the regular interface. If someone could help me with that, I appreciate. Here are my MTU settings:

-Auto

The manual size indicates a value of 1500, but I'm set to Auto.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129275 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:54:47 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129202 Kabuto4 :

said by Jan Janowski :

I think it isn't V1.45.7 Maybe MTU settings?

Thanks. I'd check that out, but I don't remember the URL to access the MTU settings page. Could someone give it to me, as well as any other useful "secret" pages URLs? Thanks in advance!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9129202 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:48:01 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9128572 Jan Janowski : "I'm already at 1.45.7. I cannot download more than a few hundred Kb before the connection hangs."

I'm at V1.45.7, have been for weeks, and I must tell you, I had to download a 300 MB file over the weekend.... and while it downloaded, I fired up an old W98 machine and did a Windows Update on another machine simultaneously... Didn't encounter a problem on either machine...

I think it isn't V1.45.7 Maybe MTU settings?
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said by rymdus :
Kabuto
Have you tried updating the drivers to your NIC? What about the duplex settings?

I'm on full duplex mode and I have the most recent driver for my network card, if that's what you mean by NIC. I know that it used to work on 1.44.11t, but it doesn't anymore...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9125880 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:26:44 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9125323 rymdus : Kabuto
I'm only having disconnect problems when I'm uploading. Downloading is working for me with whatever firmware I'm using. Have you tried updating the drivers to your NIC? What about the duplex settings?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9125323 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:36:08 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9125243 blohner : This is day 3 with 1.45.7 for me...
It's stable. No trouble with VPN tunnels or RTP (VoIP) data.
It 'seems' more responsive - hard to explain - but my clicks on websites are more instantaneous - might also be because it forced me to reset the router - which was running without reset since late August 2003...
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said by Flogator :
Kabuto, I would still try 1.45.7 before downgrading. I mean it's true that the official changes in 1.45.7 are related to SNMP, VPN and NTP. However, as usual, Linksys have been inserting a couple of other small bug fixes in it. Perhaps 1.45.7 will solve your problem. I would give it a shot for sure.

I'm already at 1.45.7. I cannot download more than a few hundred Kb before the connection hangs. I didn't change anything in terms of port forwarding, or any other setting in fact, aside from disabling DHCP, since I only have one computer connected to the router and firmware 1.44.11t had a bug with that setting. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9125241 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:27:07 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124956 Flogator : Kabuto, I would still try 1.45.7 before downgrading. I mean it's true that the official changes in 1.45.7 are related to SNMP, VPN and NTP. However, as usual, Linksys have been inserting a couple of other small bug fixes in it. Perhaps 1.45.7 will solve your problem. I would give it a shot for sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124956 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:58:05 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124786 anon : This is one of the most pathetic things I hve ever seen. We as customers are having to resort to providing our own customer service and provide our own firmware updates. It is rediculous, this is the last time either I or anyone I can persuade will ever purchase any Linksys products.

These guys have the worst service and most incompetent firmware staff in the industry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124786 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:37:18 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124763 Kabuto4 :
said by rymdus :
Kabuto

Try flashing to 1.44.13, select auto for MTU and set a value of 0. Now try FTP. Any disconnect/hang-ups? I too have a similar problem. I was able to FTP without disconnect/hang-ups with those settings.

Is there a particular reason why I should go back to 1.44.13 to perform that operation? I thought that this problem was fixed since 1.45.3, but apparently not. If your suggestion doesn't work, I guess I'll have to get back to 1.44.11t. Unless someone has another suggestion...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9124763 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:35:38 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9121445 Konceptz : As someone earlier mention, everything is now faster then before. No problems so far]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9121445 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:19:44 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118804 ticker5 : This firmware has fixed a lot of bugs. Now if Linksys would stay on top of the issues rather than have someone hack the firmware for us, it would be a good thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118804 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:31:40 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9116963 sgkent : I was unable to connect to the Turbo Tax upgrade using 1.45.3. I flashed 1.45.7 and reset MTU and now I can connect. 1.45.7 works whereas 1.45.3 did not.

Here is what I don't understand. I've worked in software quality control before. These on again off again issues between versions are like Linksys is losing control of the master code - like four or five versions of code are floating around their office. I've seen that where one or two programmers use local copies of the code instead of the master. If anyone here works for Linksys - please check to be sure multiple versions of the code aren't floating around the office. It happens easily. I've got a programmer at work who makes changes and then forgets to update the master - then he makes a correction from the master for another issue and it doesn't have the other changes in it so it's three steps forward and one back. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9116963 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:39:36 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114706 Jan Janowski : I wasn't able to test uploads, but a couple days ago I had to download a nearly 300 Mb file.... Fine.

