On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
> I located the previous Linksys firmware for a brand new (last week!) > EA4500, dropped the internet connection and connected to the EA4500 with > IE and downgraded the firmware back to before this whole "cloud" fiasco. > Once downgraded, I disabled automatic upgrades. You have to drop the > Internet connection in order to then be able to access the new "offline" > firmware (a heavily crippled version of the original firmware). They will > make no further updates on the original firmware either. > > For Cisco to force this is one thing, but there were HUNDREDS of folks > posting on forums scattered about that had their routers auto upgrade to > the new firmware/service overnight *AND* lost all their setups. They just > arrived at work to find nothing working. The Cisco "cloud" web app has > only a fraction of the features/functions, so, anything beyond basic game > port forwarding is now non-existent. What kid did they put in charge of > creating and rolling out that web app such that no one seems to have even > bothered (and/or probably didn't give a crap) as to what this "upgrade" > was going to do to all the *businesses* that utilized these low-cost > routers for something more than Xbox and Facebook? They should have at > least mirrored the entire feature set in the cloud app and have provided > for a way for these settings to auto-transfer from the NVRAM up to the > cloud when you "registered". They provided for NONE of this! > > No doubt they now view it as a home consumer only product line, and wanted > to force Genie back in the bottle. On top of that, if you read the TOS for > the new cloud service, they state clearly that they have the right to mine > YOUR data in and out through the router to look for "things" (whatever > they desire)! No doubt, like with Facebook, it is to then bombard you with > targeted electronic and paper advertisements, etc. The terms state that > one thing would be to determine "problems" within your network for you. > But, why not look for "bad behavior" too? It is something else to be sure. > > The mindset of a company that would be so presumptuous with this product > line should be questioned when it comes to their mainstay product lines as > well (at least from now on). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Drew from Zhrodague > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nlug] Re: [libre issue] has cisco cross an ethical line in > software? > > On 7/4/12 10:02 PM, Raymond Beaudoin wrote: > > There's been a lot of hype today but it sounded like they were going > > to remove the requirement, however if you take a look at the > > screenshots generated today it is *heavily* neutered if you don't sign > > up. /me starts rummaging for DD-WRT > > Big fan of DD-WRT. In fact, one of my last jobs had purchased an > extremely expensive WiMax system from Cisco (One of Cisco's acquisitions), > and the Cisco tech and I were unable to get it to work at all. It would > connect, but not pass any data. Drove me nuts. > > DD-WRT on a couple of Goodwill Special WRT-54g units allowed us to > stream our data properly, even in an overly-saturated WiFi environment. > Huge fan. > > Cisco has always pissed me off, but not as much as their web-based > GUIs, which absolutely REQUIRED having Internet Explorer installed to run > their Java management thingy. Drove me nuts. > > -- > > Drew from Zhrodague > lolcat divinator > [email protected] > Dang! Well, I'm glad my only Linksys "intelligent" hardware is unplugged and sitting in my office closet. I have no need or desire to remotely administer that router. As a matter of fact, that is one thing I disable right off, if it happened to be enabled. And them even thinking about including language like keeping your internet history???? Um... no! Paul Boniol -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
