{"id":665,"date":"2021-09-02T16:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:59","slug":"linksys-cable-dsl-router-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys-cable-dsl-router-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Linksys Cable\/DSL Router Help &#8211; Firmware upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">You have a Linksys Etherfast Cable \/ DSL router and are having problems with:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help.htm\">Setup \/ Basic Functionality<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Firmware upgrades (including MacOs issues) [This Page]<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg3.htm\">Security, VPN\/PPTP, PPPoE<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg4.htm\">Port Forwarding \/ Special Applications \/ Dynamic DNS \/ Logging<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"236\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>Updated 9\/26\/01<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Firmware\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>Finding updated firmware<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>Updated 4\/2\/01<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#tips\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Firmware upgrade tips!<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>4\/11\/01<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#dead\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Reviving a &#8220;Dead&#8221; Linky (fail-safe firmware reload)<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"235\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>Updated 9\/1\/01<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Mac\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Updating Firmware with a Mac<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>Updated 12\/4\/00<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Linux\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Updating Firmware with a Linux\/Unix machine<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\"><b>9\/29\/00<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#OS2\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Updating Firmware with an OS\/2 machine<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>You can also try the\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/support\/support.asp?spid=1\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Linksys Support page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/tech_helper\/default.html\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Helper<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the router, or\u00a0<a name=\"contact\"><\/a>contact Linksys support via one of the following methods:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><center><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"300\" cellspacing=\"1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFF00\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>Customer Support Phone:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">800-326-7114<br \/>\n949-261-1288<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>Fax:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">949-261-8868<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>Email:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">support@linksys.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><center><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><big>Finding updated\u00a0<a name=\"Firmware\"><\/a>Firmware<\/big><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#385CA0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FF9282\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img alt='tip_hp-9299613' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tip_hp-9299613.gif' border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0If it ain&#8217;t broke&#8230;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"SMLTEXT\">Upgrading router firmware can sometimes cause more problems than it fixes!\u00a0 Here are a few lthings to consider before you click that &#8220;Upgrade&#8221; button:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"SMLTEXT\"><strong>Check the Readme<\/strong>\u00a0or other information that describes what the firmware will do before you do the upgrade.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t need new features and your product is happily doing it&#8217;s job&#8230;\u00a0<strong>leave it alone and don&#8217;t perform the upgrade!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"SMLTEXT\">If you do need the upgrade,\u00a0<strong>first download a copy of your existing firmware revision,<\/strong>\u00a0or the closest earlier revision available.\u00a0 You may need it in case something doesn&#8217;t work right with the new firmware.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Latest Linksys Router Firmware<br \/>\n<\/b>[All firmware can be downloaded from\u00a0<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>this page<\/b><\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise noted]<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"450\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#66CCFF\" width=\"69\" height=\"18\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Model<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#66CCFF\" width=\"149\" height=\"18\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Latest Firmware<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#66CCFF\" width=\"43\" height=\"18\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Release Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#66CCFF\" width=\"158\" height=\"18\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Comments<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"10\">BEFSR11<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Updated: 11\/7\/01<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>RELEASED 1.40.2<br \/>\n<\/b>filename: befsr-fw1402.zip<br \/>\n<b>[<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/befsr-fw1402.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"10\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>None available<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"10\">Supports enhanced Internet security using ZoneAlarmPro TM and PC-cillin TM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"left\">BEFSR11<br \/>\nBEFSR41<br \/>\nBEFSRU31<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 9\/26\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>RELEASED 1.40.1<br \/>\n<\/b>filename: befsr-fw1401.zip<br \/>\n<b>[<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/befsr-fw1401.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/befsr_1_39_4a_ver.txt\">click here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"left\">Supports\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/news\/nwi_2001_show_pg1.htm\">ZoneAlarmPro and PC-cillin feature upgrade<\/a><\/b>.\u00a0 Pricing is\u00a0<b>$80 for a 4-pack<\/b>\u00a0of licenses.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"28\">\n<p align=\"center\">BEFSR81<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 8\/16\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>RELEASED 2.38<br \/>\n<\/b>filename: befsr81-2381.zip<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/befsr81_2_38_ver.txt\">click here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BETA 2.39 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/befsr81_2_39.bin\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>None available<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>MIB File<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/BroadBandGateway.mib\">download<\/a>]<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>None available<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"10\">\n<p align=\"center\">BEFW11S4<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 7\/11\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"5\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>RELEASED 1.37.9b<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n[<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/network\/befw11s4_1379b.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>]<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"5\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_1_37_9b_ver.txt\">click here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"5\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"38\">\n<p align=\"center\">BEFW11P1<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 7\/16\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b>RELEASED 1.1 Rel 02<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n[<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/befw11p1_1102.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>]<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/befw11p1_1_1_rel2_readme.txt\">click here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You\u00a0<b>must<\/b>\u00a0use a new Upgrade Utility with this router.\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/linksys_upgrade202.zip\">Download here<\/a><\/b>. (Windows only)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BETA 1.1 Rel 04 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/befw11p1_1104.bin\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/befw11p1_1104.txt\">click here<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You\u00a0<b>must<\/b>\u00a0use a new Upgrade Utility with this router.\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/linksys_upgrade202.zip\">Download here<\/a><\/b>. (Windows only)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"19\">\n<p align=\"center\">BEFN2PS4<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 5\/24\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BETA 1.37.2 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/befn2ps4_1_37_2.bin\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>None available<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"left\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"69\" height=\"19\">\n<p align=\"center\">HPRO200<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: 5\/24\/01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"149\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>BETA 1.37.4 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/hpro200_1_37_4.bin\">download<\/a>]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"43\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b>None available<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\" width=\"158\" height=\"9\">\n<p align=\"left\">Fixes UDP lockup problems &amp; improves stability.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img alt='attentionsml-5631012' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attentionsml-5631012.gif' width=\"30\" height=\"30\" align=\"absmiddle\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_fw_info.htm\">Go here<\/a>\u00a0for release notes and downloads for previous versions.<\/b><\/span><img alt='attentionsml-5631012' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attentionsml-5631012.gif' width=\"30\" height=\"30\" align=\"absmiddle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">5\/20\/01 V1.38.5 RELEASE Information:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">This firmware (<b>V1.38.5<\/b>) is approved for distribution by Linksys.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img alt='attention_blink-9935750' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attention_blink-9935750.gif' width=\"35\" height=\"35\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><big><big><big>This is RELEASED firmware.\u00a0 This means:<\/big><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/strong><img alt='attention_blink-9935750' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attention_blink-9935750.gif' width=\"35\" height=\"35\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><big>Linksys will answer questions and provide support with any problems you might have.