Re: Linksys BEFW11S4 hangs with streaming audio

I've raised this issue with Linksys product management.

There is also a known problem with firmware 1.52.02 where the
BEFW11S4 V4 may hang when using Macintosh clients with Airport cards.
This one is seen to clear up if downgrading to 1.50.10 firmware -
it would be interesting to see whether the streaming audio issue
is also cleared up by a downgrade.

If someone (Plan9?) can readily replicate this streaming audio problem,
then please email me with your contact information.

Regards,

Aaron (@cisco.com)

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~ "Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
~ news:mpa4r1l7k2c4fcgnugojafk33n3sfjm2tr@xxxxxxxxxx
~ > Plan9 <benzplan9@xxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:
~ >
~ >>I am using a BEFW11S4 (V4 firmware 1.52.02) and Windows XP SP2 and
~ >>more times than not the BEFW11S4 hangs if I listen to streaming audio,
~ >>e.g. Amazon.com music clips, or Windows Media Player Radio. I read
~ >>somewhere to disable UDP and Multicast in the Media Player, but that
~ >>does not seem to help. When the router hangs the only way to access
~ >>the Internet again is to power cycle it. My Westell 2100 (Bellsouth)
~ >>is set in bridged mode and simply acts as a modem and does not need to
~ >>be reset. Other than this quirk the router works great for wired
~ >>(static IP) and wireless (DHCP) access.
~ >>
~ >>Should I back off to a previous version of the firmware? Any settings
~ >>in the BEFW11S4 that I should make sure are enabled or disabled? Use
~ >>the BEFW11S4 as a doorstop and buy a new wireless router? :-) I have
~ >>the larger antennas and I have wireless access all throughout my
~ >>house. I'd hate to lose that ability.
~ >
~ > I have exactly the same wireless router. It hangs erratically a few
~ > times per week. Type of traffic doesn't seem to make much difference.
~ > I have it because it drove one of my customers nuts so I traded him
~ > for one that works.
~ >
~ > If you search alt.internet.wireless for "BEFW11S4 hangs", you'll get
~ > quite a few hits on the topic.
~ > http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=befw11s4+hangs
~ > The current consensus is that there's no fix. It's not affected by
~ > the firmware version. That bad news is that you'll probably have to
~ > fix the problem by replacing the wireless router with a model that
~ > doesn't hang, or has a heartbeat timer.
~ >
~ > To preserve your investments in antennas, other routers with Rev-TNC
~ > connectors are available such as the Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS. If
~ > you decide to buy one of these, be sure to *NOT* buy a WRT54G v5. It
~ > has problems.
~ >
~ > --
~ > Jeff Liebermann jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
~ > 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
~ > Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
~ > Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
~
~ I also run XP w/SP2 and had the same problem with the Linksys router. It
~ made no difference about the traffic. Hang could only be fixed by power
~ down cycle for the router. The good news: The problem has just gone away.
~ All I can attribute to fixing the problem is recent updates I have installed
~ for both XP and my laptop.
~
~ Anyway, good luck.
~

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