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Windows XP SP3 Causing Router Crashes

Posted by timothy on from the insecurity-through-non-obscurity dept.

KrispyBytes writes "Windows XP SP3 has been named as the culprit causing home routers to go into a crash and reboot cycle. One router maker has released firmware updates to fix the problem, but has not yet revealed what is actually different about XP SP3's networking stack or UPnP behaviour that causes the problem. Router maker Billion Managing Director Raaj Menon said "as Microsoft plans to make Windows XP SP3 an automatic upgrade this month, the number of affected routers may increase significantly.""

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  1. Not surprising by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows XP SP3 has been named as the culprit causing home routers to go into a crash and reboot cycle.

    Not surprising Windows causes that when installed on a router, considering it also makes PCs go into a crash and reboot cycle when installed on them.

    1. Re:Not surprising by Malevolyn · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let's hope the mods come to their senses. You must be new here.
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    2. Re:Not surprising by furbearntrout · · Score: 2, Funny

      You must be new here.
      The mods are on crack.
      The mods are always on crack.
      But there is something you can do about it.
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    3. Re:Not surprising by peragrin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I never use crack when i mod.

      I much prefer weed and alcohol. far cheaper and it makes you spaced out enough that even the AC become funny.

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    4. Re:Not surprising by Maple+Syrup · · Score: 2, Funny

      Gotta be a troll. Here's the giveaway:

      layer-2 protocol arises inappropriately with distinct, yet smelly malformed garbage as a payload
    5. Re:Not surprising by willyhill · · Score: 2, Funny

      Darn, I already flashed my MotoPacket(TM) router with this information. I stab at the evil monkeys who can't get their spanning tree formations right!

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  2. Thats funny by kcbanner · · Score: 2, Funny

    My OpenBSD router is fine...oh wait, I don't run Windows either.

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  3. Re:Maker? by Neuropol · · Score: 5, Funny

    One router maker has I think you meant manufacture i think YOU meant manufacturer
  4. So... by laurent420 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows is a DOS?

  5. Re:Other Glitches? by oz_paulb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have to agree.

    I updated to SP3 yesterday, and now my microwave stopped working.

    Coincidence? I think not!

  6. Crashes Netgear MR814v3 by ROMRIX · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been wondering what the hell has been going on with my conne

  7. Re:Maker? by ROMRIX · · Score: 3, Funny

    i think YOU meant manufacturer
    I think YOU meant "I"
  8. What if the router ran Linux? by HockeyPuck · · Score: 2, Funny

    What would we do if these routers ran a linux based firmware? What would we do? Can we flame linux or do we continue to flame msft for abusing specs?

    I'm looking for guidance from the /. flamers.

  9. Since I use Vista by Clockwurk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have this problem.

    1. Re:Since I use Vista by Lennie · · Score: 5, Funny

      You however have other problems I'm guessing. ;-)

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  10. Re:Oblig comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Correction:
    You must be new here.

  11. Re:Other Glitches? by Hankapobe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to agree. I updated to SP3 yesterday, and now my microwave stopped working. Coincidence? I think not!

    And I have heart burn....Hmmmm, I think you've discovered something here!

  12. I installed SP3 by LM741N · · Score: 4, Funny

    and now women won't go out on dates with me anymore. ....ok, they wouldn't with Service Pack 1 or 2 either, so I'm now trying Vista.

    1. Re:I installed SP3 by DavidD_CA · · Score: 5, Funny

      Judging by most of the people here, you won't have any better success with Ubuntu or SuSe either.

      You might try Mac OS. Or at the least, get an iPhone and use it liberally while in public.

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  13. Re:Other Glitches? by Linker3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I sense a Farkism here:

    "Oil prices reach $138/barrel on news that.." ...Shakes Magic 8 ball...

    "...Stock Exchange installs Windows XP SP3"

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  14. Re:Maker? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i think YOU meant manufacturer

    I think YOU meant "I" I think YOU meant "I".

    We could go on forever, couldn't we? :)
  15. Re:Maker? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think you meant /"."

  16. Re:Blaming the wrong programmers by KUHurdler · · Score: 2, Funny

    imagine what the series of communicated data with the routers can do if a malicious writer now reverse-engineer whatever SP3 is doing, and would spread a time-triggered virus

    you're right, then all the routers would reboot at once... and the world would be at a standstill for an entire 30 seconds.

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  17. Re:Works for me, and probably for you by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1, Funny

    and I have 2 XP SP3 machines on my network, both a laptop and a desktop, and it all runs smoothly.

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    load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

    Of course it's running smoothly, you're not doing anything!

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  18. Re:Other Glitches? by 6Yankee · · Score: 2, Funny

    "My CD burner's USB, you insensitive clod!"