{"id":330,"date":"2021-08-31T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:00:05","slug":"linksys-cable-dsl-router-help-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys-cable-dsl-router-help-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Linksys Cable\/DSL Router Help &#8211; Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have a Linksys Etherfast Cable \/ DSL router and are having problems with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setup \/ Basic Functionality [This Page]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm\">Firmware upgrades (including MacOs issues)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg3.htm\">Security, VPN\/PPTP, PPPoE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg4.htm\">Port Forwarding \/ Special Applications \/ Dynamic DNS \/ Logging<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">\n<ul>\n<li>Updated 6\/29\/01<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#static_route\">Restoring a missing STATIC ROUTING page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated 8\/13\/00<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Tracert\"><br \/>\nProblems using PING and TRACEROUTE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated 8\/1\/00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Remote\">Using Remote Administration.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated 12\/30\/00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#WAN_MAC\">Changing the WAN MAC address.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated 10\/10\/00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#administration\">Connecting to the built-in administration webserver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#manual_IP\">Manually setting up a Client computer TCP\/IP.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Mac_setup\">Setting it up with a Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"237\">\n<ul>\n<li>Updated 10\/1\/01<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#FTP\">FTP Help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#@Home\">Seeing the @Home Startup page, getting email or news to work, or not being able to web browse in general from your Client computers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#@Home_Install\">Installing on @Home service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#DHCP\">Trouble getting an IP address via DHCP from your ISP (MAC address authentication)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Hangs\">Hangs, garbled web pages, corrupted downloads, and other strange behavior<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated 4\/3\/01<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#NIC\">Getttng your NIC to work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>You can also try the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/support\/support.asp?spid=1\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Linksys Support page<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/tech_helper\/default.html\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Helper<\/a>\u00a0for the router, or\u00a0<a name=\"contact\"><\/a>contact Linksys support via one of the following methods:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"300\" cellspacing=\"1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFF00\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Customer Support Phone:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">800-326-7114<br \/>\n949-261-1288<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Fax:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">949-261-8868<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Email:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">support@linksys.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><center>Connecting to the built-in\u00a0<a name=\"administration\"><\/a>administration webserver.Updated 10\/10\/00<br \/>\nYou can also have problems reaching the admin pages\u00a0if your browser is set to use a Proxy or set for automatic proxy configuration.\u00a0 @Home users especially should check for this.<\/center><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>If you follow the setup instructions in the Etherfast manual in the order that they&#8217;re written, you might not be able to connect with the built-in administration webserver at\u00a0192.168.1.1.\u00a0 If the login box doesn&#8217;t come up when you type\u00a0192.168.1.1\u00a0into your browser location box, and you have Link lights at both your NIC and at the router port that the computer is plugged into, it may be because of your TCP\/IP settings.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to fix this is to let the router&#8217;s DHCP server handle setting up your Client computer&#8217;s TCP\/IP.\u00a0 Do the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Choose a computer that you&#8217;ll use to configure the router.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Open the\u00a0TCP\/IP Properties or Control Panel for the Ethernet adapter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Choose\u00a0&#8220;Obtain an IP address automatically&#8221;\u00a0for a Windows machine, or look for a setting to obtain the IP address information from a\u00a0DHCP server.\u00a0 Enable this option.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">DELETE\u00a0any\u00a0Gateway\u00a0or\u00a0DNS\u00a0information and\/or disable those options.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Shut down your computer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Press the router&#8217;s reset button and wait for the\u00a0Diag\u00a0light to go out.