I thought Linksys meant Quality?

I bought a Linksys Wireless-G w/speedbooster # WRT54GS v.6 and hooked it up. That was 1 week ago. Since then I have spent countless hours on the phone with level 2 techs after continually getting no connection, no link thru's, no page loading, etc. etc.

They have had me update, change, refresh, plug, unplug, reset everything in the world.

The fix works for a little while and then goes to s**t again

All I am trying to do is get my hard wired PC, hard wired Xbox 360 to work. I don't even have my laptop yet (should be about a week) so I can imagine what problems that will cause.

I have Cable internet, so there should be no issues of speed, and when I take off the POS router, hook up the direct cable, it works just fine as it always has. It is obviously a router issue.

Do I bring this back and get a D-Link or something else? Is it because of the "S" speedboost?

What should I do at this point?

 

Linksys meant quality?? Who told you that or where did you read that? =)Linksys firmwares are notorious for being extremely buggy. Just look up any customer review of any Linksys router in Newegg or Amazon.

I would recommend the following routers depending on your budget:

$40: Buffalo WHR-G54S flashed to dd-wrt firmware
$55: Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 flashed to dd-wrt firmware
$70: Zyxel X-550
$100: Linksys WRTSL54GS flashed to dd-wrt firmware
$120: D-Link DGL-4300
$150: D-Link DIR-655

 

Is your firmware Linux or something else. Linksys has moved away from linux ever since Sisco name went on the front. Quality and Reliability has suffered.

If you have have that much problem with a wired connection that is terriable. Most cable compainies control access by MAC Filtering, So you will need to clone the pc's mac address into the routers setup. Make sure your LAN lease time is set to max. Disable all logging execpt errors.

I recommend turning off FW if you have problems. In most all cases you need to add your sub net into the safe zone.

The Dlink DGL-4300 is a nice one. I use a Netgear SMB wired 8 port router, + a 16 port gigabit switch, + AP

 

Did that....several times

How is this done?

 

DD-WRT firmware


http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php


turns that piece of crap into a $500 router...



I have never worked with such an incredible router after updating to this firmware. Improved my range over %50 as well.

 

OK, Now I am totally confused. I looked at that link and don't understand what it does. Do you have to pay for this firmware and exactly which one do I need for my router?

 

no, you don't need to pay. it replaces the software inside your router and adds professional-level features and optimizes the workings inside your router.

however, you won't be able to call up Linksys to get support with this installed.

I would personally return the router and purchase something else.

However, if you're still interested, read their frequently asked questions wiki entry http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Index:FAQ

 

Your router only has 2MB flash. Even if you run dd-wrt, it's going to be a very limited version of dd-wrt. If you return it and get a Buffalo WHR-G54S for $40 at Newegg instead, you'll have the exact same hardware, but with twice the amount of flash (4MB) which allows you to run basically any version of dd-wrt, not to mention saving you probably $30 assuming you get your Linksys WRT54GS v6 for $70.

The WRT54G(S) family used to be a very worthwhile class of routers until this past year when Linksys decided to keep the model number but severely strip down the hardware to rip off new customers, so now this class of routers from Linksys is basically worthless, except the WRT54GL which is exactly the same hardware as the Buffalo WHR-G54S but at a price 50% higher.

Edit: Actually, the Buffalo WHR-G54S is superior in another aspect. The new release currently being sold at Newegg ships with a powerful 4dbi antenna.