Upgrading Router Firmware.

[Guest]

I have a Linksys VPN wired router. I went to their download site and
downloaded the current firmware file. It is in a Zip file and has a .bin
extension. I click the upgrade firmware link. There are two bars on this
page. The first is browse for file. The secon right below the first is the
progress bar. I browse and open the file where the firmware upgrade is. When
I click up grade I receive an immediate IE alert that this is an "incorrect
file image." After that I see another alert in the bottom right corner
alerting me that my network connection is unplugged. I see about 5-6 bars on
the progress bar and then my router page closes abruptly. Then I get that
page when your connection is not connected.

1. Does anyone know what the problem is?
2. Is there a way to work around, over under or through it. I have a website
through Yahoo! and even with the firewall in the router and my Nortons 2005
IS I got a DOS that really wiped me out. I would really like to get my
firmware upgraded so that I can go to even more extreme measures so that this
never happens again.
Thanks,
Sean

 

[N. Miller]

I have a Linksys VPN wired router. I went to their download site and
downloaded the current firmware file. It is in a Zip file and has a .bin
extension. I click the upgrade firmware link. There are two bars on this
page. The first is browse for file. The secon right below the first is the
progress bar. I browse and open the file where the firmware upgrade is. When
I click up grade I receive an immediate IE alert that this is an "incorrect
file image." After that I see another alert in the bottom right corner
alerting me that my network connection is unplugged. I see about 5-6 bars on
the progress bar and then my router page closes abruptly. Then I get that
page when your connection is not connected.

1. Does anyone know what the problem is?
2. Is there a way to work around, over under or through it. I have a website
through Yahoo! and even with the firewall in the router and my Nortons 2005
IS I got a DOS that really wiped me out. I would really like to get my
firmware upgraded so that I can go to even more extreme measures so that this
never happens again.
Thanks,
Sean

I expect that you will find better answers here:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/linksys

Are you sure that you have the correct firmware image for your router
model? Are you trying to browse to the .zip file, or to the .bin file? You
don't say which; and, while it is obvious to those who know that you should
be browsing to the .bin file, we can't guess at facts which you don't
reveal.