Re: New Router Suggestions

[Stephen Ronan]

Haven't been following this thread closely, but thought this 
$59 dual band 802.11n dual band router might perhaps be of 
interest
http://www.open-mesh.com/index.php/enterprise-mesh/mr500-mesh-router.html
I think that's pretty much the same hardware as this:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31142-new-to-the-charts-engenius-esr7750-300mbps-dual-band-wireless-n-router
but with a beta version of mesh software on it.
   - Stephen

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:

> The router (Netgear N600, model WNDR3400) was $79.99 at Staples, definitely 
> not a cheap router in my opinion.
>
>
> I stand corrected, the 2.4 GHz network is indeed b/g/n with the 5 GHz being 
> a/n.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Bogstad 
> To: edwa...@linuxmail.org
> Cc: discuss@blu.org
> Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 7:06 pm
> Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:11 PM,   wrote:
>> The Netgear router I bought last week, is dual-band, A/B/G has one network, N
> has the other.  Either or both can be up at any given time, or both can be
> turned off - if no wireless devices are being used.
>
> Are you sure it's not:
>
> b/g/n AND a/n
>
> The N standard can actually be done on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz, but most
> cheap devices only do it on 2.4 Ghz.B & G are 2.4 Ghz only
> standards while A is a 5 Ghz only standard. That's why you end up with
> lots of cheap B/G/N devices.  They can use the same RF circuits to
> support three wireless standards.  If you are going to support 5 Ghz
> for N they usually go ahead and add support for A while they are at
> it.
>
> Bill Bogstad
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[edwardp]

The router (Netgear N600, model WNDR3400) was $79.99 at Staples, definitely not 
a cheap router in my opinion.


I stand corrected, the 2.4 GHz network is indeed b/g/n with the 5 GHz being a/n.


-Original Message-
From: Bill Bogstad 
To: edwa...@linuxmail.org
Cc: discuss@blu.org
Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 7:06 pm
Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:11 PM,   wrote:
> The Netgear router I bought last week, is dual-band, A/B/G has one network, N 
has the other.  Either or both can be up at any given time, or both can be 
turned off - if no wireless devices are being used.

Are you sure it's not:

b/g/n AND a/n

The N standard can actually be done on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz, but most
cheap devices only do it on 2.4 Ghz.B & G are 2.4 Ghz only
standards while A is a 5 Ghz only standard. That's why you end up with
lots of cheap B/G/N devices.  They can use the same RF circuits to
support three wireless standards.  If you are going to support 5 Ghz
for N they usually go ahead and add support for A while they are at
it.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Bill Bogstad]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:11 PM,   wrote:
> The Netgear router I bought last week, is dual-band, A/B/G has one network, N 
> has the other.  Either or both can be up at any given time, or both can be 
> turned off - if no wireless devices are being used.

Are you sure it's not:

b/g/n AND a/n

The N standard can actually be done on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz, but most
cheap devices only do it on 2.4 Ghz.B & G are 2.4 Ghz only
standards while A is a 5 Ghz only standard. That's why you end up with
lots of cheap B/G/N devices.  They can use the same RF circuits to
support three wireless standards.  If you are going to support 5 Ghz
for N they usually go ahead and add support for A while they are at
it.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[edwardp]

The Netgear router I bought last week, is dual-band, A/B/G has one network, N 
has the other.  Either or both can be up at any given time, or both can be 
turned off - if no wireless devices are being used.



-Original Message-
From: Bill Bogstad 
To: Ted Roche 
Cc: discuss@blu.org 
Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions



It seems like ALL the cheap 802.11N routers are single band.  Even
some of the dual band ones can only do one at a time.   A quick way to
tell if it is single band is if
it says 802.11 b/g/n or 802.11 a/b/g/n.   The single band ones do not
have 802.11a since it is always at 5Ghz.  Another thing to consider is
whether or not they have 100Mbit or 1Gbit wired ports.  802.11n can
supposedly reach speeds of 300Mbit a second (ha!).  Still your shiny
new 802.11n gear might be limited by only having 100Mbit wired ports.



