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Mac Forum / General / Networking / April 2005Linksys BEFSR41 ver.2 4 Port Router Firmware Upgrade Question
I am currently running the original (now pretty old) firmware I got with my Linksys BEFSR41 ver.2 4 Port Router -- v.1.42.7 (April 2002) I've never had a problem with this router and everything is running fine, so I'm a little leery of messing around with a steup that works... Are there substantial benefits to upgrading the firmware to the current version (v1.46.2) that should cause me to consider it? And if so, once a new firmware version is installed, will I have to reset all of my current settings? or will they remain afterward...? Thanks for any advice you can offer... (If it matters, I'm running OS X 10.3.8 on a 1.25 dp G4). > I am currently running the original (now pretty old) firmware I got > with my Linksys BEFSR41 ver.2 4 Port Router -- v.1.42.7 (April 2002) > > I've never had a problem with this router and everything is running > fine, so I'm a little leery of messing around with a steup that > works... if it works fine, why change anything? > Are there substantial benefits to upgrading the firmware to the current > version (v1.46.2) that should cause me to consider it? And if so, once > a new firmware version is installed, will I have to reset all of my > current settings? or will they remain afterward...? there is a readme included with the firmware (and you can also read it seperately at linksys.com) that lists the changes. if something listed applies to you, then it might be worth updating. but if, as you say, everything is fine, then why bother. as for resetting settings, generally it is a good idea to reset them when doing an upgrade because the new firmware might store something slighly differently than the old firmware, but usually you can just update it and the settings will continue to work. where this really becomes a problem is with the linksys wrt54g and its collection of custom firmwares and switching between different ones... |
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