How to revive a dead(ish) Linksys BEFSX41 router?

How to revive a dead(ish) Linksys BEFSX41 router?
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How to revive a dead(ish) Linksys BEFSX41 router? riggor9999 04-21-2005
Posted by riggor9999 on April 21, 2005, 3:49 pm
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A friends BEFSX41 router died - so he gave to me to trash / play with.

I managed to get the latest firmware on it 1.50.18 .. but the router seems
to be behaving very odd before and after the firmware upgrade.

1) Sometimes the admin pages will come, but mostly they don't.
2) Reset does not always work.
3) I hold down the reset key while unplugging it and plugging it back in -
which seems to get it reset.
4) Firmware will not update ( I did manage it once).
5) Throughput is very slow / worse then dialup.

Seems like once I do a reset - I am good for a very short while - then it
stops responding.

It's out of warranty - so either I give it a few last ditch trys, or a trash
it.

Ideas / suggestions on how to reset / fix the router?
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Posted by Quaoar on April 21, 2005, 5:16 pm
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riggor9999 wrote:
> A friends BEFSX41 router died - so he gave to me to trash / play with.
>
> I managed to get the latest firmware on it 1.50.18 .. but the router
> seems to be behaving very odd before and after the firmware upgrade.
>
> 1) Sometimes the admin pages will come, but mostly they don't.
> 2) Reset does not always work.
> 3) I hold down the reset key while unplugging it and plugging it
> back in - which seems to get it reset.
> 4) Firmware will not update ( I did manage it once).
> 5) Throughput is very slow / worse then dialup.
>
> Seems like once I do a reset - I am good for a very short while -
> then it stops responding.
>
> It's out of warranty - so either I give it a few last ditch trys, or
> a trash it.
>
> Ideas / suggestions on how to reset / fix the router?

Trash. You might open it and see if it has leaking capacitors. It's the
right age to have some of the faulty caps from China.

Q




Posted by on April 21, 2005, 7:43 pm
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I opened it up - all looked ok. Nothing melted, nothing leaking.

It's trash.

> riggor9999 wrote:
>> A friends BEFSX41 router died - so he gave to me to trash / play with.
>>
>> I managed to get the latest firmware on it 1.50.18 .. but the router
>> seems to be behaving very odd before and after the firmware upgrade.
>>
>> 1) Sometimes the admin pages will come, but mostly they don't.
>> 2) Reset does not always work.
>> 3) I hold down the reset key while unplugging it and plugging it
>> back in - which seems to get it reset.
>> 4) Firmware will not update ( I did manage it once).
>> 5) Throughput is very slow / worse then dialup.
>>
>> Seems like once I do a reset - I am good for a very short while -
>> then it stops responding.
>>
>> It's out of warranty - so either I give it a few last ditch trys, or
>> a trash it.
>>
>> Ideas / suggestions on how to reset / fix the router?
>
> Trash. You might open it and see if it has leaking capacitors. It's the
> right age to have some of the faulty caps from China.
>
> Q
>




Posted by Jbob on April 21, 2005, 6:19 pm
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Try these links. They might be helpful.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/2289

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8160




Posted by on April 21, 2005, 7:43 pm
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Been there - I think this thing is trash.

> Try these links. They might be helpful.
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/faq/2289
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8160
>




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