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post #21 of 64
1/23/06 at 11:11am
I bought the Linksys SRX400 and it did not work for me. I updated to the latest firmware and it connected fine when you first started it at 54 mbps. But after I left it overnight running and tried to connect to it in the morning, I only got about 36 mbps. It looked like the connection kept going down after a while. Finally I had to return it.
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post #22 of 64
1/23/06 at 12:40pm
I have the WRT54G v2.2 and have been happy with it. I use it with the Intel A/B/G Centrino card in my XPS GEN 2 along with the latest Linksys firmware.

It sounds like the latest revision (V5) of this router is no longer Linux based - and thus does not support 3rd party firmware? Or is it simply so new so new that stable 3rd party firmware's are not yet abundent?
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post #23 of 64
1/23/06 at 12:48pm
pre - n tanked so bad it was pitiful. dlink is the best

and try and post in the correct forum next time

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post #24 of 64
1/23/06 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by boo boo
pre - n tanked so bad it was pitiful. dlink is the best

and try and post in the correct forum next time

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I am using a DLink 784 and Atheros AR5006XS and have zero problems with them.
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post #25 of 64
1/23/06 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by boo boo
pre - n tanked so bad it was pitiful. dlink is the best

and try and post in the correct forum next time

thanks
I don't think the post was off topic. The poster has an i9300 and wants advice on a wireless router that would work well with it. . . . .


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post #26 of 64
1/23/06 at 2:12pm
I 've used a wrt54g ver2 for about 2 years and have no problems I used the sveasof firmware for a bit till ddwrt came out and have been using that since with no problems.
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post #27 of 64
1/23/06 at 3:42pm
Doc, great stuff. thanks for the info.

question for you: WRT54GX2 - is this referring to the 2nd revision of the WRT54GX? how does one know that he has the original GX or the GX2, or the GX4?

thanks again!
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post #28 of 64
1/23/06 at 6:23pm
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Originally Posted by patrickvo
I bought the Linksys SRX400 and it did not work for me. I updated to the latest firmware and it connected fine when you first started it at 54 mbps. But after I left it overnight running and tried to connect to it in the morning, I only got about 36 mbps. It looked like the connection kept going down after a while. Finally I had to return it.
This is exactly what I meant when I said it's new, so watch out. It's great technology, but wait another revision or two for it to mature.

Sorry to hear it didn't work for you.

-Doc
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post #29 of 64
1/24/06 at 10:38am
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For example, I have a nice little D-Link DI-524 wireless G router that kicks ass with my computer. Why? It's a hardware rev C which happens to be Atheros based and I use an Atheros NIC. It's perfect. However, my brother-in-law has a D-Link DI-525 rev A that uses some other chipset which has several problems including some really bad firmware bugs. To the average consumer, the units look exactly the same, including having the same model number. In all, there are around 5 or 6 hardware revs for this router, and which one you get can make a big difference for you.

This bit of info helped a lot Doc, thanks! I got my i9300 yesterday and before it arrived I went to the local OfficeMax to check prices. They had the DI-524 for $60 - $10 = $50 - $20 rebate = $30 And it works like a champ! Since I'll do little file transferring across the network, the G54 is plenty fast.

The documentation was a bit lacking, and I had to basically figure out the WPA stuff myself, but overall very pleased. Oh, think mine was rev B.
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post #30 of 64
1/24/06 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by mobilebuddha
Doc, great stuff. thanks for the info.

question for you: WRT54GX2 - is this referring to the 2nd revision of the WRT54GX? how does one know that he has the original GX or the GX2, or the GX4?

thanks again!
Sorry, just saw this.

X2 is the "second release" of SRX, but it's the cheaper, less effective one. GX is the original, GX2 is the cheaper version, and GX4 is the latest and greatest. (And most likely to have some growing pains ahead of it as they iron out firmware and manufacturing.)


Oh, how to tell what you have. The part number for the device will end in either GX, GX2, or GX4. (For SRX devices)

-Doc
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post #31 of 64
1/24/06 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by mobilebuddha
Doc, great stuff. thanks for the info.

question for you: WRT54GX2 - is this referring to the 2nd revision of the WRT54GX? how does one know that he has the original GX or the GX2, or the GX4?

thanks again!
There is a version 2 of the original WRT54GX. The difference is the original version had cheap "fixed" antenna. The version 2 has multi-position and better quality antenna. The version 2 is what I have.

