Thanks, LDS, excellent deal on a great router (with Tomato or DD-WRT). In for two!
RobInBoston
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 5, 2008 @ 5:11p
Bought mine for @ $30 at Office Depot BM few months back. Price is ok. I can't knock the router, nothing to compare it to. However, I have had many problems with connectivity and customer service will work with you through the kinks.
Hint: If you use your router with a game console like I do, linksys csr may attemp to play the blame game with the game maker or console maker; just do a three-way call and let them duke it out!!
blahbooboo2 said: Wish there were more 1000 LAN connection routers. Cheapest are still about $100 and mixed reviews.
Not a big deal, really. Just get a gigabit switch, the Trendnet 5 and 8 port models are posted here frequently, and plug it into one of the ports on the router. Put all of your Gig-E clients on the switch and they'll transfer faster amongst themselves. It's not like you're going to get gigabit speeds with a wireless peer anyway, so it's a good setup.
DaForeSkinMan
Ancient Member
posted: Jul. 6, 2008 @ 9:55a
sjwaste said: blahbooboo2 said: Wish there were more 1000 LAN connection routers. Cheapest are still about $100 and mixed reviews.
Not a big deal, really. Just get a gigabit switch, the Trendnet 5 and 8 port models are posted here frequently, and plug it into one of the ports on the router. Put all of your Gig-E clients on the switch and they'll transfer faster amongst themselves. It's not like you're going to get gigabit speeds with a wireless peer anyway, so it's a good setup.
Get a Monowall out of an old PC and you can get 1000+ connections.
quick question - i see a v1 and a v1.1 - is there a difference? if i had a choice, is one better than the other?
thanks!
LuNoTiCK
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2008 @ 10:44a
It appears, version 1.1 is better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series said: ]As of May 8, 2008, this version was shipping with firmware revision 4.30.11. This pre-loaded firmware allows the user to upload a 4MB firmware image, whereas the pre-loaded firmware on version 1.0 limited the image to 3MB. Firmware version 4.30.12 is now available for both hardware versions. Fully supported by Tomato, Sveasoft, OpenWrt, and DD-WRT.
MoreBuyMoreSave
New Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2008 @ 6:17p
Amazon had it for $40.99 (no Tax/Free shipping/No rebate) a few weeks ago. I bought it from Amazon because I'm in California and Newegg charges tax. The current Amazon price is $44.99.
MoreBuyMoreSave said: Amazon had it for $40.99 (no Tax/Free shipping/No rebate) a few weeks ago. I bought it from Amazon because I'm in California and Newegg charges tax. The current Amazon price is $44.99.
The current Amazon price is $52.51 (AR), not $44.99. You are referring to their price on the WRT54G not the WRT54GL
I got this router. Using Tomato, running 12 hours a day, no problem.
Funny how some people are jealous of this router. Get a life already.
sopoor
Member
posted: Jul. 10, 2008 @ 4:36a
i sometimes lose my net connection with my router (WRT54GS) since there is a refrigerator blocking it. Anyone think its a good/bad idea to buy this just so i can perhaps bridge that gap? Whats that called again if its possible?
MoreBuyMoreSave said: Amazon had it for $40.99 (no Tax/Free shipping/No rebate) a few weeks ago. I bought it from Amazon because I'm in California and Newegg charges tax. The current Amazon price is $44.99. I know it's been 2 days since your post, but I see a WRT54G for $45, and a WRT54GL for $62. Which one did you get? Which one is recommended? What's a good cheap wireless card to go with it?
sjwaste said: blahbooboo2 said: Wish there were more 1000 LAN connection routers. Cheapest are still about $100 and mixed reviews.
Not a big deal, really. Just get a gigabit switch, the Trendnet 5 and 8 port models are posted here frequently, and plug it into one of the ports on the router. Put all of your Gig-E clients on the switch and they'll transfer faster amongst themselves. It's not like you're going to get gigabit speeds with a wireless peer anyway, so it's a good setup.
Yes, but I don't want 2 devices to run. More mess. Just have to wait for the industry to mature this device type.
Would really help if someone could help me. I have a router (buffalo) set up as a main router and am running tomato. However, the range of the router is not the best, so i bought this router to 'extend' my range. However, while searching online i am very confused - there is wds, wireless bridge, wireless client etc etc etc...
so can someone help me! please!! here is what i am looking to do - extend the range of my primary router - thats it! i wont connect any gadgets to the secondary router...its just going to stay in one corner...
also - i prefer to use WEP, since i have some wireless gadgets that cant connect through WPA...
Would really help if someone could help me. I have a router (buffalo) set up as a main router and am running tomato. However, the range of the router is not the best, so i bought this router to 'extend' my range. However, while searching online i am very confused - there is wds, wireless bridge, wireless client etc etc etc...
so can someone help me! please!! here is what i am looking to do - extend the range of my primary router - thats it! i wont connect any gadgets to the secondary router...its just going to stay in one corner...
also - i prefer to use WEP, since i have some wireless gadgets that cant connect through WPA...
thanks very much, much in advance!!!
This is not the best forum for your discussion. You should post you questions at the computer forum. As a senior member, you should know better. You need to setup your spare router as an access point to the main router, not as a bridge.
for those that missed the deal, the ASUS WL-520GU is a very similar router (16MB/4MB) that also runs DD-WRT and also has a USB port to top it. It can be found for ~$45 usually
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