RE: LInksys router BEFSR41 dead... anything i can do?

["Mark Medici" <mark () dbma com>]

Item 1: Linksys phone support staff are of widely inconsistent quality.
I doubt that your router is dead.  More likely is that the config was
reset to factory defaults (LAN IP=192.168.1.1, password=admin).  Test:
plug a PC configured for DHCP into a LAN port and see if it gets
assigned an IP address.  Check the default gateway configured via DHCP,
and point your web browser at that IP address.

Item 2: I'm not sure, but I believe the answer to this is YES, you can
flash most Linksys routers via a separate utility program.  However, if
you cannot communicate to/through the router, I doubt that this would
succeed.

Item 3: I am not aware of any 3rd-party firmware for the BEFSR41.  This
model does not use open source software, and the proprietary firmware
code is not published.

Quite frankly, these devices are cheap enough to be disposable, which is
apparently how Cisco/Linksys treats them.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruyere, Michel [mailto:mbruyere () ezemcanada com]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:13 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: OT: LInksys router BEFSR41 dead... anything i can do?
>
> Hi,
>       I have a router BEFSR41 that went dead after a firmware update
> (IIRC it was 1.47 that I tried to load into it). This was some time
ago,
> so I'm not 100% sure on the version. Anyway, after the flash
"completed
> successfully" I couldn't access the management interface anymore. I
> called Linksys and got the answer that I had to buy another router,
> which I did (of another brand!). I actually look to "revive" this
router
> by pushing a 3rd party FM in it. Is it possible to achieve this w/o
the
> web interface?
> Any docs on this would be appreciated and/or personal experience too.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Michel Bruyere
> Network/systems administrator
> CompTIA A+, Network+
> The quickest way to find something
> is to start looking for something else.
> :-)
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