WRT330N needs new firmware!

Question

I have owned a WRT330N since April 2007, and have noticed several issues with the unit. Some may be specific to my unit, but some are firmware related. What is most troublesome is that I reported the single port forwarding bug to Linksys back in May 2007, and they still have not produced new firmware...
I list these issues not so much for help from this forum, but to share information with those who already own a WRT330N, or are thinking about getting one. These issues still exist with the newest firmware (1.00.3).
Issue #1: Single port forwarding bug. Although the pulldown would indicate that you can specify TCP, UDP, or Both, no matter what setting you configure, it always displays (and saves) the protocol as TCP. I confirmed this by trying to single port forward TeamSpeak and setting it to UDP. Did not work. If I go to Port Range Forwarding, and configure it for a single port and for UDP, TeamSpeak works fine. Thus, all my single port forward rules that need UDP or Both have to be listed under Port Range forwarding.
Issue #2: Over time, I have changed MANY settings on this unit. Most recently, devices attached to the WRT330N would periodically be unable to communicate to the router IP (192.168.1.1 by default). Pinging the IP just timed out. This condition would happen several times an hour, but only for a second or two. Reflashing the firmware seemed to resolve the problem. Note: this was not a firmware upgrade, I was already at 1.00.3; I just reflashed 1.00.3.
Issue #3: Config file bugs. I have noticed that if I change a LOT of settings on the unit, then save the config file, I am unable to load the config file (router claims it is corrupted). This occurred not only on my WRT330N, but also on my WRT54GX as well. However, I did notice that I was able to save, then successfully load, the fully customized config file immediately after reflashing the firmware.
Issue #4: Along with #2, the wireless transmitter seems to stop broadcasting for a minute or two several times a day. I will have a perfect connection for hours, and then bam, no signal. A minute later the signal returns. This issue MAY have disappeared after reflashing.
Linksys is sending me a replacement unit in case this is a hardware problem, for which I am grateful. Unfortunately, this will not resolve #1 or #3, and Linksys' refusal to release new firmware is most troublesome.

Answer 1

Hello,
     Just adding my name to the list of folks who believe that this router does need new firmware.   I had a WRT54G v2 for serveral years and as of late it had developed the bad tendancy to do something very odd with DNS queries, after a hard reset it would clear up for a while, but eventually would come back.  I figured that after several firmware updates over the years I'd just gotten a bad flash.
     I picked the WRT330N to replace it primarally just because I wanted a router that had a Gigabit Switch integrated and had prior good luck with LinkSys products.  It just seems that the new router doesent have some features that the old one did (i.e. it's a step backwards).
1. If I port forward port 80 to my web server, and then use my external domain name which goes to my external IP, the router doesnt get me there.  My WRT54G did this with no difficulty.
2. I could find no option to disallow access to the web configuration from the wireless.
3. The router seems to reboot whenever you change trivial settings.  Much more often than the WRT54G.
I dont know if LinkSys product planning looks at this, however I for one would say that I'd be happy with a WRT54G that was just updated with a Gigabit Ethernet Switch and otherwise all the same features as it had previously (including keeping the form factor that stacks on other linksys devices).