<\/big><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use the contact information on this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm#tips\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><big><big>If you have problems, read the Firmware Upgrade Tips!<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt='attentionsml-5631012' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attentionsml-5631012.gif' border=\"0\" \/>This firmware may be used with the following products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 port\u00a0<b>BEFSR11<\/b><\/li>\n<li>4 port\u00a0<b>BEFSR41<\/b><\/li>\n<li>USB port\u00a0<b>BEFSRU31<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/linksys_1_38_5_ver.txt\">Click here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to see the Release Notes.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: large;\">Updated 9\/1\/01<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><big>Updating Firmware with a\u00a0<a name=\"Mac\"><\/a>Mac<\/big><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Linksys provides Firmware updates for the router in a Windows self-extracting zip file (.exe extension).\u00a0 Although this file can be expanded via Stuffit Expander (you may have to change the\u00a0<b>.exe<\/b>\u00a0extension to\u00a0<b>.zip<\/b>\u00a0to get Stuffit to work its magic) to get the\u00a0<b>CODE.BIN<\/b>\u00a0file that contains the firmware, the Windows-based TFTP client that&#8217;s included with the update won&#8217;t be of much use on your Mac.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple ways to upgrade the Linksys firmware with a Mac-only network:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Use Kem Tekinay&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#TFTP\">MacTFTP Client.<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n(This will work no matter what firmware revision your router has.)<\/li>\n<li><b>Use the built-in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Java\">Java upgrade client<\/a>.<\/b><br \/>\n(This will work only if your router has V1.22 firmware or higher already installed.)<\/li>\n<li>Try using\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umax.com\/maxgate\/support\/firmware.cfm?platform=M\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">MaxGate&#8217;s MAC updater<\/a><\/b>. (Thanks Jonathan Gahan!)<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mactechnologies.com\/pages\/tftpinst.html#linksys\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">MacTechnologies&#8217; MacTFTP client<\/a><\/b>\u00a0(requires PPC and MacOS8.1 or higher).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><b><a name=\"TFTP\"><\/a>TFTP method<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>Kem Tekinay of\u00a0<b>MacTechnologies Consultin<\/b>g has written\u00a0<b>MacTFTP Client<\/b>.\u00a0 This little shareware gem is a TFTP client that supports both Send and Receive to and from any TFTP server.\u00a0 You just input the IP address of the TFTP server, type in the server&#8217;s password (if needed), select the file you want to transfer and hit the Start button. The program is free for 30 days, after which you&#8217;ll need to register.\u00a0\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mactechnologies.com\/pages\/downld.html\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Go here to download MacTFTP.<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(Thanks go again to John Strung for this tip!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><a name=\"Java\"><\/a>Java Upgrade Client method<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>Once you get the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#Firmware\">V1.22 upgrade<\/a><\/b>\u00a0into the router, you won&#8217;t have to hassle with a TFTP client again.\u00a0 The V1.22 upgrade includes a Java-based upgrade page.<\/p>\n<p>But, MacOs users who try to use the V1.22 firmware&#8217;s built in Java update page with Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher will probably find that it won&#8217;t work.\u00a0 Reader John Strung reports that you can get around this problem by using\u00a0<b>Apple&#8217;s Applet Runner<\/b>\u00a0to execute the Java applet instead of the IE5.0 Java engine. Here&#8217;s what you do:<br \/>\n<img alt='attentionsml-5631012' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attentionsml-5631012.gif' width=\"30\" height=\"30\" border=\"0\" \/><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><i>NOTE: You must have V1.22 firmware or higher already loaded in the router in order to follow these instructions!<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">If you don&#8217;t have the Applet Runner, download the MacOS Runtime for Java package.\u00a0 Version 2.2 for MacOS 8.1 or higher is located\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/asu.info.apple.com\/swupdates.nsf\/artnum\/n11572\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Open the Applet Runner and unrestrict security settings in the Applet Runner&#8217;s preferences panel.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Download and uncompress (using Stuffit Expander 5.0 or higher) the firmware\u00a0<b>.exe<\/b>\u00a0file from the Linksys FTP site.\u00a0 (You might have to change the extension from .exe to .zip to get it to expand.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Move the CODE.BIN file in the expanded folder to the desktop.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Type\u00a0<b>http:\/\/192.168.1.1\/Upgrade.htm<\/b>\u00a0into the Location box in the Applet Runner.\u00a0 (If you changed the default address of the router, change the\u00a0<b>192.168.1.1<\/b>\u00a0to the address that you assigned to the router.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">After the upgrade completes, remember to reboot your router and restore any special settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: large;\">12\/4\/00\u00a0<\/span><big><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Updating Firmware with a\u00a0<a name=\"Linux\"><\/a>Linux\/Unix machine<\/span><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here are the Linux\/Unix commands to upgrade the router<br \/>\n(thanks to Jean-Christophe Hugly for the info!)<\/p>\n<p><img alt='attentionsml-5631012' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/attentionsml-5631012.gif' width=\"30\" height=\"30\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><b>NOTE:\u00a0<\/b>You will need to temporarily remove any admin password from the router before upgrading the firmware. (Linux tftp doesn&#8217;t embed the password in the tftp WRQ (write request) packet as the Linksys requires.)\u00a0\u00a0<b>Restore the password after you&#8217;ve completed the upgrade.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This assumes the CODE.BIN file is in the current directory.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tftp &lt;the fire wall IP Address&gt;<\/li>\n<li>mode binary<\/li>\n<li>put CODE.BIN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Or instead of removing the password, you can try this command:<\/p>\n<p><cite>put CODE.BIN CODE.BINoctetpassword<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>where\u00a0<b>password<\/b>\u00a0is replaced by your router&#8217;s password.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to Ben Galliart for this tip!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Or you can\u00a0<b>patch the Linux TFTP program<\/b>.\u00a0 You can download a patch from\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Other\/tftp-linksys.txt\">here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0against tftp-0.16-5.src.rpm, courtesy of Jan Vilhuber.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt='new_ani-8861420' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/new_ani-8861420.gif' width=\"33\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: large;\">9\/29\/00\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><big>Updating Firmware with a\u00a0<a name=\"OS2\"><\/a>OS\/2 machine<\/big><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to Jean-Claude Desinor for the info!)<\/p>\n<p>I have been using 1.35 with an OS\/2 machine.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure is the same as for Linux\/Unix:<\/p>\n<p>1) Temporarily remove the password through the Administration Web Pages<\/p>\n<p>2) Exit your WEb browser<\/p>\n<p>3) Go to the directory where the code.bin file is located<\/p>\n<p>4) Type &#8220;tftp router&#8217;s_address&gt;&#8221; to start tftp and connect with the router<\/p>\n<p>5) Type &#8220;mode binary&#8221; to get into binary mode<br \/>\n(If you want to see the packets being sent, type &#8220;verbose&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>6) Type &#8220;put code.bin&#8221; to upload the code<\/p>\n<p>7) Type &#8220;quit&#8221; to go back to the command prompt.<\/p>\n<p><b>REMEMBER TO REINSTALL A PASSWORD!!!!<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: large;\"><a name=\"tips\"><\/a>4\/2\/01\u00a0<\/span><big><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Firmware upgrade tips<\/span><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The following tips may help you with the firmware upgrade process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><img alt='new_ani-8861420' src='https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/new_ani-8861420.gif' width=\"33\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0Try the\u00a0<b>new TFTP2 upgrade utility<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/tftp2.exe\">Download from here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">It&#8217;s a good idea to download a copy of the existing version of your firmware from the\u00a0<b><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.linksys.com\/pub\/befsr41\/\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">Linksys FTP site<\/a><\/b>, so that you can restore it in case something goes wrong with the newer version of firmware that you are trying to load.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t find your exact version, just download the latest\u00a0<b>released<\/b>\u00a0version.\u00a0 If the Linksys FTP server is down, use the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/downloads\/Firmware\/befsr_v130.exe\">1.30 version from here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0(this is the entire 1.8MB self-extracting &#8220;.exe&#8221; file).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Does the upgrade program successfully finish, but you can&#8217;t bring up the Admin page?<\/b><br \/>\nTry backing off to the previous version of firmware and use the\u00a0<b>&#8220;Advance&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0button on the Upgrade Firmware program and set it to send\u00a0<b>Filename with path<\/b>, and change the\u00a0<b>Initial delay to 1000ms.\u00a0<\/b>(Thanks to Timothy R. Davis for the tip.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">The\u00a0<b>TFTP upgrade server is burned into the ROM of the router<\/b>, and can&#8217;t be erased.\u00a0 If something goes wrong with the upgrade and you get the dreaded steady &#8220;Diag&#8221; light on the router, just repeat the upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">If you are having a NIC connection problem, you may have an upgrade fail and not be able to resurrect the router.\u00a0\u00a0<b>DON&#8217;T PANIC!!!<\/b><br \/>\nEither\u00a0<b>connect the router to another computer with a different NIC<\/b>, or\u00a0<b>connect a hub between your computer and the router<\/b>\u00a0(don&#8217;t connect &#8220;Uplink&#8221; to &#8220;Uplink&#8221;, connect &#8220;Uplink to a NORMAL port), and retry the upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>You might have a problem upgrading or logging into the router if you use too<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hill.com\/library\/archives\/password.shtml\" target=\"_offsite\" rel=\"noopener\">strong\u00a0<\/a><\/span>a password.