Re: Strange Pings

From: David (davidwnh@adelphia.net)
Date: 12/26/02


From: "David" <davidwnh@adelphia.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:30:21 GMT

Don't be afraid to do firmware updates. More often than not they are
security fixes. Your best bet is to see if others are posting about
problems concerning updates soon after they are released. If not go for it!

"Yogi" <acyogi@houston.rrDOTcomX> wrote in message
news:Lz7O9.47837$KW2.1644650@twister.austin.rr.com...
> I was avoiding the firmware upgrade because (I thought) everything was
"OK".
> I guess it is time to learn how to upgrade.
>
> Many thanks to all!
>
> Yogi
>
>
> "MyndPhlyp" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
> news:auaoao$8ig$1@slb4.atl.mindspring.net...
> >
> > "Yogi" <acyogi@houston.rrDOTcomX> wrote in message
> > news:Rv2O9.45662$6H6.1477346@twister.austin.rr.com...
> > > Here are my options (and selections) for the "Filters" under the
> > "Advanced"
> > > tab:
> > >
> > > Block WAN Request: X Enable Disable
> > > IPSec Pass Through: X Enable Disable
> > > PPTP Pass Through: X Enable Disable
> > > Remote Management: Enable X Disable
> > > Remote Upgrade: Enable X Disable
> > >
> > > As you can see, there is no option to "disable multicast passthrough"
> >
> > On the Filters page, you should see the following enable/disable options
> in
> > this order:
> >
> > SPI
> > Block WAN Request
> > Multicast Pass Through
> > IPSec Pass Through
> > PPTP Pass Through
> > Remote Management
> > Remote Upgrade
> > MTU
> >
> > At least that is what it says in Figure 6-16 of the User's Guide on page
> 41.
> >
> > ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/befsr81ug.pdf
> >
> > The latest firmware is v2.44 (27-Nov-02).
> >
> > http://www.linksys.com/download/firmware.asp?fwid=5
> >
> > Of course, knowing Linksys, it is questionable as to whether or not the
> > documentation and the firmware are in sync.
> >
> >
>
>



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