[P1] Updating Linksys Router Firmware

[Scott Warren]

Are you saying that you have tried and can not do the firmware upgrade??

Lets not talk apple and windows and routers here... lets talk web:

- Download the firmware upgrade file and keep is somewhere handy.  Make 
sure you unzip the file and have the code.bin file.  Like the website 
listed suggested, if the firmware file is an EXE file, rename it to ZIP 
and then Mac can unzip it.
- You go to a website at 192.168.1.1  and any browser can get there.  
This is the setup screen for the router, but its still just a web site. 
  You enter your password and you are into the router.
- On the webpage (router setup) you go to the setup screen and it has a 
upload spot, just like other websites.
- Click on browse and point it to your file, the browser uploads the 
file, and all is good.

When Linksys says they do not support Apple, that just means they have 
not written scripts for their highly trained professional tech support 
staff to read from.  It also means that the bundled software they sent 
with the router does not include a Mac version.  You do not need the 
bundled software to use the router, you do not need any software other 
than a web browser (IE, Safari, Opera,....) to get to the setup 
screens.

On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:33 PM, Bob Gir. wrote:

>     I got a used Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware version 1.04.8 
> from a
> friend.
>
>     On VersionTracker, at...
>
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23632
>
>     ...I just found this:
>
> ===============
> Product Description:
>   Select Linksys BEFSR41 v3 Version:  1.05.00
>
> What's new in this version:
>
>     €      Fixed multicast issue broadcast on all ports
>     €      Fixed DHCP vulnerability
>     €      Fixed inappropriate ARP response from the router
>     €      Fixed fragmented data arriving to destination in the  wrong
>             order. This affected IPSec VPN users
>     €      Modified web user interface for ease of use
>
>
> Editor's Notes:
>  Use your browser to upload the 'code.bin' file from your Linksys setup
> page: http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.htm
>  If that doesn't work for you then you can use MacTFTP to install the
> firmware update. For step-by-step installation instructions using 
> MacTFTP,
> read here:
> http://www.mactechnologies.com/pages/tftpinst.html#linksys
>
> ===============
>
>     The Linksys of course isn't a Mac product, they don't offer Mac 
> support,
> and it isn't terribly intuitive what I need to do here nor how to do 
> it.
>
>     Anyone out there using a similar Linksys router care to offer 
> guidance
> on how to go about upgrading the firmware.
>
>     As always, many thanks,
>     bob