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Boot your computer.\u00a0 It should obtain its IP address info and you&#8217;ll be on your way.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"Remote\"><\/a>Using Remote Administration.Updated 8\/1\/00<\/p>\n<p>The Remote administration feature added by the 1.30 and higher firmware allows users located on the WAN to reach the built-in administration pages.\u00a0 To use this feature, you enable it on the\u00a0Filters\u00a0page and then reach it by using the\u00a0WAN IP address plus &#8220;:8080&#8221;\u00a0added to the end (without the quotes).<\/p>\n<p>Example: If your WAN IP address is\u00a024.36.32.210, then you would enter\u00a024.36.32.210:8080\u00a0into the browser location window.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Seeing the\u00a0<a name=\"@Home\"><\/a>@Home Startup page or getting email or news to work from your Client computers.<\/p>\n<p>This is a common problem.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/nowwwpage_router.htm\">Go here<\/a>\u00a0for the soluti<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>on.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"@Home_Install\"><\/a>Installing on @Home service.<\/p>\n<p>The following was contributed by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pcgypsy@hotmail.com\">Martin Weigand:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My provider is Charter@Home in Upstate SC.\u00a0 This setup process is easier if you have more than one machine, as you can keep your existing unit configuration unchanged until you have established the new connection via the router.\u00a0\u00a0 I spent 5 nights with my project before calling Linksys Tech Support, and was about convinced there was something unique with our provider (Charter) that would prevent me from using this unit, but I was too stubborn to quit. The following hints may help your installation go easier.<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0Get some information<br \/>\nBefore you disconnect your existing account cable from the modem, do the following:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Start, Run, WINIPCFG, select the correct network adapter for @home, Select the MORE INFO button and record your settings, (or screen capture and print with WORD)<\/li>\n<li>From a DOS Window, PING WWW and record the name displayed that ends with\u00a0home.com\u00a0. You may need that for your EMAIL setup change, according to some accounts. Reader George Tabler suggest you PING MAIL and PING NEWS to get the addresses you need right away.If the above procedure doesn&#8217;t work,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/athome_domain.htm\">try this method<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Using your @home account (Assistant) go to the Support page, and find the option to display your Network address. Those are critical for your setup of the Linksys unit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2)\u00a0Get rid of any Proxy settings<br \/>\nSomewhere along the line my @home connection had PROXY settings for port 8080 put into my browser connection settings. Uncheck all those blocks as you can not use PROXY and get to the default address of the Linksys administration page. 192.168.1.1. IF you have installed the customized @home browser,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/sticky_proxy.htm\">go here<\/a>\u00a0for instructions on how to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0Cycle the power<br \/>\nBefore you test your connection, power off the modem, the Linksys, and the pc connected into the (hub) Linksys. Power them up in that order.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0Use DHCP<br \/>\nDue to one newsgroup posting I had read, I mistakenly did not initially use DHCP addressing for my network cards that were attached to the Linksys, which cost me 5 nights of frustration. You paid for it, it works, use it. Of all the changes, rebooting, trial and error things that I did, that was the final change that I made, before getting the successful link to the network.<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0Configure the router<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Start your web browser. In my case IE5. Enter the default address 192.168.1.1, and the default password when prompted.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the required information into the first screen. Router name would be the\u00a0cixxxxx-x ID\u00a0assigned to you by @home and the first part of your identification displayed by WINIPCFG. The Domain name would be the remaining part of that name, and would end with\u00a0home.com.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Enter the IP address that was assigned to your @home computer as the WAN address<\/li>\n<li>Enter the DNS entries (I have two) and the Gateway addresses.<\/li>\n<li>You should leave the PPPoE stuff alone. You don\u2019t use it for Cable, it is presently for DSL.<\/li>\n<li>At some point, be sure to change the ADMIN password, and write it down.<\/li>\n<li>Press APPLY , then Refresh to verify that the changes have been made.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it.