But if someone has space that would support a large upload... I could easily try a large upload file...
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Try flashing to 1.44.13, select auto for MTU and set a value of 0. Now try FTP. Any disconnect/hang-ups? I too have a similar problem. I was able to FTP without disconnect/hang-ups with those settings.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9104574 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:00:19 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9103553 Kabuto4 : Flogator,

Do you know if this firmware solves the FTP hang-ups that sometimes occur during transfers, shortly after the beginning? I don't know about the others, but that's what I've experienced with 1.45.3. I wasn't worried much about SNMP, since I'm not a network guru, but FTP is important to me...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9103553 Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:49:40 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9103359 Flogator : I know from the 1.45.3 thread that later firmware has introduced bugs about PPTP passthrough. Have you tried with firmware 1.45.7 to see if the same problem persists?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9103359 Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:25:01 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9096941 napcoman : Just bought one today and found a problem, When I fist connected it it had old firmware 1.44.3, I tried it and it worked for Multiple PPTP connections, Then I went to linksys download and upgraded to 1.45.3 and the PPTP for multiple connections does not work, after the first connection is logged on any one else trying to log on gets error 650 dial up networking,Then I down gradded the firmware to 1.44 and it works again. I also tried a befvp41 ver 2, For one connection it is stable but it will not do 2 or more(Microsoft vpn port 1723 connections),I also noticed my bersr41 ver2 with new firmware will not foward port 1723.
I have been using linksys for years and have never seen such a fiasco with the PPTP pass through.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9096941 Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:58:06 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9095483 Jan Janowski : I've been using it for nearly 2 weeks, and I'm happy with it too.. I have had one reset, but I'm running filters. Same filters with earlier versions reset far more often. :)
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I have said it and say it again, filters aside, this firmware is the best one I ever run on my BEFSX41s and I now have four of those on different sites.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9093696 Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:21:27 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9093518 frangus : The only thing that differentiates this and 1.45.6 is the fact that NTP is working, am I correct?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9093518 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:55:31 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9089901 TuscanRaider : Web pages (including the router's page) seem to load faster now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9089901 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:10:20 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9088042 Flogator : d_l, thank you for the clarification on port 113. Indeed by default port 113 is not stealth but that's how it has been since 1.44.8 I think. In any case, you can manually stealth it by adding an entry in your port forwarding table that forward port 113 to an non-existing IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.254). This wastes an entry in the port forwarding table but gives you the benefit of having port 113 stealthed ;).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9088042 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:00:32 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087968 d_l : All of the first 1056 ports can be stealthed except for that one (113?) that is never stealthed.

As far as I can tell the Filter page is for Inbound only. It isn't like the Filter page on 1.44.8 and earlier.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087968 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:54:14 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087938 Flogator : To ease the understanding of what BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 is and what it isn't read the following.

BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 is based on 1.45.3 with the following addition:
- SNMP is working
- VPN when remote gateway set to Any is working
- router can synchronize its time to working NTP servers

Sorry to say but this firmware does not change anything about the way the filters are working (or at best very little).

Also note, other than the filters, firmware 1.45.7 is the best firmware I ever ran on my BEFSX41s. Yes all ports are stealth (unless of course you've opened them up in the forwarding table) and the router doesn't reply with SYN/RST packet when being attacked by the GRC all service port test.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087938 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:51:16 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087832 JumpNJack : I have two questions for anyone that tries the new firmware. First, can someone test their router against »grc.com to find out if all of the disallowed ports come up as stealth or a mix of that and closed. Second, how about a change to allow rules to be configured both inbound and outbound again? Thank you for your replies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9087832 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:39:42 EDT Re: [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9086288 d_l : As previously mentioned, this firmware can be forced to reboot by running a speedtest with Advanced Firewall Protection on Enable and Web Filter: ActiveX on Deny. This is the previously known bug that was reintroduced with 1.45.3 (or maybe the sensitivity to reboots was increased).

For me, the reboots aren't consistently reproducible like they were in pre-1.44.8 firmwares. Judging by the mixed reactions people have had with reboots using firmware 1.44.8 through 1.45.3, I think that some units may be more sensitive than others to the problem. Perhaps this is a timing issue in the CPU or other circuitry and the firmware instructions don't have enough margin of error for certain sequences to be completed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9086288 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:47:37 EDT [wired] BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9086151 Flogator : With recent issues with the time synchronization in the BEFSX41, Linksys provided a new BETA firmware. Using BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7, the router will successfully synchronize its time against the following NTP servers:

192.43.244.18 time.nist.gov (Primary/ACTS in Colorado)
203.69.197.150 (Secondary server pointing somewhere in Chunghwa Telecom network in Taipei Taiwan)
202.39.157.151 time.chttl.com.tw

Keep in mind this is beta material therefore, you use this at your own risks. I received the ok to post this firmware on this site because it solves problems for few users. Linksys will not release this firmware version thereof will not provide technical support for it.

This firmware almost obsolete the need for a hacked version. Linksys is also working on another firmware to allow users to configure their own favorite NTP time servers. That's coming in a few weeks if not months.

Having said all that, for the users testing this firmware, please report all of your findings to this thread.
sx41_v1.45.7···code.zip 438,175 bytes
BEFSX41 firmware 1.45.7
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