How to Upgrade Firmware BEFW11S4 to DD-WRT

Last Night I’ve just receive old Linksys wireless router from my friend. Yes, this is old version before Linksys WRT series born to the world. I have many memories with this type of Linksys wireless router. This is the first wireless router that I maintain. Many effort spend to know deeply the wireless router at that time since I don’t have enough knowledge about wireless technology, basic knowledge of TCP/IP and how to connect it to Motorola surf board modem.

Now, I have chance again to maintain the Linksys wireless broadband router BEFWS114. And to connected to existing my network, I has been set-up the Linksys wireless router as PPPoE client and connect to my Mikrotik server through dial-in. Set-up is very easy and just spend 5 minutes. Now, it running well and handshake with my laptop Acer.

As fan of dd-wrt, I think more better if Linksys wireless router BEFWS114 could upgrade to dd-wrt firmware like on Linksys WRT54G/GL. Of course with dd-wrt firmware, the Linksys wireless router could have more power and feature like switch to become as client or other . Unfortunately, this type of Linksys is not supported by dd-wrt. I am not sure why the Linksys wireless router BEFWS114 not supported by dd-wrt. And since I don’t have capability to hack the hardware, for now I’ve just use default firmware from Linksys. And the way that I could do is just upgrade to higher version which i believe more stable and bugs fixed.

Linksys.. I love you

hel says:

May 30, 2009 at 8:21 pm

Hi,
You are certainly happy with linksys BEFW11S4, NOT me
Since the time I bought this device, I have connections problems to internet… Of course, at the begining, I did some resets, then I have checked the routing table, and found a lot of default gw pointing to IP Addresses at China or other countries. I have to reset my routing table, then I get access my internet.

I am sure Cisco did not perform enough tests regarding buffers overflow and stuff like that, so Russian people and Chineese hackers are trying to get my information by sending my web contents to their gateways…

Even if BEFW11S4 acts as firewall, (which is not efficient), I will install a Checkpoint firewall to be sure that this kind of attack will never happen.

ciao.

heloma

Eko Prasetyo says:

May 31, 2009 at 8:45 am

@Hel: My BEFW11S4 act as AP, the router and gateway perform by mikrotik server. Better you switch to other Linksys product like WRT54GL and flash the firmware with DD-WRT. As long as I know, WRT54GL and DD-WRT good enough to become firewall and gateway.