\u00a0 Once I got my first system &#8220;online&#8221;, it took all of 10 minutes to make changes to my other systems, reboot and customize the settings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><a name=\"manual_IP\"><\/a>Setting up the Client PC TCP\/IP for the Linksys Etherfast Cable \/ DSL Router<\/big><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Right click\u00a0Network Neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Choose the\u00a0Properties\u00a0option\u00a0 Scroll to the TCP\/IP listing for your NIC card and highlight it<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click the\u00a0Properties\u00a0button<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click the\u00a0IP Address\u00a0tab<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Select the option for\u00a0Specify an IP Address<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">In the\u00a0IP Address field\u00a0specify an address from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254.\u00a0\u00a0Make sure each client PC has a different address!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">In the\u00a0Subnet Mask field\u00a0enter the following Subnet mask:\u00a0255.255.255.0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click on the\u00a0Gateway\u00a0tab<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Enter the IP address of the router in the Gateway field. The default address is\u00a0192.168.1.1<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click the Add button<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click the\u00a0DNS configuration\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Select the\u00a0Enable DNS\u00a0radio button.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Enter this computer&#8217;s name in the\u00a0Host\u00a0field, this must be a name not used for any other computer on your network\u00a0\u00a0 It can be as easy as &#8220;computer2&#8221; as this host name is not used for the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Leave the\u00a0Domain\u00a0field BLANK<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">In the\u00a0DNS server search order\u00a0you will need to enter the IP address of your\u00a0ISP\u2019s DNS server(s). This should have been provided to you by your ISP. If you do not know the IP addresses of your ISP\u2019s DNS server, use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/findDNS.htm\">winipcfg\u00a0command to find out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Enter the domain name of your ISP in the\u00a0Domain Suffix Search Order\u00a0box.\u00a0 This will be something like\u00a0ne.mediaone.net\u00a0or\u00a0ca.calgary.home.net.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re not sure what to enter, follow the procedure on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/nowwwpage_router.htm#domain\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Click OK \u2013 you will need to reboot the machine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Updated 9\/29\/00<br \/>\n<big>Having trouble getting a\u00a0<a name=\"DHCP\"><\/a>DHCP address from your ISP<\/big><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img alt='attentionsml-3301828' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/attentionsml-3301828.gif' width=\"30\" height=\"30\" border=\"0\" \/>NOTE: You may be able to avoid having to call your ISP to register your new MAC address. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/MAC_addr_clone.htm\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Some ISPs use the Adapter (or MAC) address of your NIC to enable service (MediaOne\/RR in the New England area does this, as does Prestige.Net (Carroll County Maryland).\u00a0 If this is your situation, you&#8217;ll need to follow your ISPs procedure to register a new address, but using the router&#8217;s MAC address.\u00a0 You can find the address on the router&#8217;s\u00a0Setup\u00a0page listed next to\u00a0WAN IP Address, and titled\u00a0MAC address. (It looks something like 00-20-78-C5-00-3F.)<br \/>\nCopy this down and give it to your ISP.\u00a0 After you change the address at your ISP, do the following:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">1) After you call in the address, unplug your cable modem power and unplug the router power. \u00a0 Wait about 5 seconds and plug in the cable modem and wait for it to boot up.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">2) Now plug in the router power, &amp; wait for the router to finish starting up.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">3) Check your router&#8217;s Status screen and look to see that there is a WAN IP address and valid DNS servers listed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">4) If you don&#8217;t see the IP info in #3, reset the router or force the router to do a WAN DHCP renewal.<br \/>\nCheck the router&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0Status\u00a0screen.\u00a0If you didn&#8217;t get valid IP address info, repeat the WAN DHCP renewal process.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">5) If you did get valid IP address info, start your web browser and see if you get your normal start page.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">6) If you don&#8217;t get your browser start page, you may need to reboot your computers, or run\u00a0winipcfg\u00a0and do a Release\/Renew on your client&#8217;s Ethernet adapter before you can access the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Updated 7\/6\/00<br \/>\n<big><a name=\"Hangs\"><\/a>Hangs, garbled webpages, corrupted download files, and other strange behavior<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Reports of problems continue, although many users do not experience any data corruption problems with the router.