 
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Bill Bogstad]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Ted Roche  wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Palit, Nilanjan
>  wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of which, today's NewEgg daily special flyer is featuring the
>>> "BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless High Power Gigabit
>>> Router" on special for $80, less a penny. Looks like a pretty good
>>> deal, with all the right acronyms in the specs.
>>
>> Except, it seems like it's a single-band router. If you have mixed g & n on 
>> your network then it will default to g for all devices. I'd recommend a dual 
>> band router for anyone buying a new N router.
>>
>
> Ack! Good catch! I'd been looking at all the Buffalo models since this
> discussion broken out, and was confusing the G300NH with the G300H.

It seems like ALL the cheap 802.11N routers are single band.  Even
some of the dual band ones can only do one at a time.   A quick way to
tell if it is single band is if
it says 802.11 b/g/n or 802.11 a/b/g/n.   The single band ones do not
have 802.11a since it is always at 5Ghz.  Another thing to consider is
whether or not they have 100Mbit or 1Gbit wired ports.  802.11n can
supposedly reach speeds of 300Mbit a second (ha!).  Still your shiny
new 802.11n gear might be limited by only having 100Mbit wired ports.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Ted Roche]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Palit, Nilanjan
 wrote:
>
>> Speaking of which, today's NewEgg daily special flyer is featuring the
>> "BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless High Power Gigabit
>> Router" on special for $80, less a penny. Looks like a pretty good
>> deal, with all the right acronyms in the specs.
>
> Except, it seems like it's a single-band router. If you have mixed g & n on 
> your network then it will default to g for all devices. I'd recommend a dual 
> band router for anyone buying a new N router.
>

Ack! Good catch! I'd been looking at all the Buffalo models since this
discussion broken out, and was confusing the G300NH with the G300H.
Whew!

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RE: New Router Suggestions

[Palit, Nilanjan]

> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf Of 
> Ted Roche
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions

> Speaking of which, today's NewEgg daily special flyer is featuring the
> "BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless High Power Gigabit
> Router" on special for $80, less a penny. Looks like a pretty good
> deal, with all the right acronyms in the specs.

Except, it seems like it's a single-band router. If you have mixed g & n on 
your network then it will default to g for all devices. I'd recommend a dual 
band router for anyone buying a new N router.

-Nilanjan


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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Ted Roche]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Anthony Gabrielson
 wrote:
>
> So I'm starting to feel like I'm coming off like a zealot and I don't like 
> it, but I will make another opinion on it. I think small business is a 
> driving factor, they typically produce really good stuff at a good price 
> point. With that said I haven't seen anything really new out of Linksys, 
> Netgear, etc... in a long time. Did you look at the specs and price point for 
> the router I through up? Its $80 and it literally has every feature known to 
> man for a SoHo type user (the only obvious thing its missing is RADIUS). It 
> even has 2 wireless channels that are isolated by default so you don't have 
> to put guests on your network.

Speaking of which, today's NewEgg daily special flyer is featuring the
"BUFFALO WZR-HP-G300NH 802.11b/g/n Nfiniti Wireless High Power Gigabit
Router" on special for $80, less a penny. Looks like a pretty good
deal, with all the right acronyms in the specs.


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Re: New Router Suggestions

[edwardp]

After reviewing everything, I purchased a Netgear N600 (WNDR3400).  Well 
worth the money.




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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Tom Metro]

Anthony Gabrielson wrote:
> Did you look at the specs and price point for the router I through
> up?

I haven't. A half dozen new router models hit the market every 6 months
or so, and I last looked at the marketplace at the start of the Summer.

I start my research by taking a look at what the various 3rd party
router firmware communities are excited about. Back then, it was the
ASUS RT-N16.


> Its $80 and... It even has 2 wireless channels that are
> isolated by default so you don't have to put guests on your network.

Neat. It may indeed be the current "sweet spot" in router hardware.

