upgrade my firmware?

[tomee]

Hello everyone, I didn't know where to post this so here it is..
I've been told that I should upgrade my firmware on my Linksys router for security reasons. Is it a good idea? Should I not bother. These things always give me problems when I try them. Thanks in advance. -t

 

[str8lazy]

For security reasons??? That seems somewhat odd, most people only upgrade their firmware if they have having compatibility problems and etc...

Is this a wireless router?

If it is wireless it could have a WPA or WEP update of some kind. What router and what version of the firmware are you on?

 

[tomee]

Thanks str8lazy, It's a Linksys, 2.4 Ghz Wireless-G Broadband. I don't know what the firmware version is.

 

[str8lazy]

If you flip the router over, on the bottom side, it should say something like Linksys Router WR54GV4 and then it should have a serial and a something that says F/W: 1.01 or something like that, we want to know what the number is after the F/W

 

[tomee]

Model number: WRT54G v.3
But no W/F number

 

[Giles]

Do routers automatically update their firmware. For example 3com?