On Monday 05 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote: >On 04/04/2010 10:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 05 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote: >>> On 04/04/2010 07:41 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> 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. >>> >>> So I should step it up by flashing all sequential updates? >> >> I have never done that myself. But there are warnings, or were, on the >> linksys download site, saying you can't put a version 3 image in a >> version 2 unit. I wasn't trying to scare you, just make sure you did >> your homework. ;-) I have one of those units, but it hasn't been >> plugged in in a couple of years as I switched to DD-WRT on a clapped out >> k6 box with everything non- essential stripped. Not even a hard drive >> or a floppy. It boots from a cf card on the end of an ide cable. I >> used gftp to update mine several times though, it Just Worked(TM). And >> so far, no one I didn't give the password to has gotten to it, or any of >> the machines behind it. > >I do have the right version 2 flashfiles >The current version installed is 2 versions from the most recent >So I have looked and yes there is a problem >I flash the next in line then reset router >Do it again and again until I get to the final firmware > >At least then some of the bugs I have been experiencing can get resolved > >I know I should get a better router but my $$$ usually goes to other >computer endeavours like a new nvidia 295 x 2 >I can hardly wait > AFAIK, there isn't anything major wrong with the befsr-41 unless it runs out of bandwidth on a really fast circuit. I never had anyone get past it but IIRC its length of password is a little short. Root here has a 20+ character password, and I couldn't set one more than 8 chars long in it IIRC. -- 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) All true wisdom is found on T-shirts. -- 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
