On Sunday 04 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote: >On 04/04/2010 12:32 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 03:26:52PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> I see no benefit to a hardware router vs. running Linux with the >>> firewall configured. >> >> Well, yes, there is. Two different platforms, different firewalls, mean >> that no single attack vector can be used on both of them. >> >> I wouldn't recommend the BEFSR41 line, though. Get a WRT54G/WRT54GL and >> load either Tomato or DD-WRT. Much more capable than the native >> firmware, and free to boot. (Or to run...joke...) >> >>> There are good, free, firewall packages you can run on a cheap machine. >> >> That's effectively what you're doing with the free firmware on >> commercial firewalls, without the need to maintain another full OS and >> usually in a very much smaller physical package. >> >> $0.02, YMMV, etc. >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Dave Ihnat >> dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx > >I have found that yes it is quite old > >I am about to flash the firmware to the latest befsr-v1.46.02_FW_code > >its a bin file and from what I understand under linux I am to use tftp >to do this > >tftp 192.168.1.1 >mode binary >put CODE.BIN > > > > >I am just trying to figure it out before I go ahead > >Michael > Please check the serial number and version of your befsr-41 on their web site before doing that, I understand that stuffing too new a FW into an older one will brick it. I know of at least 3 versions of it. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The default Magic Word, "Abracadabra", actually is a corruption of the Hebrew phrase "ha-Bracha dab'ra" which means "pronounce the blessing". -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