<\/b>\u00a0 Some versions of the firmware are reported to have problems with mixed upper &amp; lower case letters, or with characters other than numbers and letters.\u00a0 Some users have been able to use their password successfully on the router, but have it fail when trying to use the TFTP upgrade client.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend trying to use as strong a password as possible, but if you have problems, try using a simpler password.\u00a0 You should also stay away from the characters &#8220;\/&#8221; and &#8220;\\&#8221; in your passwords, keep the length under 39 characters, and\u00a0<b>do not use any spaces in the password<\/b>\u00a0(your browser will translate the space character to &#8216;+&#8217;).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Some firmware versions reset the password to &#8220;admin&#8221;<\/b>, so try that if your normal password doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">If you still have problems upgrading due to getting your password rejected,\u00a0<b>try entering a blank password<\/b>, then try the upgrade.\u00a0 Be sure to restore your password after you&#8217;ve successfully upgraded!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>STILL<\/b>\u00a0can&#8217;t get the firmware to load?\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/#dead\">See this tip<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a name=\"upgrade_insts\"><\/a>Here&#8217;s a copy of the installation instructions (Readme.doc) file that comes with the upgrade file:<\/p>\n<p><cite>How to upgrade the BEFSR41 Firmware<\/cite><cite>The firmware on the EtherFast Cable\/DSL Router (BEFSR41) has a 512KB flash<br \/>\nchip that can be upgraded with a new firmware. Please read the instructions below to upgrade the firmware.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>1. Double click on Tftp to install the Upgrade Firmware software. Follow the screen and accept the default settings by clicking on Next a few times, then click on finish to finish the installation.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>2. Click on Start, Programs, Upgrade Firmware, then click on Upgrade Firmware. You should see the screen below.\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>3. The following option is available.<\/p>\n<p>Server- Enter the IP Address of the BEFSR41 that you assigned. By default, the router is 192.168.1.1 as shown above.<\/p>\n<p>Password- Enter the password you assigned the router. By default, the router\u2019s password is \u201cADMIN\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>File- Click the triple \u201c\u2026\u201d button to browse for the code.bin that was part of the extracted file you downloaded. In the example, the code.bin was extracted on the Windows desktop.\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>4. Click Upgrade button to start upgrading. A progress bar should show up to<br \/>\nshow the progress.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrade is complete.<\/cite><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: large;\"><a name=\"dead\"><\/a>4\/11\/01\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><big>Reviving a &#8220;dead&#8221; Linky<\/big><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you follow this procedure, you should be able to successfully load firmware into your router, even if you think you&#8217;ve tried everything.\u00a0\u00a0<b>Follow the steps exactly and don&#8217;t skip any!<br \/>\n<\/b>[Thnx to Mike Ronayne &amp; Linksys!]<\/p>\n<p>To reload the firmware when an upload fails or when the red error light is blinking, do the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>1)<\/b>\u00a0Set a\u00a0<b>static<\/b>\u00a0IP Address on the Windows PC as following:<\/p>\n<p>IP Address: 192.168.1.50<br \/>\nMask: 255.255.255.0<br \/>\nGateway: 192.168.1.1<\/p>\n<p><b>2)<\/b>\u00a0Make sure that you can execute the DOS command: &#8220;PING 192.168.1.1&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>3)<\/b>\u00a0Make sure that the file name of the firmware code, given to TFTP.EXE, is &#8220;<b>code.bin<\/b>&#8220;.\u00a0<b>RENAME<\/b>\u00a0the firmware file if you have to.<\/p>\n<p><b>4)<\/b>\u00a0Try passwords in this order:<\/p>\n<p>First: Try a blank password,<br \/>\nSecond: Try &#8220;<b>admin<\/b>&#8221;\u00a0 (don&#8217;t enter the quotes)<br \/>\nThird: The password you assigned previously<\/p>\n<p><b>5)<\/b>\u00a0After successfully uploading the firmware, press the\u00a0<b>Reset<\/b>\u00a0button to clear memory and select default settings.<\/p>\n<p><b>6)<\/b>\u00a0Reconfigure the LinkSys as required to support your Broadband environment.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Another reader suggested a simpler method for reviving Linky:<\/p>\n<p><b>1)<\/b>\u00a0Press and hold the\u00a0<b>Reset<\/b>\u00a0button for about 30 seconds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remove power. Wait about 5 seconds. Reapply power.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Linky should now be restored to factory default settings and you should be able to load firmware using the default password\u00a0<b>admin.<\/b><\/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 9\/26\/01 Finding updated firmware Updated 4\/2\/01 Firmware upgrade tips! 4\/11\/01 Reviving a &#8220;Dead&#8221; Linky (fail-safe firmware reload) Updated 9\/1\/01 Updating Firmware with a Mac Updated 12\/4\/00 Updating Firmware with a Linux\/Unix machine 9\/29\/00 Updating Firmware with an OS\/2 machine You can also try the\u00a0Linksys Support page\u00a0and\u00a0Tech Helper\u00a0for the router, or\u00a0contact Linksys support via one of the following methods: Customer Support Phone: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}