> -----Original Message----- > From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 February 2006 21:33 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Linksys router problems > > > > gotten rather used to it in the 4 years I've had it > working. Any ideas? > > > > You could check the default MTU setting on the router. I > use a dlink and > > had to lower mine. The default setting was 1500 and I > lowered it to 1480. > > http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=134898 > yeah... I played with MTU as well Then I dloaded what was > labled as the > firmware version that I had been running I installed that and > now the router > is completely hosed. Somewhere in my travels, I found a > description of how to > telnet to the router and update. I'm going to see if I can > find that and give > it another shot. If not, CompUSA has a router for $30. > -- > Regards, Ernie
Your ISP should advise what is the optimum MTU for their gateway implementation. Mine for example is 1480. At 1500 I get a lot of fragmentation but can still connect. I have found that upgrading the firmware on embedded routers using the provided browser gui can go wrong with some browsers. If I remember right the Netgear routers won't upgrade using Konqueror, or earlier versions of Firefox, but don't mind Opera. Note: you may need to allow all popups in your browser for the upgrade to complete successfully. I would at least try to reload the firmware upgrade after a factory reset. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
