Silly Linksys wireless router question
 

Is there no ADDRESS RESERVATION based on MAC address on these routers?

I have a number of networked devices, all have been historically setup with items being port forwarded to them, and the IP addresses have been assigned dynamicaly via DHCP, but at least they ALWAYS GOT THE SAME IP address, so I could easily configure port forwarding.

Now, with this new linksys, there doesn't seem to be a way to do that, save setting up a static address on EACH device manually, is that correct?

that would be a real deficiency in my book, regardless of how much better this router performs.

thanks

Sadly you are correct, and unless it was added to new releases it also isn't an option in Sveasoft or OpenWRT. I just ended up setting all my devices with a static address.

Arghh!
 

Arghh!

wow, that is QUITE a little differentiator for NETGEAR, I was sure the last linksys I had used had SOMETHING like that, but alas no.

Not really wanting to setup 20 devices with static addresses, well in order to have about 10 with enough "reservation" to port forward easilly. Two slingboxes, two replay a tivo and half a dozen servers, i'll just send my smoking deal 40$ SRX200 back even IF the wireless throughput seems a bit faster.

It could be done with the dd-wrt firmware...www.dd-wrt.com, use the DHCPd function. It works fine three WRT54GS that i have setup.

Linksys wireless does not review well. spend the $30, and get something else.

But afaik there is no open source variant for the SRX200?

Where doesn't it review well? I've used Linksys for years and it is consistently better than Netgear, Buffalo, Hawking or D-link.

With the exception of the DHCP issue not supporting static settings my WRT54 has never once let me down.

agree and disagree
 

come on now ScottC while the linksys product are indeed good, there have been a few that were just crap and were definitly "stay away" products. I don't think we have seen one in a couple of years, but there were some.

I for one, have netgear blue switches and routers everywhere and find them really excellent. I don't think they are poor by any standard, I was just hoping for a bit more wifi range with this srx200. But alas, regardless of the static/dhcp issue, the range didn't prove to be any better than my netgears, even just the regular netgears. Of course, I am now using srx200 cards everywhere, but the reading was that the mimo tech would help with dead spots and such. that was not my experience in this case.

So, because Ford once made the Pinto, all Fords are bad? Of course Linksys ONCE made a bad product or two, but the remark that "Linksys doesn't review well" just made me curious what the source was of that fairly broad remark. But we are not talking about the past couple of years, we are looking at their current product range, and I have yet to find a review that claims "linksys is bad".

of course none could be BAD per se, or they would just be pulled.

I will say, the only routers that I tell people to stay away from are the zyxel, or something similar named.

Personally, I don't think anyone will go wrong with linksys, netgear, belkin, buffalo and a couple other. I don't personally like much that 3com offers, although I do have a couple older ones that continue to perform.

I must say though, the address reservation technique in the netgears for me, is a must have feature. I simply do not want to have to setup my or others devices to have static ips all the time.

(sarcasm on) Of course we must avoid linksys products without knowing they are made by the same people who make Cisco routers! (sarcasm off)

Stop the hypocrisy about linksys routers - I have set up several myself already and they work so well and haven't had a serious problem with them.

Sanosuke!