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Article #459Re: Linksys BEFW11S4 red diag LED
From: Thuan Nguyen
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 01:54
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 01:54
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I'm having a similar problem with this product. When connecting to game servers, I get dropped after a few minutes even on a wired connection. I spent a 1/2 hour with Linksys support and basically got nowhere. "Arun Sharma" <arun-public@sharmas.dhs.org> wrote in message news:12d80d1c.0105231352.1e5ad9d3@posting.google.com... > When I first got the box, it was getting heated and resetting every > 5 mins. After upgrading the firmware, the heat issue is solved, but > it still resets (diag LED goe red) but now, every 15 mins. 3x progress! > > The thing that I'm concerned about most is my inability to use ssh > to login to a box behind this linksys firewall. > > This could also be related to something going wrong at my broadband > ISP: sprint broadband at the same time. In less than a minute after > I login via ssh, the session freezes. The only way out is to kill > the window running ssh. > > When the linksys box hangs, I find that ping doesn't work, however, > my wireless card's "link test" still finds the card. So I'm thinking > the problem is in the network layer and not the data link layer. > > It's quite possible that this is due to linksys's firmware bugs, so > I was reluctant to swap the hardware. Now I'm annoyed enough to > actually try it out. > > I'd love to hear about other similar experiences. > > -Arun
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