[geeks] Home router/firewall (Linksys lockups)

[Mike Parson]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 02:07:46PM -0500, Jeff Cole wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
> >Most Linksys routers (and even some dumb hubs) seem to "lock up"
> >and have to be power cycled every so often.  I (as have
> >others) have observed this behavior under various conditions with
> >various pieces of Linksys hardware.
> >
> >Does this firmware fix those types of issues as well?
> 
> > ssh root at router
> root at router's password:
> BusyBox v1.00 (2004.12.04-16:43+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
> ~ # uptime
>  14:03:56 up 7 days, 22:51, load average: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00
> 
> That's my WRT54G. The only reason it only has 7 days of uptime is 
> because I was re-arranging power cords and such. Prior, I think I had 
> something like 21 days uptime. I've never had it lock up on me at all.


$ ssh root at gw
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Welcome to the Sveasoft WRT54G/GS Firmware

      Alchemy-6.0-RC5a beta build
        version v3.01.3.8sv

USE OF THIS FIRMWARE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK

     http://www.sveasoft.com

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BusyBox v1.00 (2004.12.04-16:43+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ # uptime
 13:12:14 up 37 days, 17:58, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
~ # uname -a
Linux gw 2.4.20 #53 Thu Dec 23 23:25:06 CET 2004 mips unknown

I think 37 days ago is when I put that flash image on it.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org