Wanna see the features of a router before you buy? Tired of insipid data sheets without even a feature list? Need clues in advance with the setup? Wanna see the differences between different mutations of the same model number? See:
Linksys:
Belkin: Nothing
2wire: NothingSpeedstream 5100 DSL modem:
There are some broken links and dead web pages. The current firmware versions seem to work well, while the older hardware and firmware versions are kinda messed up. I don't know exactly whom to contact to fix. The domain is owned by Linksys so I it's a Linksys problem, but I've verified that Linksys support does not know about it. Search for linksysdata on the knowledgebase web page yields nothing. Email to webmaster bounces. It might even be a secret project by some internal group with a clue. Dunno.
If Linksys managment ever figures out that it's a good thing, I seriously expect to see URL's that are a mile long that can't be bookmarked, a sluggish web server, and everything boxed into frames surrounded by advertising. Just like the new and un-improved Linksys web pile. In anticipation of this event, I tried to grab the whole site with wget, but can't seem to get a reliable download as it barfs on the broken links.
The DLink pages are in better shape, but fail to have up to date firmware versions. Some of the firmware updates that support WPA are not included.
In my never humble opinion, all router manufacturers should have such pages.
Try again. This works for me using Firefox 1.5beta3:
This is kinda neat, but I keep getting something along the lines of:
/* The requested URL /ui/WAP54G/v3/3.01/site.asp was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
*/when I poke around too deeply...
Thanks for the link, Jeff. First time I've seen any web pages with config screens. I tried all the BEFW11S4 pages and they work. No idea about "site.asp". Same version of Firefox that you're running. Cheers!
-- Louie Gainesville, FL (eat the flies to email)
"Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." Dennis Miller
It's not too bad. Mostly, they have the first release of the major updates, and are behind on the minor ones. For example, the new WRT54G v5 model shows 1.00.2 while current is 1.00.4. There's really no difference in the screen shots, only bug fixes, so the older version is fine.
Chuckle. It's their Training Guides, which I think is what the support people walk you through on the phone. I tried the DI-624. It's very long, tedious, not really complete, and misleading in a few places. Doesn't cover every model DLink makes. Looks like a good start that was dropped for reasons unknown. It's a good idea, but I think could have been done much better.
Same with Linksys: ftp://ftp.linksys.com It's saved my posterior more than once when their web pile was comatose (during a painful update) and I needed a download. Same with it as a repository of old firmware versions.
Irritating that Linksys also haven't kept up to date with the firmware updates for all it's products. It seems as if these companies have all sorts of goodies hidden within their sites.Came across this one
Try harder using Google.
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/ (nothing useful)
ftp://ftp.westel.com/pub (nothing useful)
Google shows that there once was an ftp.smc.com but it appears to be missing.
ftp://buffalowireless.net/pub/ Looks like someones photo collection from a trip to Europe. I wonder if it might have been hacked. (I didn't do it).
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub (big mess) The MIB's directory is where I get my SNMP MIB files. ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/wireless
Nothing
Orinoco Google shows that there once was an ftp.wavelan.com and ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub but they're gone.
Proxim ftp://ftp.proxim.com appears to be valid, (it's pingable) but there's no ftp access from outside the Proxim firewall. I guess they don't trust me (for good reason).
Did I miss any?
That was the default from some old version of Forte Agent, that I've carried with me through numerous upgrades since it first came out. I should probably wipe the agent.ini file and start over.
Confirmed. It fails.
If you check one of the radio button on the page, it also returns: The requested URL /ui/WAP54G/v3/3.01/ap_client_restart.asp was not found on this server. There are plenty more that don't quite work. However, methinks it's good enough to show how things work.
Frank hath wroth:
The /files directory has directory listing denied. See below. However, that's where most of the firmware images are apparently burried. I wonder what else is hidden under /files?
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. drwx------ 4 ftpuser ftpusers 11776 Jul 15 2004 BKUPfiles drwx--x--x 18 ftpuser ftpusers 37888 Dec 22 15:34 files drwx--x--x 2 ftpuser ftpusers 1024 Mar 29 2005 secret 226 Listing completed. ftp: 194 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 194000.00Kbytes/sec. ftp> cd files 250 "/files" is new cwd. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. .: Permission denied 226 Listing completed.Hmmm... found: ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/netgear1/ but it's empty.
From your link, (I'm using Firefox 1.0.7) try:
Setup AP Mode AP Client [Site Survey] opens a new window Refresh
Out of curiosity I checked a few more. D-Link ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/ works
Belkin Access denied
Zyxel ftp://ftp.zyxel.com/ works
US Robotics ftp://ftp.usr.com/ not nuch use
Couldn't easily find any for Netgear Westell SMC Buffalo
3Com 2Wire
I was being lazy and guessing
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/firmware/ not much ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/ source files
ftp://buffalotech.net/ not authorised ftp://buffalotech.com/pub/ nothing
There are loads Xincom,Alcatel,Zoom etc.... Found quite a few sites with either "log in incorrect" or "not authorised"
Had a look on Google
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/ma101_v2.4.zip works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311_1_3.zip works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311v2_wpa_1_0_1_7.zip works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wag511_300.zip works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/fwag114_ref_manual.pdf works
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/netgear1/Reference_Guide_for_RP114.pdf works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/netgear1/MA401v200.zip works ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/netgear1/linux_dr_b2.zip works
There is evidently quite a lot there but it is probably a matter of using the correct "expression".
Frank
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