My old router died...

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lastnight don't you know. But here is my new linksy that is on its way from newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190

For some reason it reminds me of batman with those 2 Antennas on top.

 

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Did you give your old router a good send off?

 

no she is still sitting on my desk. And to be honest, I can't complain. She came to me used from a friend that gets to keep the old gear from his work place and I've had her I think for about 5 years now. So she had a long run and gave her all. Linksy are tough is all I can say.

 

Those antennas look like they should be flying flags!

Give the old one a good burial, right at the back of the cupboard full of decrepit and ancient IT equipment we all have!

 

I'm surprised at you, Mitzs. You're using a router that designed to run Linux?

Look out. You're now on the path away from the dark side....

 

The L in Linksys WRT54GL Stands for Linux.

YAY MITZS!!!!!!!!!!

I have a WRT54G, then I updated the firmware with the Linux version:
Firmware Version: v3.01.3 - HyperWRT 2.0
Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GL

The firmware changed the model number, adding the L to the name.

 

Good router that one. You can take them off if you don't need them. I have a business series one and not had an issue with it.

 

Nice choice Mitzs.. Zeb will be pleased too i'm sure

That made me smile ^^

 

Best.
Router.
Ever.

Well - best SoHo router ever anyway. Currently got five of them running various firmware. When you get it Mitzs, check the version number. Hopefully it'll be a flashable one and you can install better firmware onto it. My personal favourite for beginners would be DD-WRT - it's nice and stable and has many of the features that the more complex 'true' nerd firmwares (open-wrt etc) have too.

TBH, after all the **** that went down with Sveasoft and their interpretation of the GPL I'm surprised (but delighted) that Linksys stuck with it - they now make a seriously crippled version of the WRT54G based on the VXWorks chipset (with such a piddly amount of RAM that its almost unmoddable) but have diverged the line so that you can still get the 'proper' version (albeit slightly more expensive)

 

Any of you linux lovers come near my new router and I'll slap you into next week.

Actually since there was costum software written for this family of routers I was thinking about poping out the memory and soddering in a bigger chip. so I can more or less turn it into a full cisco router that will handle all the command lines.

 

Yeah, I thought that was cute too. Since this is my first time setting one up I only pray it will be as smoothly as wired routers are.

 

Well, I spoke too soon.

The 'ol (very old, v 2) WRT54G died today, so I went and got a WRT54GS (going out of business sale at CompUSA). Setup was extremely simple, but I'm having a heck of a time getting a dynamic IP address from Charter. Even tried half a dozen patch cables, still didn't get an IP address. Numerous reboots. Finally it grabbed an IP from Charter, so I wrote it down just in case.

AJ, let me know if you have any problems when you get yours. Mine out of the box is:

Firmware Version: v7.50.0

 

Sorry to hear that TG, but the new one you got rates 4 eggs at newegg and is a 1x Winner of Customer Choice Award too so good pick!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124010

 

I quick search at Linksys shows the latest firmware for that device resolves a DHCP issue:

NEw device upgraded to 7.50.2 now.

 

that's wierd, and when I looked at the kind of router that you were getting, I kinda laughed at how I got that same exact router like a year ago...

(I still have NO PROBLEMS with it)

it has worked great for me

 

Yes the've been around a good while now and have become so popular with geeks, that the demand ensures the supply.

 

just thought i would throw my pennies-worth in.
I have the same router & i found it to be easy to set up both WLAN & LAN ,hasn't given me any grief yet,
whats more as David "Tango" Dickinson says, it's as cheap as chips!

 

Well I am wireless! Woohoo. Have to say I'm loving it to. And I'm really surprised how easy it was to set everything up on the first try. Spcially after those 3 days of wireless hell with Joes sister and a wireless router that would not in anyway work with vista! It really was painless. While my house is not really that big I have full signal strenght from end to the other. The weather was to bad tonight to take the lappy outside and see how it does. But you better belive I will find out tommrow. This is just too cool!

 

It was painless...




...but is it secure?