Linksys' Old Firmwares Archive?
Ant
Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
Thank you in advance. :)
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1PW
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
Just in case Phil, what's the exact model number and the hardware
revision level off the router's outside cabinet sticker/label?
Pete
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1PW
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
I /did/ remember looking at <ftp://ftp.linksys.com/downloads/>, but I
haven't the foggiest notion how they're organized and what the unusual
directory abbreviations mean.
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Ant
>> Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
>
> Just in case Phil, what's the exact model number and the hardware
> revision level off the router's outside cabinet sticker/label?
Linksys BEFSX41 v1 router.
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GlowingBlueMist
> On 9/13/2009 4:16 AM PT, 1PW typed:
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>>> Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
>>
>> Just in case Phil, what's the exact model number and the hardware
>> revision level off the router's outside cabinet sticker/label?
>
> Linksys BEFSX41 v1 router.
Here is a link to the firmware that is available. It might get you going if
you have not "bricked" your unit yet.
http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFSX41/download
Ant
But that's only the latest one. I am looking for OLD firmwares.
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chris
> > http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFSX41/download
>
> But that's only the latest one. I am looking for OLD firmwares.
so did I.
I have also a BEFSX41 router v1 and I have no idea how to get it
connected to the internet. My other Linksys router works great but
this one never worked for me.
I googled for hours and trying every link but no success so far.
Their seems to be a lot of problems with firmware versions so I give up
and decided it was a bad purchase.
I still have the router but that's because I'm to laze to throw it away.
1PW
I wonder if you or Phil has phoned Linksys and asked where their
achieves are for that unit?
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Ant
I asked in the forum and got a third party link/URL which I don't trust!
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1PW
> On 9/14/2009 3:00 AM PT, 1PW typed:
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>>> > > http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFSX41/download
>>>> But that's only the latest one. I am looking for OLD firmwares.
>>> so did I.
>>> I have also a BEFSX41 router v1 and I have no idea how to get it
>>> connected to the internet. My other Linksys router works great but
>>> this one never worked for me.
>>> I googled for hours and trying every link but no success so far.
>>> Their seems to be a lot of problems with firmware versions so I give up
>>> and decided it was a bad purchase.
>>> I still have the router but that's because I'm to laze to throw it away.
>>
>> I wonder if you or Phil has phoned Linksys and asked where their
>> achieves are for that unit?
>
> I asked in the forum and got a third party link/URL which I don't trust!
Sandbox your browser and send the download to Virus Total. I'm not
sure how you'd calculate the risk to reward ratio though. You're
still running Linux on one of your systems aren't you?
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Ant
> Sandbox your browser and send the download to Virus Total. I'm not
> sure how you'd calculate the risk to reward ratio though. You're
> still running Linux on one of your systems aren't you?
Yup. Debian.
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1PW
> On 9/14/2009 9:59 AM PT, 1PW typed:
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>> Sandbox your browser and send the download to Virus Total. I'm not
>> sure how you'd calculate the risk to reward ratio though. You're
>> still running Linux on one of your systems aren't you?
>
> Yup. Debian.
Security by obscurity for its browser(s) whilst you download from the
questionable source.
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chris
> I wonder if you or Phil has phoned Linksys and asked where their
> achieves are for that unit?
no, I didn't but I could use email ( no, I didn't ).
I got it second-handed, so maybe it's not their fault/problem.
I had a FTP downloadlink in my bookmarks , but that seems to be
discontinued. If Linksys makes it their customers that difficult to get
old firmware, well, my next router most likely isn't a Linksys again.
1PW
Hello Chris:
Although in this instance it's not possible, dd-wrt might have some
interesting alternatives:
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Ant
My old router can't use that.
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GlowingBlueMist
Here is a link for version 1.46.2 from a DSL Reports 2005 forum message.
They are good at removing or marking messages that contained any foreign
software so it's a pretty good chance that the software is actually valid.
I just checked the link and the firmware is still there.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14624552
With 4 years for people to have complained of any contamination and none
having done it I'd be willing to try it if I actually had that router model.
GlowingBlueMist
Sorry, looks like that software was for the BEFSR not the BEFSX model.
chris
> Sorry, looks like that software was for the BEFSR not the BEFSX model.
yes, it is.
But Google also has a lot of hits if you search for BEFSX41.
Anyway, thanks for your help.
Char Jackson
>On 9/13/2009 5:25 PM PT, GlowingBlueMist typed:
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>>>>> Does anyone know where Linksys archives it old firmwares?
>>>> Just in case Phil, what's the exact model number and the hardware
>>>> revision level off the router's outside cabinet sticker/label?
>>> Linksys BEFSX41 v1 router.
>>
>> Here is a link to the firmware that is available. It might get you going if
>> you have not "bricked" your unit yet.
>>
>> http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support/BEFSX41/download
>
>But that's only the latest one. I am looking for OLD firmwares.
Is there any evidence that an older firmware will be 'better' (however
you define that) than the latest one? In other words, what are you
trying to do?
chris
> Is there any evidence that an older firmware will be 'better' (however
> you define that) than the latest one? In other words, what are you
> trying to do?
yes, that's very well possible.
Even if the new software is better, some users have better results with
their
routers with older firmware versions ( faster, less hick-up's ).
Sometimes the latest M$ patches ruins your PC software and sometimes
a firmware update makes things worse for some unknown reason.
Or an older version makes things works ;-).
from the linksys support site ( for the befsx41 )
>To get older versions of the firmware for this router you need to contact
>technical support. You can do this via live chat and tell the tech rep to
look
>in the archives. It should be there, the archives are not available to the
>general public. I was able to get v1.52.10 this way.
>The latest firmware, v1.52.15 does not allow remote administration, among
>other things.