Re: OT: LInksys router BEFSR41 dead... anything i can do?

[Danny Messano <danny () logicalcomputing net>]

Try this:

set your computer to 192.168.1.2 
place the new firmware file at c:\your_new_bin_file.bin 

open a command prompt 

type : 
arp -a 192.168.1.1 
(this will give you your befrs41 machine code) 

type : 
arp -s 192.168.1.1 your_machine_code 

type : 
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT c:\your_firmware.bin 192.168.1.1 
(in the next 3sec your bin file is written to the box) 
unplug the power for a few sec and plug back in

I got that from a forum.  I have done that procedure before and it revived a dead linky when nothing else would.

Danny Messano

Friday, June 4, 2004, 9:13:25 AM, you wrote:

BM> Hi, 
BM>     I have a router BEFSR41 that went dead after a firmware update
BM> (IIRC it was 1.47 that I tried to load into it). This was some time ago,
BM> so I'm not 100% sure on the version. Anyway, after the flash "completed
BM> successfully" I couldn't access the management interface anymore. I
BM> called Linksys and got the answer that I had to buy another router,
BM> which I did (of another brand!). I actually look to "revive" this router
BM> by pushing a 3rd party FM in it. Is it possible to achieve this w/o the
BM> web interface?
BM> Any docs on this would be appreciated and/or personal experience too.


BM> Thanks!
 

BM> Michel Bruyere
BM> Network/systems administrator
BM> CompTIA A+, Network+
BM> The quickest way to find something
BM> is to start looking for something else.
BM> :-)




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