What happened to Wireless A?

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I don't know what the Linksys routers aren't doing that you need to have.

You aren't happy with your router anyway, but the cordless phone problem could be cured by replacing the cordless phone.

I bought a Panasonic KX-TG5453 at Costco. This is three handset,

snipped-for-privacy@soartech.com hath wroth:

I've had my share of entertainment value on behalf of the WRT55AG v2. The big problem was that it would not bridge packets from the 2.4GHz side to the 5.8GHz side. This is normally not a problem, but the owner insisted that it was a requirement for whatever they were doing.

I cut my losses and sold them a matching 2.4GHz only WRT54G v1.1 with DD-WRT. I disabled 2.4GHz operation in the WRT55AG and set it up as an access point (DHCP server off). I ran a CAT5 cable between the LAN ports on the WRT54G and the WRT55AG. The result was a functional dual band system.

That wasn't the point of my original post, but I sure wouldn't mind advice on that, either. The first one as a WRT55AG v.1. It would not properly forward port 80 for my web site (trying an HTTP connection would give me the router's setup page instead of my server's home page). The router would also not properly upgrade its firmware. Only after lots of struggling one Linksys support person found a double-secret firmware file somewhere that worked. Then the G band stopped working, and they have not been able to help me get that fixed.

So I switched to a WRT55AG v.2. This one has the same port forwarding problem even though it has the most up-to-date version of the firmware. In this case the port forwarding works correctly if you try to connect to the web page from somewhere external, but if I try to connect from inside my network it won't let me...it gives me the router's setup page instead. So this one is more of a nuisance than a show-stopping problem. But the router is also constantly lagging my connection (this happens both wired and wirelessly, and it appears to be a problem in the router's communication with the DSL modem or the internet, not with the computers' communication with the router). I lose my internet connection for 5-30 seconds every 5-10 minutes.

This is a good suggestion...I wanted to avoid buying a whole new set of phones, but if it's comparable to the price of replacing the router, maybe it's the way to go (although I'm having enough problems with the routers that I'm going to need to replace them anyway). I like Panasonic products in general, too. My main issue with phones is that I'm slightly hard of hearing. Do you know if the KX-TG5432M has a volume control that you can set to be fairly loud?

Thanks, Randy

I have also considered whether a 2-router setup might solve some of my problems. I certainly have enough linksys routers lying around to give it a try, so maybe I'll try something along those lines.

Thanks, Randy

With my Netgear, that would depend on which address you used to get to the web page. http://router-internal-ip:80 gets the router page. http://router-external-ip:8080 gets the router page.

http://router-external-ip:80 gets the redirected page. http://internal-ip:80 gets the internal page.

From inside, I can address the external address of the router, and that works. I know that doesn't work on some broken routers.

Now there's a problem. I wouldn't expect a whole series of Linksys routers to have a problem, but I could be wrong. I would point that finger somewhere else.

Multiple routers, in your case. I already had the router in place when I needed a new phone, so I avoided the 2.4GHz phones. this one is a single base with multiple handsets and chargers. It was an easy replacement.

It seems to be loud enough, although I see that my handset is at max volume. It also has a headset jack, so you could use a headset that might give better audio coupling.