[TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?

[Douglas A. Whitfield]

I've got an older Microsoft router (it was a gift, I wouldn't have gotten
one) that hangs up on occasion, just to throw that into the mix.  It also
got hit by lightning a while back and now none of the physical ports work
except the one going to the modem (wireless works fine though,
thankfully)...so if anybody has an old wireless G router they want to give
away, I'd be a happy taker. :)


>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil L. Little [mailto:nllittle at embarqmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:15 AM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?
> >
> > Had the issue with the linksys router locking up. These oft
> > times are caused by the wall wart (power supply) not
> > producing clean/correct voltages.
> >
> > Also an issue with firmware. In this case a upgrade of
> > firmware solved the lockup issue and also resulted in an
> > increase of bandwidth (it sped up data transfers) and yes
> > version change document referred to optimization of TCP/IP
> > stack. Of course fun thing is linksys is aware of the
> > hobby/enthusiast sector that likes to reflash their products
> > with 3rd party firmware. The WRT54GL is the result of that.
>
>
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Douglas A. Whitfield

UNC SILS, May 2008
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