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| Thread ID: 83487 | 2007-10-03 21:48:00 | buying a new router | LOWTEC (7821) | Press F1 |
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| 597712 | 2007-10-04 02:19:00 | I really recommend staying away from linksys especially with summer coming (poor heat dissipation in a lot of the newer models). They were once a good company but these days make crap mainly because when cisco purchased the company they got rid of all the experienced engineers that designed the circuitry and instead outsourced that job! thinks like the linksys wag54gv2 is a perfect example of this although its a lot better once you load the unofficial firmware. If you want a good router get a buffalo router (distributed by uniden in Australasia) the default firmwares are good but if you flash to openwrt its even better! heres a list of supported hardware: wiki.openwrt.org and heres my recommendation at the moment: Uniden Buffalo 125 High Power Wireless Cable/DSL Smart Router (WHR-HP-G54) it costs around $167+gst from places like http://www.aquilatech.co.nz/ See other users opinions on the model: reviews.cnet.com And yes I owned a Linksys router got sick of the high pitch noises emitted more than anything but also the random freezes etc..etc.. in the end dumped it! I was once a Linksys fan its a shame when some of the crappier brands start outdoing once great brands... Where as the buffalo I've yet to reboot it because of a problem and the power output/reception strength is up there with the expensive mimo routers. |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 597713 | 2007-10-04 02:42:00 | That photo is not the WAG54G! :eek: It is a photo of the WAG200G which is newer than the WAG54G. The WAG200G is what I would go for. Are you sure? I'm pretty sure you cant get the classic WAG54G anymore, Linksys changed the enclosure. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 597714 | 2007-10-04 02:46:00 | Are you sure? I'm pretty sure you cant get the classic WAG54G anymore, Linksys changed the enclosure. Mmm... It may be the WAG54GP2 which has the two telephone ports on it to make your phone into a VOIP phone. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 597715 | 2007-10-04 03:40:00 | Mmm... It may be the WAG54GP2 which has the two telephone ports on it to make your phone into a VOIP phone. I've got that, and it's the best router I've ever owned or used. The UI is brilliant, the features are brilliant and I have never had to reboot it in over 6 months of operation. I don't use the ADSL part of it, though, but when I did the speed was better than any ADSL router I've used before. I was able to reprogram the route table to make it use the LAN interface as its WAN connection too, as I switched to cable. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 597716 | 2007-10-04 05:29:00 | Whatever brand you get I recommend you get something thats openwrt or dd-wrt capable, you can do almost anything you want then with the router and your not stuck on some old firmware when the device is no-longer produced. :nerd: |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
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