<\/p>\n<p>Here are things you can try:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#Firmware\">Upgrade the firmware<\/a>\u00a0if you already haven&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that you have a solid connection to the router (check this by pinging the router multiple times) before trying to upgrade the firmware!<br \/>\nIf your connection is flaky, you&#8217;ll end up with a dead router!<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0Try forcing your NIC to 10Mbps or half duplex mode, and turning off the &#8220;Autonegotiate&#8221; feature of your NIC as a temporary measure.<br \/>\n(Look in the Network Control Panel, in your Ethernet Adapter&#8217;s Advanced Properties tab.)<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0Make sure you do not have devices plugged into the Uplink and Port 1 connectors\u00a0at the same time!\u00a0\u00a0This is easy to do, given the way the connectors are laid out.\u00a0\u00a0Use only one of these two ports at a time!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">4)\u00a0There is some evidence that you may have problems if you have\u00a0altered MTU settings\u00a0or\u00a0run &#8220;speed tweak&#8221; programs\u00a0on computers that you connect to the router.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/reset_speed_tweak.htm\">This page<\/a>\u00a0has information on restoring the proper settings.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">5) Try\u00a0getting an exchange\u00a0of the router.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Please\u00a0<a>let me know<\/a>\u00a0if any of this helps, or if you come up with a solution!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#twisted\">Also check this twisted tale&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Updated 4\/3\/01\u00a0Getting your\u00a0<a name=\"NIC\"><\/a>NIC to work<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There was a problem with the built-in switch and some NICs,\u00a0including Linksys NICs.\u00a0\u00a0 Symptoms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">not getting a Link light at the NIC or switch port.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">getting a Link light, but inability to connect to either the router or other computers on your LAN.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">getting a Link light and connection for a short time, then getting intermittent or no connection.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Macintosh users might also experience problems getting a network connection from Mac to Mac.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Linksys says that they&#8217;ve resolved this problem.\u00a0 If you are having a problem getting a NIC to connect to your Linksys router, either try the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/tech_helper\/default.html\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Helper<\/a>, or contact Linksys Tech Support for help.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\">3\/14\/00 A\u00a0<a name=\"twisted\"><\/a>twisted tale&#8230;<br \/>\nA helpful reader reports that his problems with getting a successful connection to the LAN side of the Router were solved by\u00a0NEW PATCH CABLES.\u00a0 He had\u00a0made his own cables\u00a0and had not kept both the Receive channel wires in the same twisted pair!<br \/>\nYou can check your patch cable by looking at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/faqs\/default.asp?fqid=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this cable diagram<\/a>\u00a0(scroll down and look at the &#8220;Straight Through&#8221; diagram).<\/p>\n<p>NOTE\u00a0that you can&#8217;t determine whether the cable is ok by &#8220;buzzing out&#8221; the cable, i.e. testing electrical continuity.\u00a0\u00a0The Transmit and Receive connections must each be in their own twisted pair of wires,\u00a0and unless you have a transmission quality analyzer, you have to look at the color coding.\u00a0\u00a0Each twisted pair is denoted by the Color, Color\/White stripe coding.<\/p>\n<p>If in doubt, go get a good, name brand patch cable, i.e. Belkin, Belden, etc.!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><big>Setting it up with a\u00a0<a name=\"Mac_setup\"><\/a>Mac<\/big><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re having trouble getting a Mac to connect to the router, you can get help for setting up TCP\/IP on a Mac\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpm.com\/7.06\/router.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starting on this page from ATPM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Macfixit site also has some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfixit.com\/extras\/appletalkaccess.shtml#02\/22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good Mac-specific setup info<\/a>, including getting the router to peacefully co-exist with an Airport base station.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img alt='new_ani-5224969' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/new_ani-5224969.gif' width=\"33\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>7\/5\/00\u00a0You can also check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfixit.com\/ultimate\/Forum6\/HTML\/001807.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this thread on the MacFixit forum<\/a>\u00a0from John Strung.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><big><a name=\"FTP\"><\/a>FTP Help<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><img alt='new_ani-5224969' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/new_ani-5224969.gif' width=\"33\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>10\/1\/01\u00a0If you are having trouble with an FTP server, serving files over approximately 1K in size, try enabling the\u00a0MTU function on the Filters page\u00a0and set it to a value of 1000 or so. [Thnx Jamie Tyson!]