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Re: Linksys BEFW11S4 red diag LED

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From: Thuan Nguyen
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
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> 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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