Now, if its capable of running FreeBSD (pfSense), that would get my
attention.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Anthony Gabrielson]

I didn't realize they were that large. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Ben Eisenbraun"  
To: "Anthony Gabrielson"  
Cc: "L-blu"  
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:05:56 AM 
Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions 

I looked back through the thread to see if I had missed the link, but all I 
see is a reference to a Buffalo model number. Was there something else? 

Buffalo doesn't count as a small business I think... offices in 5 countries, 
wholly owned subsidiary of some sort of Japanese holding company with 
revenue of 116 billion last year. 

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Richard Pieri]

Just curious, since it hasn't been mentioned yet, but where does SMC's 
Barricade line rate these days?

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Ben Eisenbraun]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:50:36PM +, Anthony Gabrielson wrote:
> So I'm starting to feel like I'm coming off like a zealot and I don't
> like it, but I will make another opinion on it. I think small business is
> a driving factor, they typically produce really good stuff at a good
> price point. With that said I haven't seen anything really new out of
> Linksys, Netgear, etc... in a long time. Did you look at the specs and
> price point for the router I through up?

I looked back through the thread to see if I had missed the link, but all I
see is a reference to a Buffalo model number.  Was there something else?

Buffalo doesn't count as a small business I think... offices in 5 countries,
wholly owned subsidiary of some sort of Japanese holding company with
revenue of 116 billion last year.

-ben

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Anthony Gabrielson]

Tom Metro wrote: 
> True, pre-installed would be the way to go, if 1. you want DD-WRT, and 
> not Tomato or one of the other firmwares, 2. you can get a router with 
> the desired hardware specs, and 3. at the price point you want. 

So I'm starting to feel like I'm coming off like a zealot and I don't like it, 
but I will make another opinion on it. I think small business is a driving 
factor, they typically produce really good stuff at a good price point. With 
that said I haven't seen anything really new out of Linksys, Netgear, etc... in 
a long time. Did you look at the specs and price point for the router I through 
up? Its $80 and it literally has every feature known to man for a SoHo type 
user (the only obvious thing its missing is RADIUS). It even has 2 wireless 
channels that are isolated by default so you don't have to put guests on your 
network. 

I think I'm sounding like a zealot and that's making me feel a little dirty... 

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Tom Metro]

Anthony Gabrielson wrote:
> ...if you're going to install DD-WRT anyway why wouldn't you just go
> with a router that has it pre-installed?  Why bother with figuring
> out which device is ideal and doing the actual flash yourself...

True, pre-installed would be the way to go, if 1. you want DD-WRT, and
not Tomato or one of the other firmwares, 2. you can get a router with
the desired hardware specs, and 3. at the price point you want.

If not, installing 3rd party firmware is pretty easy, as long as you
pick a router that has been well tested with your chosen firmware.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Daniel Hagerty]

John Abreau  writes:

> Is that just the stok Linksys firmware? I would hope that DD-WRT or Tomato
> would support IPv6.

# ifconfig eth0.9
eth0.9Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:17:BE:F0:0D  
  inet addr:10.12.0.10  Bcast:10.12.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::212:17ff:febe:food/64 Scope:Link
  inet6 addr: 2002:425c:49d9:9:212:17ff:febe:food/64 Scope:Global
  inet6 addr: 2001:470:8917:9:212:17ff:febe:food/64 Scope:Global
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:58094 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:36942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
  RX bytes:6157169 (5.8 MiB)  TX bytes:2917217 (2.7 MiB)
# ping6 www.arin.net
PING www.arin.net (2001:500:4:13::81): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2001:500:4:13::81: seq=0 ttl=56 time=35.553 ms
64 bytes from 2001:500:4:13::81: seq=1 ttl=56 time=36.529 ms

--- www.arin.net ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 35.553/36.041/36.529 ms

Some addresses changed to hide low horsepower boxes.  This is a
linksys wrt54gs v2.0 or so running open-wrt.

Note that I don't use the box to route anything, but it seems to
minimally work for itself; the admin session above is over v6.
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[edwardp]

I updated the Linksys' firmware to the current revision.  It didn't fix 
the Ethernet connection issues and that revision also does not support IPv6.

The new router I'm considering to purchase at present, is a Netgear.

John Abreau wrote:
> Is that just the stok Linksys firmware? I would hope that DD-WRT or 
> Tomato
> would support IPv6.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Anthony Gabrielson 
> mailto:agabriels...@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Another interesting note is running on slashdot.  Apparently
> Linksys routers don't currently support IPV6.
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html
>
> Anthony
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org
>  wrote:
>
> > It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.
>  Wireless
> > works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port
> used) get
> > flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
> >
> > This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was
> replaced
> > because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak
> for the
> > laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next
> to it.
> >
> > I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already
> familiar
> > with its setup screens.
> >
> > Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to
> setup as
> > Linksys?
> >
> > TIA for any suggestions...
>

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Anthony Gabrielson]

I don't know for certain - but I would guess at least most of their newer 
routers would support it in hardware.  My question is if you're going to 
install DD-WRT anyway why wouldn't you just go with a router that has it 
pre-installed?  Why bother with figuring out which device is ideal and doing 
the actual flash yourself...

On Feb 10, 2011, at 6:48 PM, John Abreau wrote:

> Is that just the stok Linksys firmware? I would hope that DD-WRT or Tomato 
> would support IPv6. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Anthony Gabrielson  
> wrote:
> Another interesting note is running on slashdot.  Apparently Linksys routers 
> don't currently support IPV6.
> 
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html
> 
> Anthony
> 
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
> 
> > It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless
> > works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port used) get
> > flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
> >
> > This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was replaced
> > because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak for the
> > laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next to it.
> >
> > I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar
> > with its setup screens.
> >
> > Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as
> > Linksys?
> >
> > TIA for any suggestions...
> >
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[John Abreau]

Is that just the stok Linksys firmware? I would hope that DD-WRT or Tomato
would support IPv6.



On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Anthony Gabrielson  wrote:

> Another interesting note is running on slashdot.  Apparently Linksys
> routers don't currently support IPV6.
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html
>
> Anthony
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
>
> > It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless
> > works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port used) get
> > flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
> >
> > This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was replaced
> > because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak for the
> > laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next to it.
> >
> > I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar
> > with its setup screens.
> >
> > Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as
> > Linksys?
> >
> > TIA for any suggestions...
> >
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Jerry Feldman]

That's a good point.

On 02/09/2011 09:45 PM, Anthony Gabrielson wrote:
> Another interesting note is running on slashdot.  Apparently Linksys routers 
> don't currently support IPV6.
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html
>
> Anthony
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
>
>> It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless 
>> works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port used) get 
>> flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
>>
>> This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was replaced 
>> because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak for the 
>> laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next to it.
>>
>> I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar 
>> with its setup screens.
>>
>> Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as 
>> Linksys?
>>
>> TIA for any suggestions...


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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Anthony Gabrielson]

Another interesting note is running on slashdot.  Apparently Linksys routers 
don't currently support IPV6.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco-linksys-ipv6.html

Anthony

On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:

> It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless 
> works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port used) get 
> flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
> 
> This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was replaced 
> because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak for the 
> laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next to it.
> 
> I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar 
> with its setup screens.
> 
> Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as 
> Linksys?
> 
> TIA for any suggestions...
> 
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Rob Hasselbaum]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:15 PM,  wrote:

> I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar
> with its setup screens.
>
> Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as
> Linksys?
>
> TIA for any suggestions...
>

It's interesting. For years I've subscribed to the notion that just picking
up whatever $40-$60 router the store has in stock is fine because they're
all more or less the same. But after some recent experience with slowness on
my home LAN (both wired and wireless) and after hearing a story on last
week's episode of Security Now (http://media.grc.com/sn/sn-286.mp3 - great
podcast, BTW) in which a listener ran some speed tests, I'm starting to come
around to the opinion that it DOES matter. Perhaps the cheap $50 routers are
leading us to sacrifice performance even on a small home network and we
don't even realize it.