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">8\/20\/01\u00a0If you are having problems with FTP\u00a0PORT\u00a0commands,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_ftp_port.htm\">see this\u00a0tip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">If your LAN clients are not able to FTP from an FTP server that uses a port other than the standard Port 21,\u00a0try setting your FTP client program to use PASV mode. This is usually located under &#8220;Firewall&#8221; or &#8220;Proxy&#8221; settings. (Thanks to Patrick Fortin-Ducharme!)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#Firmware\">upgrade the firmware<\/a>\u00a0if you already haven&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">If you are experiencing corrupted files when you upload a file with your FTP client,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#Firmware\">upgrade the firmware<\/a>\u00a0to BETA 1.30 or higher.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt='new_ani-5224969' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/new_ani-5224969.gif' width=\"33\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a012\/30\/00<br \/>\n<big><a name=\"WAN_MAC\"><\/a>Changing the WAN MAC address.<\/big><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><img alt='attention_blink-2086786' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/attention_blink-2086786.gif' width=\"35\" height=\"35\" border=\"0\" \/>Version 1.37 firmware moved this function to its own tab. Click on the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; tab, then the &#8220;MAC Addr. Clone&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Can&#8217;t find this feature in the\u00a01.30 to 1.36\u00a0higher firmware? Just look at the screen shot below!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksy1.gif\" alt=\"The &quot;hidden&quot; MAC address change!\" width=\"434\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img alt='attention_blink-2086786' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/attention_blink-2086786.gif' width=\"35\" height=\"35\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0This feature may not work from a computer that is running Norton Internet Security. In order to get it to work with NIS 2.5 you must allow script popup windows to run.\u00a0 This is done in the advanced options web settings of NIS. [Thanks to James Grove for the tip!]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><big><a name=\"Tracert\"><\/a><\/big>Update 8\/13\/00<br \/>\n<big>Problems with PING and TRACEROUTE.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Version 1.22 and higher firmware\u00a0adds a &#8220;Block WAN request&#8221; feature to the Filters page.\u00a0 If this is enabled it will block all ICMP requests, which both PING and TRACEROUTE need, and you will not be able to get a response when you PING or TRACEROUTE the\u00a0WAN side\u00a0of the router.\u00a0 Just\u00a0DISABLE\u00a0this option to fix this.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><big><a name=\"static_route\"><\/a><\/big>Updated 6\/29\/01<br \/>\n<big>Restoring a missing STATIC ROUTING page<br \/>\n(BEFSR41 model only!)<\/big><\/p>\n<p>If the Static Routing page on your 4 port Linky goes missing (sometimes after a firmware upgrade), do the following:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0Download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/befsr41_Boot.bin\">this file<\/a>\u00a0(befsr41_boot.bin)<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0Make sure you have a copy of the firmware that&#8217;s loaded in your router.\u00a0 Go to the\u00a0<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Linksys download page<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#Firmware\">our firmware download page<\/a>\u00a0to get it.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0Use the Linksys upgrade utility to load the\u00a0befsr41_boot.bin\u00a0file into your router, just like you would with new firmware.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0Remove power from the router. Wait 5 seconds or so and reapply power. (You can also try just hitting the\u00a0Reset\u00a0button instead of doing the power cycle.)<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0Now load (or re-load) the desired firmware into your router.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve changed the password from the Linksys default, you may need to enter default password (admin) for the upgrade. The Static Routing page should now be restored.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you have problems\u00a0(router locks up with a flashing Diag light, password keeps getting rejected by the upgrade utility, etc.) use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#dead\">Dead Linky hints<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a Linksys Etherfast Cable \/ DSL router and are having problems with: Setup \/ Basic Functionality  Firmware upgrades (including MacOs issues) Security, VPN\/PPTP, PPPoE Port Forwarding \/ Special Applications \/ Dynamic DNS \/ Logging Updated 6\/29\/01 Restoring a missing STATIC ROUTING page Updated 8\/13\/00 Problems using PING and TRACEROUTE Updated 8\/1\/00 Using Remote Administration. Updated 12\/30\/00 Changing the WAN MAC address. Updated 10\/10\/00 Connecting to the built-in administration webserver Manually setting up a Client computer TCP\/IP. 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