Linksys BEFSX41 Crash
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From: mckoss on 24 Jul 2006 21:19 My router has been crashing very consistently and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this problem? One thing I've seen is that the http administration stops responding (can long longer connect to http://192.168.1.1) before the router stops completely (stops responding to pings on the LAN, and no longer connects to the internet). I've tried upgrading to the latest Firmware from the linksys site (1.52.18 is the current version) - but I'm still having problems. I do note that I receive a lot of outside requests to ports 1026 and 1027 from domains in China. Looks to me like (very common) MSN Messenger probes/attacks. But I don't know if these are the cause of the router failing. I also see Invalid TCP packets in the Security log that are being identified to the Google Talk service (which I am using on several of the machines on my LAN). Sigh. Anyone want to suggest a more reliable home firewall? - Mike
From: Sebastian Gottschalk on 24 Jul 2006 21:59 mckoss(a)gmail.com wrote: > I do note that I receive a lot of outside requests to ports 1026 and > 1027 from domains in China. Looks to me like (very common) MSN > Messenger probes/attacks. NetDDE Messaging != MSN Messenger Beside that, today at lot of these requests rather address formerly vulnerable RPC services like Task Scheduler. > Sigh. Anyone want to suggest a more reliable home firewall? Huh? I though you'd be using a router as a router. No need for firewalling for a home user environment. Anyway, Linksys products are well known for having excellent alternative firmwares which are more reliable. As you already upgraded the firmware, the warranty is gone anyway.
From: mckoss on 25 Jul 2006 01:40 I use the BEFSX41 purely as a firewall. I have a separate router (much larger) for my home. Sebastian Gottschalk wrote: > mckoss(a)gmail.com wrote: > > I do note that I receive a lot of outside requests to ports 1026 and > > 1027 from domains in China. Looks to me like (very common) MSN > > Messenger probes/attacks. > > NetDDE Messaging != MSN Messenger > > Beside that, today at lot of these requests rather address formerly > vulnerable RPC services like Task Scheduler. > > > Sigh. Anyone want to suggest a more reliable home firewall? > > Huh? I though you'd be using a router as a router. No need for > firewalling for a home user environment. > > Anyway, Linksys products are well known for having excellent alternative > firmwares which are more reliable. As you already upgraded the firmware, > the warranty is gone anyway.
From: mckoss on 25 Jul 2006 12:20 Thanks for the advice on the firmware. I was mistaken before, I was in fact using 1.52.10 (I had previously been using 1.50.18 and I tried to upgrade to Linksys's latest firmware to see if that would fix my problem - it did not). So I reverted to the v1.45.7, Dec 30 2003 version. I could not find this version on the Linksys website - so I got it from here: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9086151 There is discussion of the most stable firmware version (from Jan 2003!) here: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,11329487~mode=flat They also suggest 1.45.7 (or 1.51.0 - with the new UI). I will also send a note to Linksys tech support to see if they will address this issue. Version 1.52.10 has some serious problems - most commonly the http interface would crash and the firewall becomes unmanagable w/o power cycling to bring it back up. For reference, the 1.52.10 download page is at: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109974&packedargs=sku%3D1115416832406&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper - Mike http://bluedot.us/users/mike?st=tag%3alinksys gray.wizard(a)moria.mines wrote: > On 24 Jul 2006 22:40:26 -0700, mckoss(a)gmail.com wrote: > > >I use the BEFSX41 purely as a firewall. I have a separate router (much > >larger) for my home. > > The BEFSX41 is a tragic beast. It is a fabulous piece of hardware that > never had firmware that really did it justice. I am going to suggest > you try the v1.45.7 firmware revision. All the 1.5.x versions of the > firmware have definite showstopper bugs in them & 1.45.7 seems to be > the most trouble-free of all the firmware revisions available. > > If you are wanting to upgrade to a better firewall how much are you > willing to spend? To get a really good one you'll be spending at least > $3-400 dollars.
From: mckoss on 25 Jul 2006 12:28
I sent this to Linksys: I have been having my firewall crash frequently. I was using firmware 1.50.18. So I tired the latest version posted to your web site (1.52.10). Seems WORSE, not better. In particular, the web interface to manage the router crashes within just a few minutes of power-cycling. And occasionally I can't even PING the router anymore and also loose connectivity to the WAN. I started a thread on comp.security.firewalls: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.security.firewalls/browse_thread/thread/02cce228563c138d/705c929a44d80cf8#705c929a44d80cf8 Where it was suggested that I revert to the 2003 version 1.45.7. I am trying that now and hope to crash less. But I would like to use the most recent version of the firmware if you can get the bugs fixed. mckoss(a)gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the advice on the firmware. I was mistaken before, I was in > fact using 1.52.10 (I had previously been using 1.50.18 and I tried to > upgrade to Linksys's latest firmware to see if that would fix my > problem - it did not). > > So I reverted to the v1.45.7, Dec 30 2003 version. I could not find > this version on the Linksys website - so I got it from here: > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9086151 > > There is discussion of the most stable firmware version (from Jan > 2003!) here: > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,11329487~mode=flat > > They also suggest 1.45.7 (or 1.51.0 - with the new UI). > > I will also send a note to Linksys tech support to see if they will > address this issue. Version 1.52.10 has some serious problems - most > commonly the http interface would crash and the firewall becomes > unmanagable w/o power cycling to bring it back up. > > For reference, the 1.52.10 download page is at: > > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109974&packedargs=sku%3D1115416832406&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper > > - Mike > http://bluedot.us/users/mike?st=tag%3alinksys > > gray.wizard(a)moria.mines wrote: > > On 24 Jul 2006 22:40:26 -0700, mckoss(a)gmail.com wrote: > > > > >I use the BEFSX41 purely as a firewall. I have a separate router (much > > >larger) for my home. > > > > The BEFSX41 is a tragic beast. It is a fabulous piece of hardware that > > never had firmware that really did it justice. I am going to suggest > > you try the v1.45.7 firmware revision. All the 1.5.x versions of the > > firmware have definite showstopper bugs in them & 1.45.7 seems to be > > the most trouble-free of all the firmware revisions available. > > > > If you are wanting to upgrade to a better firewall how much are you > > willing to spend? To get a really good one you'll be spending at least > > $3-400 dollars. |