Author: HQH
Released: May 21, 2001
Updated: January 18, 2003
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This guide is intended for use with a
Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router model BEFSR41. Although the Linksys BEFSR41 router shares the same firmware with
Linksys BEFSR11/BEFSRU31, a
majority portion of this guide can also be applied to the Linksys BEFSR11/BEFSRU31 routers as well.
Firmware used at the time of this guide written is: 1.44.2z
(inclusion of ZoneAlarm and PC-cillin vs. 1.44.2 without them).
Firmware is dated: December 13, 2002. You can download up-to-date firmwares
here. To know how to update your Linksys router's
firmware, go to Updating Firmware section.
This guide has also been ported over to Microsoft Word XP (2002), a printer friendly word document. You can download the guide
here.
The guide assumes the following:
- You have cable Internet access and you have the Linksys router (or soon to have).
- Computers have network interface cards (NIC) installed already.
- Comcast High-Speed Internet as ISP. Note: Doesn't mean this guide won't work for your different ISP.
- A Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router model BEFSR41. Note: Having a BEFSR11/BEFSRU31 only differs with the physical hardware
from the BEFSR41 router.
The guide focuses mainly on the following:
- Start from the beginning when you just bought your Linksys router.
- Setting up router to get IP dynamically from ISP (Comcast High-Speed Internet issues dynamic IP addresses).
- Configuring Win9X/Me/2K/XP computers.
- 4 computers to be connected.
- Mainly using static IP addressing to ease forwarding ports in the future.
- 3 static IP addressing (desktop computers) & 1 dynamic IP addressing (laptop computer).
- Enable filesharing between computers.
- Support for mIRC Ident and DCC send.
The guide doesn't cover the following:
- What isn't listed above is not covered in this guide.
If you need help covering something that isn't covered in this guide, you can go to
Broadband Reports' Linksys Forum for help.
Do not contact me if you have questions outside of this guide (e.g. how to set something up like hosting a game server). Visit
Broadband Reports' Linksys Forum, as people in that
forum are knowledgeable and may be able to help you. This guide may contain errors, so if you do find any problems, please
contact me promptly. I try to provide this guide with as much accuracy as I can. Time for the
disclaimer:
Disclaimer
I, HQH, the author, have used the best effort in preparing this guide. I make no representations or warranties with respect to
the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this guide and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose. There are no warranties, which extend beyond the descriptions contained in this paragraph. No
warranty may be created or extended by anyone. The accuracy and completeness of the information provided herein and the opinions
stated herein are not guaranteed or warranted to produce any particular results, and the advice and strategies contained herein may
not be suitable for every individual. I shall not be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but
not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.
I, HQH, the author, claims no responsibility what so ever, so if anything from this guide corrupts, damages, screws up, faulted
with, created errors, do anything else that harms your hardware, creating data lost, or anything with you or with the world for all
I care, I claim no responsibility!
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