Set Max MTU to 1492 (rather than the disabled default of 1500).Two must do’s for this router to unblock Outlook sending emails are: I went through the RMA process and am awaiting a replacement unit.Īfter dusting off and setting up my old Linksys wireless-B BEFW11S4 router, all was well again… except for Outlook not being able to send out any emails! After some quick research, it turns out that the BEFW11S4 has been well documented to have email send issues. Once they receive the defective unit, the credit card hold will be cancelled. The only difference is when you choose the cross shipment method, Linksys will put a hold on your credit card for the retail amount of the unit that they have sent you. After you receive the replacement, you simply send back the defective unit as opposed to having to send in your unit first before Linksys sends you another. Cross shipment is where Linksys sends you a replacement unit first. The WRT54GL has a 3 year warranty so I chose the cross shipment method for replacement. It got to the point that every 24 hours, the router needed a hard reset and a full re-setup to work properly again. After some usage, the DNS drop would return. Of course, after each tedious call, the router would work fine. Linksys is sending a replacement unit.ĭuring each call, tech support suggested changing MTU settings, disabling Block Anonymous Internet Requests, hard resetting the router, re-flashing the firmware, power cycling the modem & router, running static IP & DNS settings on each computer, adjusting various wireless settings, etc…. After 2 weeks of tech support calls and more than 4 hours of total support time, the effort finally paid off. In short, I can see and access other computers in the local area network, but there is no internet connection. Thought I would share a quick fix and save some of you from hours of hair pulling.įor one reason or another, my Linksys WRT54GL wireless-G router began intermittently dropping DNS connections (4.2.2.2) even though the default gateway (192.168.1.1) respond normally to pings. I actually experienced this recently – what a mess. If you find that Windows Mail has incorrectly identified a message as spam, and your settings are such that Junk mail is moved to the Junk folder, use the Not Junk button to restore messages to the Inbox.There have been quite a few complaints that Outlook 2007 (running in Windows Vista) is not sending out emails properly when paired with certain Linksys routers.You may wish to place a check in the box labeled move phishing E-mail to the Junk Mail folder, but be sure to check your Junk Mail folder once in a while for false-positives. Microsoft has included anti-phishing filters as a part of Windows Mail. One default setting that you might want to change is the Automatically add people I e-mail to the Safe Senders List, which is turned off by default. Only use this option if you know exactly who will be sending you email messages. The final option is to only accept email from people (or domains – like ) that you specify (your safe senders list). Also, it’s a very good idea not to permanently delete suspected junk e-mail instead of moving it to the junk email folder, because there’s a very good chance you’d be automatically deleting messages that are not spam. See step 5 below for information on restoring legitimate email from the Junk folder. If you choose the high setting, be sure to check your Junk E-mail folder fairly often to make sure no actual messages were incorrectly flagged. If you get a fair bit of spam and are willing to put up with the occasional legitimate email being marked as Junk (which is called a false-positive), you might want to switch to the High level of filtering. The default is Low, which means that when Windows Mail isn’t totally sure if something is spam, it will ‘play it safe’ and leave the message alone (which is to say it will put the message in your Inbox rather than filter it as Junk). On the Options tab you’re presented with the different ‘levels’ of spam filtering that Windows Mail offers.
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