Router out! Looking for recommendations

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

@ Burrell ... why is the "Digital Video Sig - Level Thingy" under your Handle all out of Whack!?!? Or am I the only one that sees yous like that!?!?

@ UncasMS ... is NetGear better than Linksys!?!?

Thanks,

G!

[PurpleDemon]

@ Burrell ... why is the "Digital Video Sig - Level Thingy" under your Handle all out of Whack!?!? Or am I the only one that sees yous like that!?!?

Seems if I check the reset box in User CP for title it fixes it. Cool.

[atifsh]

be very sure when u do that, ill post step by step thingy later if u want. pls tell me what exactly ur model of wrt54... with ver.

OR U WILL BRICK UR ROUTER

[PurpleDemon]

WRT54G ver 2.0

That would be super.

Don't need to make bricks. It only would complement all my coasters.

No seriously this would be a neat thing to learn. I heard about this a long time ago but forgot about until your post.

[atifsh]

ok good got ur router's info and will post how to later pls hold a little probably at night.

[atifsh]

first get these files....
dd-wrt.v24-9517_VINT_mini.bin
dd-wrt.v24-9517_VINT_std.bin
from http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down....ric%2Fvintage/

1: remove all cables othertehn power adapter from ur router
2: hard reset ur router pushing the reset button. [keep it press for a while to proper reset]
3: restart ur pc and close any unwanted programs...
4: connect ur nic to routers 1st port [do not plug in to wireless port]
5: login to ur router admin:admin goto admin : firmware upgrade
6: browse to the mini firmware file first and upgrade. [do not use std file first or ull brick ur router]
7: wait till it says successfull, may take a while do not do anything to router or pc
8: unplug power from router and plug it again after 2 mins, now login using root:admin [login : pass changed now ]

now repeat steps for std firmware.

i have experience of bricking 2 routers and successfully flashing 5 routers so if u do as i said hopefully u wont have any trouble.

[PurpleDemon]

Working well. We shall see how long the wireless connection holds.

Thanks for the help.

I was completely lost.

Brother backed out on replacement for now, but I know now how I want to go with Wireless N.

[doctorhardware]

My web pages load so much faster using the draft-n wireless router. I was using WEP but I have changed to WPA.

[PurpleDemon]

I wasn't sure the difference between WPA and WEP my selp. I went WPA as well.

The router we will get will be the WNDR 3300.

It is also dd-wrt compatible. It just seems to have the best of many worlds.

[doctorhardware]

WEP has been fully hacked and is no longer secure, that is how TJ Maxx was hacked and a large number of customers credit card data was gotten. Although WPA the keys have been partially cracked, but it is still more secure then WEP encryption.

[UncasMS]

@ UncasMS ... is NetGear better than Linksys!?!?

i dont dare saying that X is much better than Y

all i can say is that all those netgear products i have at home or installed at friends home or which are in use in the company work more than fine for years now

so whenever i needed a new device i bought netgear and so far didnt regret it

[gonwk]

... so whenever i needed a new device i bought netgear and so far didnt regret it

THANKS UncasMS!

G!

[doctorhardware]

Same here I have always used them and never had any problems.

[PurpleDemon]

That's exactly why I started this thread is to get professional opinions.

I did not count on the great info and firmware upgrade help which is great.

@UncasMS That was a very diplomatic answer which I respect.

Ant thoughts on the WNDR 3300 ?

[PurpleDemon]

Well the Linksys really died today. We did buy the WNDR 3300 and it works great.

My WRT54G never did this well with speed and so simple to set up.

I wish it would of died sooner.

Thanks again for all the help.