I also think, but not sure, that there were hardware and firmware differences from original.
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post #32 of 64
1/24/06 at 2:28pm
I had a linksys WRT54GC wireless router and it sucked. It would connect at the rated speeds but the actual throughput speed was really low and erratic. I tried it with intel, broadcom and atheros cards and at first I thought it might be the wifi card, but after trying other routers I narrowed it down to that router. Maybe I got a bad one.
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post #33 of 64
1/24/06 at 4:29pm
Right now I'm almost exclusively using Netgear equipment. WPN824 Router, two WG511T PCMCIA adaptors, two WG311T PCI adaptors, and one USB WPN111 adaptor. Range is pretty good, but is not exactly stellar. My router is on the pool side of a wood frame townhouse, and I can just get enough signal (11Mbs) to work with out by the pool about 35-40 meters away. Also, you can't exactly get a higher gain antenna for a router like this either.

The stock Intel adaptor in my XPS is just a shade better than the Netgear WG511T, in case you were wondering.

D-Link is actually sending me their complete GamerLounge setup for an upcoming review...I'll be sure to post my thoughts here when it finally arrives.
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post #34 of 64
1/24/06 at 4:45pm
I have a DLink GAming Router and it works really well for my online wireless gaming
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post #35 of 64
1/24/06 at 5:41pm
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Originally Posted by like2play247
There is a version 2 of the original WRT54GX. The difference is the original version had cheap "fixed" antenna. The version 2 has multi-position and better quality antenna. The version 2 is what I have.

I also think, but not sure, that there were hardware and firmware differences from original.
The GX2 (SRX 200) is, oddly enough, a slight step down from the original. Linksys's marketing department really confused people with this. While the original SRX stuff was still popular and expensive, they came out with SRX 200 as an "Economy" version of the technology. It sounds like they did a better job with the antennas though!

SRX200 is still good, but it's the first step on the SRX product line in regards to capability.

I couldn't make sense of their web page when it came to the SRX offerings so I called the sales department and that's what they told me. Even they thought it was confusing for the consumer.

It's still a step above all the non-SRX routers though in regards to the technology it uses.

The MIMO SRX400 is going to rock once it matures and becomes more reliable.

-Doc
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post #36 of 64
1/24/06 at 7:36pm
Well since no one else will fess up to the "crappy" netgear routers.. I have had my WGR614v4 for quite awhile now and have never had one problem w/ it.. All my IT friends gave me a bunch of cr@p for buying it, but as I say again have never had 1 single problem w/ it. Hand it to an electrician to buy the $35 router and love it =p
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post #37 of 64
1/24/06 at 7:47pm
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Originally Posted by ohm
Well since no one else will fess up to the "crappy" netgear routers.. I have had my WGR614v4 for quite awhile now and have never had one problem w/ it.. All my IT friends gave me a bunch of cr@p for buying it, but as I say again have never had 1 single problem w/ it. Hand it to an electrician to buy the $35 router and love it =p
I used to test (pre-WiFi) consumer routers at work and I had stacks of them. Every brand, every model, and they all have their winners and losers. No one brand is much better than another unless you move up to SonicWall and the likes.

So no shame in buying any brand. Oh, and $35? You're a big spender! My D-Link DI-524 was $20 after the rebates!

-Doc
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post #38 of 64
1/24/06 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Tramodeus
The stock Intel adaptor in my XPS is just a shade better than the Netgear WG511T, in case you were wondering.
Part of that is due to the fact that the internal card has a lot more antenna attached to it.

-Doc
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post #39 of 64
1/24/06 at 7:51pm
I like my wrt54g its just the new one so i can run linux but it works great for what most people need it for
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post #40 of 64
1/24/06 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by bigphill911
I like my wrt54g its just the new one so i can run linux but it works great for what most people need it for
I set up my brother-in-law's law office and home with v5's (what you have) and they're solid as a rock. That's exactly why we chose them. If you don't need 3rd party firmware, then there's no need for a v4.

-Doc
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