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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
reply to Skippy25
Re: Cisco=Quality

I haven't had any problems with any of the Linksys WRT54g routers that I have installed. And looking at the forums out there it seems that that line is probably the best consumer grade wireless router out there.

Skippy25

join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO

I would greatly disagree being that I used one for years and installed one in numerous people's homes because of my past reliability. Since installing all of those I have swapped out probably 75% of them for all out failure or poor coverage (usually the case).

Linksys does (did?) allow custom firmware which appears to be great and what many people are so happy about. However, I am not into that and don't expect my customers to be so I never dealt with that. Plus why deal with that when I can get a DLink that in my experience clearly has better coverage and requires a lot less power cycles "to fix" it.


imrf
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·WOW Internet and C..

I disagree. I've swapped out so many DLink routers and put in Linksys WRT54g routers with and without customer firmwares and all have provided great coverage and none of them have needed a reboot. My own personal WRT54g had an uptime of 2 years until I lost power for a day.


rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN
if you ran a UPS unit for your modem and router, your uptime would still be going :P


imrf
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·WOW Internet and C..

A 350VA UPS doesn't last over a day with a router and a modem on it. Trust me, I tried. A bigger one probably would, but that size of one really isn't needed for this application. We have more micro-brownouts and blips in the power than anything else. Loosing power for more than 20 seconds is extremely rare.
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