router with an external modem and a print server. To go wireless I hooked in
a wireless access point, and the system seems to work just fine. So far I've
had no complaints.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:14 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: speaking of linksys...
>
>
> I have a Netgear FM114P 5-in-1:
> router, switch, firewall, printserver, WAP
> couple year old design
> parallel printer port for server,
> only 802.11b 11Mbps WiFi (but that's still
> way faster than my cable modem).
> Has 4 wired ports which can bridge to wireless,
> so my WiFi laptop can transfer files to/from my
> wired desktop.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> >So I have a Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL router. It's worked great until
> >about 2 weeks ago, when it totally freaked out and wouldn't
> release its
> >DHCP lease with Comcast. I spent pretty much all day getting it back
> >online.
> >
> >It worked great for awhile and now it seems to be locking up several
> >times a day, to the point where I have to do the magic
> >router-reanimation-dance and power it down, power down the
> cable modem,
> >then power them both back up in reverse order. Note that it does not
> >appear to matter if I am naked when performing said dance.
> >
> >So, this is a two-fold question:
> >
> >1) Anyone have this problem before and find a permanent fix?
> >
> >2) Assuming the answer to number one is buying a different
> router, does
> >anyone have any non-linksys suggestions? Needs to be pretty
> low-profile
> >so it will fit in our silly media hub that lives in the wall of our
> >closet. Minimum 4-ports, plus all those nifty firewall
> features and stuff.
> >
> >-Bret
>
>
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