Anyone with a Linksys WAG54G and latest firmware?

By latest I mean 1.01.7 ...

When I bought my WAG54G I had firmware 1.01.5 - I may be going back to it if
someone can confirm what I've seen with the latest firmware...

Basically I had setup port forwarding to allow traffic through (TCP) on a
particular port to a particular IP address in my internal network.

I set this up as per normal from the router's web interface and I can
confirm that sites like GRC.COM do show that this particular port is open
but when I try to use the application I need going through that port
(terminal services) it doesn't work. I guess if a port is open I should also
be able to use simple things like telnet to confirm if its working or not?
When I try telnet through this particular port it also doesn't work.

The fact is it used to work and I can't remember if it stopped working after
firmware 1.01.7 was put on.

I also use things like bittorrent and this doesn't seem to have stopped
working although how can I tell with bittorrent? (my rates seem ok and that
I thought was increased if you open up the relevant ports ie. 6881-6889)

Andy




Andy Pandy

Me too, exactly the same port forwarding behaviour with 1.01.7.
Working fine again when reverting back to 1.01.5

There is also a report here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...6880~mode=flat in the post
from 2004-05-11



"Andy Pandy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<iINoc.3053$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> By latest I mean 1.01.7 ...
>
> When I bought my WAG54G I had firmware 1.01.5 - I may be going back to it if
> someone can confirm what I've seen with the latest firmware...
>
> Basically I had setup port forwarding to allow traffic through (TCP) on a
> particular port to a particular IP address in my internal network.
>
> I set this up as per normal from the router's web interface and I can
> confirm that sites like GRC.COM do show that this particular port is open
> but when I try to use the application I need going through that port
> (terminal services) it doesn't work. I guess if a port is open I should also
> be able to use simple things like telnet to confirm if its working or not?
> When I try telnet through this particular port it also doesn't work.
>
> The fact is it used to work and I can't remember if it stopped working after
> firmware 1.01.7 was put on.
>
> I also use things like bittorrent and this doesn't seem to have stopped
> working although how can I tell with bittorrent? (my rates seem ok and that
> I thought was increased if you open up the relevant ports ie. 6881-6889)
>
> Andy

I have a WAG54G which came with a later firmware than was available for
download (or i misunderstood the numbering) and I have a couple of
issues with trying to run it with NAT turned off (ie as a proper router
and not a NAT translator) msn would still use uPNP to forward ports from
the router even tho I have global IP addresses on the LAN.
Not at home at the moment, so can't tell you the version number of the
firmware I use. Will try to let you know tho.
George


"Kagifret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Me too, exactly the same port forwarding behaviour with 1.01.7.
> Working fine again when reverting back to 1.01.5
>
> There is also a report here:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...6880~mode=flat in the post
> from 2004-05-11
>
>
>
> "Andy Pandy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:<iINoc.3053$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > By latest I mean 1.01.7 ...
> >
> > When I bought my WAG54G I had firmware 1.01.5 - I may be going back
to it if
> > someone can confirm what I've seen with the latest firmware...
> >
> > Basically I had setup port forwarding to allow traffic through (TCP)
on a
> > particular port to a particular IP address in my internal network.
> >
> > I set this up as per normal from the router's web interface and I
can
> > confirm that sites like GRC.COM do show that this particular port is
open
> > but when I try to use the application I need going through that port
> > (terminal services) it doesn't work. I guess if a port is open I
should also
> > be able to use simple things like telnet to confirm if its working
or not?
> > When I try telnet through this particular port it also doesn't work.
> >
> > The fact is it used to work and I can't remember if it stopped
working after
> > firmware 1.01.7 was put on.
> >
> > I also use things like bittorrent and this doesn't seem to have
stopped
> > working although how can I tell with bittorrent? (my rates seem ok
and that
> > I thought was increased if you open up the relevant ports ie.
6881-6889)
> >
> > Andy

Are you sure you already have disabled UPNP on the WAG54G ? I believe
MSN messenger will only make use of UPNP if it finds a UPNP capable
device on the local network.
Probably this could also be WinXP or Windows 2003 box running the UPNP
service.

"THe NuTTeR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> msn would still use uPNP to forward ports from
> the router even tho I have global IP addresses on the LAN.
> Not at home at the moment, so can't tell you the version number of the
> firmware I use. Will try to let you know tho.
> George
>
>