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Posted by Michael Vilain on July 9, 2007, 1:44 am
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> >>>> Linksys says on the box that they ain't Mac-compatible. They ain't
> >>>> lying. So long as everything works properly, you can use a Linksys
> >>>> with a Mac, but if there's a problem you _must_ connect via Windows
> >>>> to fix it. IIRC you can't even use VPC.
> >
> > This is a well known issue with a solution. There is a work around for
> > uploading firmware to this linksys systems from Unix-like systems.
> >
> > First use the web browser to remove the admin password on the router.
> >
> > Then you can use the tftp client from the command line to upload the new
> > linksys firmware. The go back and reset the password (and best to set
> > it to something other than "admin"). And be sure to use binary mode in
> > tftp
> >
> > Anyway, here is one of the many pages that describe this.
> >
> > http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/linksys_router_help_pg2.htm
> >
>
> I have never used a MAC, but can't the Linksys firmware be upgraded with a
> web browser? That's what I use on my Windows machine, and any browser that
> supports JavaScript(don't they all) should be able to do the flash upload
> to the router.
>
> After all, the Linksys firmware as downloaded contains a BIN file and the
> Linksys web interface doesn't care if it's a Mac, Windows, Linux or
> whatever connected to it.
Earlier versions of the router didn't offer this option from what I
understand. Some Linksys systems did have a firmware upgrade option in
their menu. Some don't. The workaround is for those that don't.
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