Derek keep in mind 99.9% of all home or SOHO routers are not able to change the speed or duplex settings on the wan or LAN ports. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Breiland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls
Have you updated the BEFSR41 firmware to the latest and greatest (linksys is notorious for firmware bugs) ? Force the WAN port to 10MB? ABO firmware version? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Kunze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:57 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > I've got several other customers running exactly this same setup with no > apparent problems. So it's not simply the firewall it would appear. > > Rk > > At 05:21 PM 10/30/2003, you wrote: > >Yup, I know exactly what it is. The Firewall is breaking it :-) > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of Rick Kunze > >Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:21 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [smartBridges] ABO and firewalls > > > >I seem to have a few problems. > > > >I've got a customer with an ABO, and like all my customers he has a Linksys > >BEFSR41 firewall. The WAN port is static and public, the LAN is > >192.169.1.1 and is static. > > > >There seems to be a problem passing traffic. But if the firewall is > >removed from the loop and it's WAN address assigned to the PC it works fine. > > > >I have this offending firewall here on my test bench now, hooked to yet > >another ABO and it's doing the same thing. I then replaced it with a new > >Netgear (more features/expensive) firewall and this one also does the same > >thing. That is, with either firewall in the loop it won't pass > >traffic. Yet from a PC on the private side of the firewall I can ping both > >the firewall (private) and the ABO (public), AND from a PC on my wired > >Ethernet I can ping the ABO across the wireless. > > > >Anyone got a clue what this is all about? Oh, and I've done the reset to > >factory defaults on both devices MULTIPLE times. Occasionally it works, > >but most of the time it won't pass any traffic between the PC and my tower > >if there is a firewall in the loop. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Rk > > > >----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > >Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > >http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > >smartBridges <yournickname> > >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > >smartBridges) > >Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > >----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > >Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > >http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > >smartBridges <yournickname> > >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > >smartBridges) > >Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
