ToasterMan78
Premium
join:2003-11-26
| reply to biker45
Re: Looking for the Common Thread in router problems
said by biker45  :
Any other thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.
Probably others have mentioned this to you, but wired setups are intrinsically more stable than wireless setups. I don't know how long you have had problems (I see you have posted in other threads on your BEFW11), but it may be time to move to a wired setup. |
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biker45
join:2003-10-18
Erie, CO
| ToasterMan:
Thanks.
The PCs that I use at home are wired to the BEFW11S4. When it hangs, my wired connections are down (until I reboot).
My wife's PC (in another room of the house) connects wirelessly to the BEFW11S4.
Prior to my wife getting her PC (last Oct), I was in an all wired configuration (and did not have any problems - I used a different vendor's hub to connect my PCs).
When my wife bought her PC, I installed a BEFW11S4 to serve as a wireless AP and router. That's when I began having reliability problems caused by the BEFW11S4 hanging. I could probably move my wired PCs to a different (non-Linksys) device, but I'd still have the Linksys box to contend with for my wife's wireless connection (running wires to the room where my wife's PC is located is not an option ... I will need some kind of wireless AP in my network ... Linksys or otherwise). |
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ToasterMan78
Premium
join:2003-11-26
| said by biker45 :
...running wires to the room where my wife's PC is located is not an option ...
I suspect you don’t want to damage your house by drilling to run wires. I had a friend who had Comcast cable TV installed, and before he could say “don’t drill through the hardwood floor” the Comcast guy did just that. |
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MSNhurts
join:2003-12-27
Los Alamos, NM
| My router used to hang constantly, and then I upgraded to 1.44 or 1.45 (forget) - and it worked great. Then, in hopes of WPA, I upgraded to 1.5 - now all the convenience of wireless is lost because every 10 minutes (ok, not quiet that often) I have to get up and go reset the router. Is this the first upgrade since Cisco acquired linksys? I want to know who to be pissed at for releasing a firmware upgrade that re-introduced a problem that had, at one time, been solved. At least the firmware reminds me of who I can likely thank - Linksys *A division of Cisco, inc.* |
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