lazybummm said:WhyAskWhy said:
IMHO, the linksys is a solid router, but it's not as good as a Buffalo. In a all fairness, buffalo's are are hard to come by now a days, and at $30 new from a store, wrt54gs is a steal. I bought a V2 WRT54GS for $20 for my gf, I put dd-wrt on it and it has been solid for her. I personally picked up a Buffalo G125 with DD-WRT, for $25 and the buffalo is the best I've ever had. I've not had to reset it for months and months at a time.

Anyone knows, where to get a Buffalo?

lazybummm said:WhyAskWhy said:I have an Airlink 430, flashed with DD-WRT. How do you guys like the WRT54gs compares to the Airlink 430? I need to buy another router and flash it as a bridge/repeater. The 430 is $17.99 now, so WRT54GS is almost 2X price of 430.

how stable is the airlink 430 for you? I'm just wondering, anyone else have used one? My sister picked up one of those from fry's and I haven't dd-wrt on it yet, but she said the stock firmware is unstable with wireless...

IMHO, the linksys is a solid router, but it's not as good as a Buffalo. In a all fairness, buffalo's are are hard to come by now a days, and at $30 new from a store, wrt54gs is a steal. I bought a V2 WRT54GS for $20 for my gf, I put dd-wrt on it and it has been solid for her. I personally picked up a Buffalo G125 with DD-WRT, for $25 and the buffalo is the best I've ever had. I've not had to reset it for months and months at a time.

I have three AR430W flashed with DD-WRT RC 7 and these router are very stable. You will not believe all the features you gain after flashing to DD-WRT. I have no problem with the Wireless at all. I had problems with the original stock firmware of the AR430W as the router would lock up every now and then and it needed to be power cycled. Ever since I converted to DD-WRT no more such problems. Two other flashed AR430W are in use at friends locations and they are very heavy internet users and also have reported zero problems.

for anybody who wants to update to DD-WRT on a AR430W please read the flashing instruction in this thread.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23510&highlight=ar430w
one tip make sure you are using the TFTP server that is located in the RC 7 download page. Flashing the router is not the most easiest task but doable. good luck.

Guys, can you please check if power adapter supports 220V? Thank you!

meeper said:I believe this is the model router I once had but gave away, as it seemed my microwave would interfere with it, whereas my old router which was only 802.11b had no such problem.

Anybody know if microwave interference is a general problem with 802.11g, or are there certain wireless models to look for, or maybe certain microwaves ovens to avoid?

I think it's a problem with all microwave ovens and 2.4Ghz devices, more or less.

Any good deals on usb wireless g NIC's, compatible with the WRT54GS?

Seems like they are going for more than the router!

lazybummm, My 430 has been up for 4 months without any problem. The original firmware(1.0.1?) was not stable at all. You can flash it to the latest, I think it was 1.1.0, it was better but I ended it up flashed with DD-WRT v6 at the time. I may just buy another one and flash it with dd-wrt v7.

dwkor said:spydermonkey said:QUESTION:

What features in DD-WRT do most home users need/use?

I would say, most important feature for me - ability to increase/decrease transmission power. Nothing works better in terms of security than no wireless signal outside of my house

Weak coverage doesn't mean it can't be hacked from outside.

Will check my local store today and let others know....

Why even mention tomato? People dont think you are going to get one with the capability of using tomato on it. Tomato isn't an option unless you have ver 4 or lower and that was about 5 revs ago.

MidnightSwinga said:Something to make this deal even sweeter. There are some $10 off $20 coupons over at SD in the Staples thread from Office Max. My Staples typically will accept competitors coupons. Worth a shot

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