No recommendations for you, sorry. Just thought I'd bring this up as a
discussion point to get others' thoughts. I'm probably going to start
looking for a home router with more horsepower myself soon and would also
appreciate suggestions.
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Jerry Feldman]

On 02/08/2011 10:42 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> Over the years I've found the Linksys routers to be THE LEAST reliable.
>  Mine have failed every year or 16 months like clockwork.
>
> Belkin is good, so is netgear.  Go with a midrange model.  Configuration is
> similar on most of the mid-range routers.
>
Chris I agree with you on Linksys as their equipment over the past few
years has been bad. At one time Linksys routers were very good for their
price and performance.

 As far as Belkin is concerned, everything I have ever had from Belkin
didn't work properly.

Netgear has always made decent products. I have 3 24 port gigabit
switches that have worked very well. I bought a D-Link DIR-655 router
from MicroCenter a few years ago and it has not missed a beat. When I
bought it they had 2 rebates bringing the price to under $100. In my
house I need extended range, and my wife can easily use the wireless
from the den which is an addition upstairs and a few rooms away from the
router.

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Tom Metro]

edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
> Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as 
> Linksys?

I've had good luck so far with a few ASUS RT-N16 routers:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=WAa6AQFncrceRBEo

running Tomato firmware:
http://tomatousb.org/

It has among the best specs for an under $100 router. See my prior
postings for more details.

 -Tom

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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Chris O'Connell]

Over the years I've found the Linksys routers to be THE LEAST reliable.
 Mine have failed every year or 16 months like clockwork.

Belkin is good, so is netgear.  Go with a midrange model.  Configuration is
similar on most of the mid-range routers.


On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM, jbk  wrote:

> On 02/08/2011 08:14 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
> >   And what exactly would that do, aside from making the router quite
> cold?
>
> Most issues with these units is high heat and poor solder.
> The freezing process has some effect in temporarily
> restoring connections. I can't remember the reason as it was
> told to me years ago. I have not tested the theory myself. I
> do have two routers now to switch between if I have
> problems, so I might have a chance to test it when one goes
> down.
>
> Jim KR
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[jbk]

On 02/08/2011 08:14 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
>   And what exactly would that do, aside from making the router quite cold?

Most issues with these units is high heat and poor solder. 
The freezing process has some effect in temporarily 
restoring connections. I can't remember the reason as it was 
told to me years ago. I have not tested the theory myself. I 
do have two routers now to switch between if I have 
problems, so I might have a chance to test it when one goes 
down.

Jim KR
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[edwardp]

 And what exactly would that do, aside from making the router quite cold?


 

 

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Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions


On 02/08/2011 07:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
> It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless

Stick it in the freezer over night and then thaw and plug in.

This may buy you some time.

Jim KR


 
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[jbk]

On 02/08/2011 07:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:
> It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless

Stick it in the freezer over night and then thaw and plug in.

This may buy you some time.

Jim KR
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Re: New Router Suggestions

[Anthony Gabrielson]

Hello,
   I picked up a Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H from newegg a few months ago and I think 
its great.  The router is factory supported Linux based with open firmware and 
its pretty fast with nice graphs and features.  Anyway, I think its much nicer 
than any other router i have had including some later model linksys ones.

Anyway, you if you're in the market you should compare the feature sets.

Good luck -
Anthony

On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:15 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote:

> It appears that my Linksys WRT54G router is on its way out.  Wireless 
> works perfectly, but Ethernet connections (regardless of port used) get 
> flaky after a few minutes of receiving the IP address.
> 
> This was my second Linksys over the years, the first one was replaced 
> because the signal of the wireless portion of that was too weak for the 
> laptop to receive, even when the laptop was sitting right next to it.
> 
> I was considering going with another Linksys, as I am already familiar 
> with its setup screens.
> 
> Are there any better ones out there that are just as easy to setup as 
> Linksys?
> 
> TIA for any suggestions...
> 
> 
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