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BEFSR41 Public Firmware 1.42.3 now available
(old news - 05:59PM Wednesday Jan 30 2002)
Just to let everyone know, I received a copy of a firmware directly from Linksys today after requesting some technical help earlier on.
After receiving the firmware I realized that I had received version 1.42.3. At first I thought that was a mistake since the 1.42 closed beta test was going on and rumors of 1.42.1 being sent to testers. But I installed it and sure enough it's a 1.42.3 version dated January 28 2002.

I have spent some time going through it and here is the changes I've noticed right off the bat:

* Some settings aren't kept from a upgrade from 1.40 to 1.42.3
* UPnP is enabled by default.
* MTU is added to the filters tab and enabled by default with 1492.
* Port forwarding is MAJORLY upgraded with customized applications boxes, along with being able to manually set UPnP port forwarding.
* DHCP tab allows you to set client lease times and also to give those DHCP clients specific DNS/WINS servers to forward to.

I have been following these boards very thoroughly so I had knowing about the UPnP issues in the 1.4x versions. I am not sure if they have posted it on their website yet, but here is a copy of the release notes.txt file and ver.txt file included. I have uploaded a screenshot for people to check out of this file.

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Release Notes
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Firmware version 1.42.3 is the first public release that supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).

Known issues
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Linksys strongly recommends that you use the default LAN IP address of 192.168.1.1. Some MSN Messenger users may experience difficulties using other LAN IP addresses, for
instance 10.0.0.1.


1. Router can support PCs with small MTU settings to configure the router.
2. Supports Applying settings without rebooting (Password, DHCP, MAC Filter, Forwarding, DMZ, MAC Addr.Clone)
3. Added DNS and WINS setting in DHCP User Interface page.
4. Support for UPnP forwarding loopback
5. Support for multi-IPSec pass-through
6. Fixed Nortel VPN pass-thru
7. Forced MTU enabled and size = 1492,when PPPoE is enabled
8. Added DHCP Lease time for LAN connections

Firmware is available via the Linksys FTP site at ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/befsr-fw1423.zip.

Forums » BEFSR41 Public Firmware 1.42.3 now available
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CBLMorphis

join:2001-02-25
Riverside, CA

Public Firmware 1.42.3 With Bugs!!!

Well after installing the new firmware and reading some of the posts about it, up until now I think Linksys did a very poor job on the firmware.
#1 - No tracert
#2 - DMZ Unstable
Come on Linksys. You can do better then that. Makes me kind of wonder what other problems this firmware has. Don't the guys at Linksys check stuff out before releasing it? And what happened too the so called Beta Testers? Hehe, guess their wasn't any. I think Linksys needs too spend more time on the firmware instead of relesing newer ones. I'd rather wait awhile and pit up with older firmware then too install newer ones that will allow hackers on too my network. Just kidding. Just proving a point.
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permalink · 2002-02-02 19:34:55 · Print · Reply to this

domnatr6

join:2001-03-06
Kyle, TX

Re: Public Firmware 1.42.3 With Bugs!!!

There were beta testers. I was one of them. The tracert problem existed when we were testing the firmware and it was a known problem. What suprises me is that they actually released this firmware with it still now working.
permalink · 2002-02-03 10:32:48 · Reply to this

CantWin



Re: Public Firmware 1.42.3 With Bugs!!!

I guess Linksys can't win -- if they don't release, people yell. If they do, people yell. Frankly, I'm still quite happy w/ Linksys, and their customer service in terms of continued support and upgrades still beats what we see from most other companies.

Beware of the harsh words, one day somebody might figure that there are fewer complaints if they don't provide upgrades after selling the box!

That said, it would be nice to have a list of known problems distributed with each firmware, I personally could not care less about DMZ, and can possibly live w/o tracert if I can get multiple IPSec pass-thrus!

This kernel seems like a clear win to me, please please please release a similar upgrade for the BEFW11S4!
permalink · 2002-02-05 19:02:14 · Print · Reply to this

tracert

@mindspring.com

Re: Public Firmware 1.42.3 With Bugs!!!

Yeah but the tracert still doesn't work. This is ridiculous.
permalink · 2002-02-07 21:40:13 · Reply to this
dragon216

join:2000-08-29
Brooklyn, NY

Re: Public Firmware 1.42.3 With Bugs!!!

I could not get anything on web that upnp about and why when i set it up it would not let me get outside sites i am on 140.1 now its the only working one for me the one after it has connectivity issues
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permalink · 2002-02-17 12:14:47 · Reply to this
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