New firmware for 350N?

Question

I check once in a while and the other day I saw that there was a new firmware listed for the 350N.  1.04.3 I believe.  I downloaded it, but did not get around to installing it until tonight.  Just on a whim, I checked again before proceeding, and saw that the old one was listed again.  I know I am not imagining things, since I have the file.  I can only conclude that they pulled it back.  Was there problems?  It would not be unprecedented.
Either way, I am not installing it until I see it offered again!

Answer 1

I may have been the culprit in getting the new firmware removed. I tried to install the new firmware via a wirelessly connected Mac. The upgrade failed, and left my router in a dead state (flashing power light, not initting the http server.) I tried to update the firmware manually via tftp, but forgot to set binary mode. My interactions with support were prompt and courteous, but not mac friendly.
Net result was that when I discovered my blunder (after hanging up with support), I was able to tftp both the old and the new firmware into the router using a wired connection. I currently have the new 1.04.3 firmware installed and it has solved a ton of intermittent outage issues for me. 802.11n was useless in my neighborhood until this update, so I can't say enough about it. If you don't have the currently offered firmware, you might want to dl it, but as soon as linksys re-posts 1.04.3, I would rec trying it.
If any Linksys techs are monitoring..... I know that Mac's aren't well supported throught your tech support proceses, but here is the correct way to bring back a router from the dead using Mac OS 10.x
---- new tech procedure for support of any tftp update to router firmware using a Mac OS X box ----
- first, note the tftp is installed on all 10.3 and greater OS's (may be earlier, but am not certain), so all of your apple customers should be able to complete this procedure.
- second, note that the wireless connection to a dead router is obviously not available, but this might not make sense to a Mac user who expects everythign to just "work".
-third, note that this presumes the existence of a viable firmware version on the users machine. Have the user move it to their home directory or someplace where they know where it is. Procedure (version 0.a)
1 - connect via ethernet cable to the router
2 - open the system prefs, go to network and set up a manual IP of 192.168.1.105 (or something)
3 - open the terminal.app located in the /Applications/Utilities folder, and perform the following:
4 - change directory to the location of the firmware you want to install. if it has been moved to the home directory, this step isn't needed.
5 - type the command ls this should show the contents of the directory and verify that the needed firmware is present. note the name of the file.
6- type the command: tftp 192.168.1.1 this should connect you to the router
7 - type the command binary this should set the transfer mode to binary, the correct way to upload firmware
8 - type the command put this will upload the firmware. a message indicating successful transfer is all that is needed.
9 - reset the router by unplugging and plugging. the new software should boot.
please double check my process, but this worked for a couple of installed and reversions. for my 350N t