Wicket20519 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I bought a Linksys WRT54G wireless router back in August '05. I had heard great things about the router and I needed to upgrade from my 802.11b Netgear router. I get the router, but am too busy with work and school to set it up until a couple months later.When I finally open it, I flash the firmware (it's 4.20 something) and set everything straight (security, login, etc). Ever since then, the router has kicked EVERYONE off the wireless network just about every other week or so. Once kicked off, I can't even ping the router. I tried resetting the router, changing from 2.4 to 5.8 ghz phones, moving the microwave, upgrading my wireless adapters. Nada.I call Linksys support; I've done everything they asked. So the tech says change Beaconing to 50, and the RTS and Framerate Thresholds to 2307 (don't know the number off the top of my head). If it doesn't work, call back and they'll give me an RMA number. The router only lasts another two weeks.Since then, the stupid piece of junk has been sitting on my desktop computer, waiting for an RMA number from Linksys (been too busy to call).My current setup is this:Netgear MR814v2 router2 Desktop computers w/ Zonet ZEW2500P 802.11g USB2.0 Adapters (which are VERY nice)2 Wireless laptop clients w/ built in wireless adaptersOn my desktop, I play lots of games and watch lots of videos on websites such as CollegeHumor, YouTube, Apple, etc.For the other desktop and one of the laptops, they use AIM and watch videos, also. No games.I realize that wireless is NOT the best option for gaming; however, at this time I cannot lay down any wire for a LAN.Could anyone suggest a router that a) actually WORKS, B) runs at 802.11g (54mbps), and c) supports WPA-PSK, MAC address filtering, etc?I've checked newegg, and the top router is the Linksys one I already have. I don't want to update my adapters since I JUST got them. Any help would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 i have that same router(netgear) and i know what u mean, so i bought my dad a wireless adapter and put the router+modem in my room i bought that same adapter that u did for my dad, wow those are 2 big coincidinceswhat is ur budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicket20519 Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 I'm broke, but I'm desperate.Nothing over $100 for a router! Haha.I noticed that the drivers were updated in January for the adapter. I really like the utility that comes with the drivers, too. Much better than Windows XP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) Well, for one thing, you'll never get the full 54Mbps rate. But here go some routers. BTW, all of these routers offer at least 108Mbps speeds and are under $100, and offer WPA-SPK as well as MAC address filtering:TRENDnet TEW-611BRPBELKIN F5D8230-4BUFFALO WHR-HP-G54ASUS WL-520gBUFFALO WHR-G54SAirnet AWR014G8TRENDnet TEW-511BRP Edited February 25, 2006 by m3n70r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big poppa pump Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Actually, there's nothing wrong with that particular model. I have two of them at home here. The problem lies in the fact that Linksys decided to change the firmware in these routers from V5 onwards. They got rid Linux and put some POS firmware on these routers. Call up Linksys, get an RMA to return the current one and ask them to send you WRT54GL.....WRT54GL.Its exactly the same as the one you have right now, but guess what the 'L stands for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Like bigpoppapump said, the WRT54G v1-v4 were good routers, but then Linksys decided to go with VXworks (or whatver) for the firmware.I've got the v2 on my desk with the 7 dBi antennae, and it's fantastic. On the other hand, the default Linksys firmware sucks... but with HyperWRT+tofu13c (link) it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSage Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Life is so much better replacing Linksys firmware for the WRT54 G/GS these days....Have a look.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicket20519 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 I did replace the firmware; multiple times.Same thing - everyone got kicked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 That sounds like a dud router to me. Something with the hardware is wrong. I'd just keep bothering Linksys (call them every day) to get an RMA - just make sure that they don't send you the v5 firmware! Be absolutely insistant that they send you either v4 or the WRT54GL (which is essentially the WRT54G v4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Has anyone tried either the WRT54GX2 (SRX200) or WRT54GX4 (SRX400)? I've been thinking about it but with 802.11n coming sometime within the next year (hopefully) I've also been trying to hold off for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I doubt n will be here even next year simply because America likes to do things differently than the rest of the world...and for some reason the frequency required for the n series of wireless, that is already being used so the specs are being rewrtitte and reratified so expect 802.11n taking off in the rest of the world whereas the US will be stuck implementing it a year after the rest of the world has it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 IEEE approved the first draft in January.http://news.article-review.com/index.php/2...tandard-passed/However, final ratification is not expected until 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSage Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Is everyone using the WiFi running XP? XP's built in wireless service is flawed and MS has yet (won't) fix it. I believe the problem has to do with networks that do not have a defined SSID. The WiFi service drops the connection after a short time (~5min). If I remember correctly, a few possible fixes to this:In the nic properties, disable "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network" and turn off XP firewall.orDisable XP's built in Wireless Service. Install and only use Linksys's Wifi connection tool.or Define a SSID in the router and enable full authenticationIn any case, define Static IP's for all WiFi users and in the router define the IP and DNS for the actual internet instead of using DHCP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I'm using the built-in XP Wireless Service on my wife's machine without any problems. I do, however, have an SSID defined as well as using WPA PSK. Both devices (router and NIC) are Linksys products.Her machine experienced the same problems prior to XP SP2 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicket20519 Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 I'm using the Ralink Wireless Utility that comes packaged with the drivers for my Zonet adapters.I did call Linksys today (after waiting on the phone for nearly an HOUR) and the guy said he'd e-mail me the RMA number. I haven't gotten the e-mail yet. If I don't get it in the next 24 hours, I'll try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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