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 -- 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
