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Posted by Roy Colson on February 19, 2006, 1:31 pm
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I am presently using a Linksys wireless B router BEFW11S4 which I wish to replace. My main problem is frequent loss of the internet which is corrected by unplugging and replugging the router. I have a desktop XP SP2 directly wired to the router, a desktop ME wireless, a notebook XP SP2 wireless and a Vtech IP 8100-2 (Vonage wireless telephone system) wired to the router. I want to upgrade to wireless G. I am not to happy with Linksys and I would like advice as to what wireless router would best suit my needs. Thanks, Roy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Roy Colson on February 19, 2006, 1:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options An additional thought. I would like the router to have QoS, >
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on February 19, 2006, 2:22 pm
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>I am presently using a Linksys wireless B router BEFW11S4 which I wish to
>replace. My main problem is frequent loss of the internet which is corrected >by unplugging and replugging the router. I have the same router (BEFW11S4 v4) with exactly the same problem. I got lazy and "solved" it by putting a Radio Shack timer on the AC power and just having it turn the router power on and off twice per day. >I have a desktop XP SP2 directly wired to the router, a desktop ME
>wireless, a notebook XP SP2 wireless and a Vtech IP 8100-2 (Vonage wireless >telephone system) wired to the router. > >I want to upgrade to wireless G. I am not to happy with Linksys and I would >like advice as to what wireless router would best suit my needs. Well, you'll find that just about all manufacturers have their lemons. The BEFW11S4 v4 is one of the losers. I wouldn't give up on Linksys quite yet. I've been using Linksys WRT54G routers with DD-WRT replacement firmware, quite successfully. However, even the stock Linksys firmware has QoS. See: http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/WRT54G/v5/1.00.6/qos.htm http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/WRT54G/v1-v4/4.00.7/Application&Gaming-QOS.htm for a sample QoS page. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Roy Colson on February 19, 2006, 5:43 pm
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>>I am presently using a Linksys wireless B router BEFW11S4 which I wish to
>>replace. My main problem is frequent loss of the internet which is >>corrected >>by unplugging and replugging the router. >
> I have the same router (BEFW11S4 v4) with exactly the same problem. I > got lazy and "solved" it by putting a Radio Shack timer on the AC > power and just having it turn the router power on and off twice per > day. > >>I have a desktop XP SP2 directly wired to the router, a desktop ME
>>wireless, a notebook XP SP2 wireless and a Vtech IP 8100-2 (Vonage >>wireless >>telephone system) wired to the router. >> >>I want to upgrade to wireless G. I am not to happy with Linksys and I >>would >>like advice as to what wireless router would best suit my needs. >
> Well, you'll find that just about all manufacturers have their lemons. > The BEFW11S4 v4 is one of the losers. I wouldn't give up on Linksys > quite yet. I've been using Linksys WRT54G routers with DD-WRT > replacement firmware, quite successfully. However, even the stock > Linksys firmware has QoS. See: > http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/WRT54G/v5/1.00.6/qos.htm > > http://www.linksysdata.com/ui/WRT54G/v1-v4/4.00.7/Application&Gaming-QOS.htm > for a sample QoS page. > > -- > Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us > 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com > Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com > Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 Did some more research and found the WRT54G V.4 is OK, while the WRT54G V.5 is NG. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on February 19, 2006, 6:36 pm
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>Did some more research and found the WRT54G V.4 is OK, while the WRT54G V.5
>is NG. Correct. The WRT54G and WRT54GS hardware versions V1 through V4 work just fine with alternative firmware. V5 does not use Linux and cannot be used. There's also a WRT54GL, which is identical to the V4 version, but sells for about $20 more. It's a bit tricky trying to determine which DD-WRT version to install. I suggest you get the latest from the SP1 (service pack 1) releases at: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/index.php?path=untested_alpha_unstable%2Fdd-wrt.v23+SP1+beta/ Follow the instructions at: http://wrt-wiki.bsr-clan.de/index.php?title=DD-WRT_Docu_%28EN%29 If you decide to tweak the transmit power up, I suggest you go no higher than perhaps 100 or 150mw as there have been reports of meltdowns at 250mw. Good luck. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>replace. My main problem is frequent loss of the internet which is
>corrected by unplugging and replugging the router.
>
> I have a desktop XP SP2 directly wired to the router, a desktop ME
> wireless, a notebook XP SP2 wireless and a Vtech IP 8100-2 (Vonage
> wireless telephone system) wired to the router.
>
> I want to upgrade to wireless G. I am not to happy with Linksys and I
> would like advice as to what wireless router would best suit my needs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy