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ScottC Jan 11, 2006 12:57 pm


Originally Posted by fduvall
Looks like my WRT54G was still under warranty, so they are shipping me a new one. I will wait on the MIMO upgrade, and install some thrid party firmware on the WRT54G.

I hear that some key people have left Sveasoft and many people are not happy with the product? Any opinions about this? Should I go to DD-WRT or HyperWRT?

-fduvall

Sveasoft went commerical :(

I'd either go with an old(er) version of Sveasoft or with HyperWRT.

fduvall Jan 12, 2006 5:25 pm

Just received my replacement WRT54G from Linksys. Whole process took only three days from phonecall to receiving new product. Great service and thumbs up to Linksys ^

And to make it even better, I sent them my almost 3 year old product, running V1.0 firmware, and they sent me back V4.0. So I have the newest version still flashable. Very happy with this!!

-fduvall

PS - and bought a Zyxel P-330W at CompUSA for 19.99 (no rebates). It is supposed to be pretty good, too.

PSS - there is a 3Com router (office grade) selling for about $11.00 AR that I might try, too. Love fatwallet.com

yosithezet Jul 22, 2006 9:35 am


Originally Posted by fduvall
And to make it even better, I sent them my almost 3 year old product, running V1.0 firmware, and they sent me back V4.0. So I have the newest version still flashable. Very happy with this!!

I have the WRTP54G (v 1.0 I assume since it doesn't say anything else) that I just bought. The firmware is 1.00.62, should I find a way to flash to v4.0? If I flash with the HyperWRT (anything better come out recently?) are there any risks of it simply not working at all? My main worry is that I flash it and it isn't the exact right version of the WRTP54G* and hose the whole thing.

This was meant to replace my Airport Snow which is now 4 years old and 802.11B but the Airport's range was way better than this product. I only bought it becuase of the Vonage and WalMart didn't have a rebate. :(

roberto99 Jul 22, 2006 11:39 am


Originally Posted by ScottC
Well, the BEST route is to do what I ended up doing, putting on overalls and pulling cables through the crawlspace. Nothing works better than good old copper.

This put a BIG smile on my face! :)

yosithezet Sep 20, 2006 9:02 am


Originally Posted by yosithezet

This was meant to replace my Airport Snow which is now 4 years old and 802.11B but the Airport's range was way better than this product. I only bought it becuase of the Vonage and WalMart didn't have a rebate. :(

Bizarre thing happened on the way to the Billing History. I got a $75 Walmart.com rebate! I bought it in a bricks and mortar store and never mailed anything to anyone!

Doppy Dec 14, 2006 3:30 pm

Any thoughts on a good 802.11n router? Primarily interested in range.

PremEx Dec 14, 2006 4:08 pm


Any thoughts on a good 802.11n router? Primarily interested in range.
Can't really help you on an n router. I'm sure others can.

But I will say in regards to the range issue...that just the other day we upgraded from a couple year old Linksys G wireless router...to a new Linksys WRT54GX2 SRX200 Router and I can testify that they aren't kidding about doubling the range! We're getting better range now than with the old one coupled with a Range Extender! We paid $99 for it. Very pleased.


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