From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.200.15]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 2336229 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:24 -0500 Message-ID: <49A733FE.1030603@2rosenthals.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:29:50 -0500 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081212 MultiZilla/1.8.3.5g SeaMonkey/1.1.14 (PmW) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Linksys Wireless Router Firmware Replacement References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 02/26/09 04:00 pm, Will Honea thus wrote : > ** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal" > on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:48:12 -0500 > > > >> On 02/26/09 02:47 pm, Will Honea thus wrote : >> >>> ** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal" >>> on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:21:45 -0500 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> First, it is entirely possible that your BEFW11S4 is actually suffering >>>> a hardware failure, and it will likely stop handling wireless traffic >>>> entirely in the near future. This has been my experience with these >>>> (they don't brick entirely; typically, the wireless goes first). None of >>>> the available open (or closed) source third party firmware works with >>>> this model, so a new router is your best bet. >>>> >>>> >>> Pardon the intrusion but this caught my eye. I've got one of these beasts that >>> my son fried trying to hook up his dish ISP. The only part that isn't working >>> is the single port that connects to the internet - all the other ports and the >>> wireless works as advertised. Do you know if dd-wrt will allow me to re-route >>> that bum port to one of the other ports? >>> >>> >>> >> Sorry to hear that, Will. Bonding is available, but I haven't tried it >> thusfar (correction: I have, but not in the manner you suggest). Have a >> look at http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Bonding . >> >>> It's a plaything just gathering dust right now but I have a couple of uses for >>> it if I can get it working. Of course, buying a cheap Linksys or Netgear >>> router/AP would probably be more cost effective (last one I bought was $21 at >>> Fry's) but it is something to keep idle fingers out of trouble... >>> >>> >>> >> :-) >> >> If you've got the time and the inclination to play, *I'm* interested to >> hear how you make out! >> > > I've had pretty good luck with my Actiontec DSL modem/router but that runs > BusyBox on Linux. Heck, I can't even figure out how to open the blasted > Linksys box without breaking something so this sounds like a good way to avoid > dipping into the honey-do jar for a while. Don't hold your breath - seems like > I had more time for my own projects BEFORE I formally retired. > > LOL! In case you really *do* need to disassemble it, have a look here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=101908 . Also, if you're so inclined, and as the WRT54G is now world-famous, there is a wealth of info available on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series . interesting notes about cooling, too... -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Treasurer, Warpstock Corporation www.warpstock.org -------------------------------------------------------------