terrible routers

Easy Rhino · Dec 14, 2007

i am using the linksys wrt54g and it may be the worst piece of junk in my house. the limited options are terrible. i have owned it for about 3 years and have upgraded the firmware numerous times and the upgrades never solve the initial problems. currently i have a ps3 on my network wirelessly and it has a real problem keeping the connection. anyone else own this piece of crap? im going to replace it after christmas with a higher end router.

spud107 · Dec 14, 2007

i was using one an it was losing the connection numerous times, problems were gone when replaced with an asdl router,
and the damn ip wont reset itself after a reset,
and i had to replace one of the choke coils

Polaris573 · Dec 14, 2007

DD-WRT will fix a lot of your firmware troubles.

spud107 · Dec 14, 2007

been lookin into flashing a diff firmware, might try it if i can connect to it

Easy Rhino · Dec 15, 2007

Polaris573 said:
DD-WRT will fix a lot of your firmware troubles.

is that the hacked firmware for my router than enables a whole bunch of options???

panchoman · Dec 15, 2007

OC THAT MOFO!

dd-wrt is a linux based firmware, it'll let you oc your router!

router ocin thread: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=42017

hat · Dec 15, 2007

yeah, but a new router, but before that melt your router's npu with an extreme oc of like 5ghz on 20v

Easy Rhino · Dec 15, 2007

lmao! thanks guys. i can always get some good info here.

The_Gunslinger · Dec 15, 2007

i flashed my WRT54GS some time ago with that firmware, and i must admit i have had less problems with it (i did think i'd fried it at one point during the process !) it seems a more polished firmware, just remember if you do flash it, you can forget linksys tech support as they wont have a clue (i actually found them quite good when i needed to call)

on a whole though, i would not recommend this WRT54GS router, and will be unlikely to buy linksys again, especially if to get the firmware to do what it should have done out of the box i have to flash it with a linux based version

read all you can find on that DD-WRT, there are a couple of tutorials around that differ in small ways, and for godsake make sure you get the right firmware for your version as well as model number, there are a number of different ones out there

TUngsten · Dec 15, 2007

I think those WRT routers just crap out after a few years. I had one that started giving me the same issues, and nothing would help. I bought a Belkin router and it's awesome.

Easy Rhino · Dec 15, 2007

hrm..it doesnt seem that dd-wrt supports my wrt54g v.6 only up to v.5

edit: looks like i have to do a whole bunch of crap to get v.6 working

The_Gunslinger · Dec 15, 2007

have a look here

http://www.scorpiontek.org/portal/content/view/27/36

NOTE: i had trouble gettin that page to open in opera so if you use opera and have problems, then use IE

niko084 · Dec 15, 2007

Indeed I blow my cheap routers up constantly... So I got sick of it, got a book and bought a cisco.

I have heard from many owners that the linux firmware for that router works wonders with it.
I say try that.

craigwhiteside · Dec 15, 2007

cisco ftw

cdawall · Dec 15, 2007

ugh no fair i wanted to post the router overclocking thread :cry:

DD-WRT will fix all your troubles just make sure you check what rev router yours is before you try and flash anything

JC316 · Dec 15, 2007

Hmm, I haven't had any problems with my WRT54G, it's done it's job quite well. What are the problems that you are having with it?

niko084 · Dec 16, 2007

Don't forget to put a nice HSF and some AS5 on that routers chip when you overclock...

LOL

Almost not a joke friend of mine DID put a HSF and some ceramic on it.

Huxley2k7 · Dec 16, 2007

niko084 said:
Don't forget to put a nice HSF and some AS5 on that routers chip when you overclock...

LOL

Almost not a joke friend of mine DID put a HSF and some ceramic on it.

LMAO.

niko084 · Dec 16, 2007

Huxley2k7 said:
LMAO.

Heh its a small really slow processor in there.. And it does run a bit warmer... So why not?

mrhuggles · Dec 16, 2007

im running a WRT54G v2.0 with the latest white russian openWRT with x-wrt [web interface] loveing it, if you have a v5 or v6 router i belive you can install dd-wrt micro, also if you dont need a web interface there is a verison of openWRT that works on them aswell..

honestly, there are no consumer routers i would have, they crash too easily, my router can easily hit > 100 days uptime as long as the power doesnt go out. its fast, it has features coming out of its wazoo[?] and the packages are wonderfull, omg its got this cute little package system thats kind of like RPM or something, ebaying an older WRT54G or GS is a great way to get what can be a great router for cheap, for 50 dollars i got some ddr memory, that router, and a dvdr drive

Homeless · Dec 16, 2007

the fact that you don't have a v7 / v8 version makes it a prime candidate for third party firmware. The newer revisions are somewhat awful

craigwhiteside · Dec 16, 2007

overclock and put LN2 on that router :roll:

Basard · Dec 16, 2007

That really sucks, I saw that these routers sold quite well... My friend bought one of them, its really weird, it seems to work fine, but he always complains about internet problems, although it's a lot better than the matchbox-sized router AT&T gave him. I use the Actiontec DSL gateway that came with my TDS metrocom contract, one died during a firmware upgrade, and one just died, but TDS gave me a new one both times with no problems, and it works quite well.

What would the benifit be from overclocking your router? Just curious....

craigwhiteside · Dec 16, 2007

hmm, the signal will be stronger and will reach further distances i think

niko084 · Dec 16, 2007

craigwhiteside said:
hmm, the signal will be stronger and will reach further distances i think

You can over power the antenna's once in there and yes it will boost your signal distance.

The other thing it will help you do, is if your router has issues locking up during high connection times.. Not high bandwidth being used, more like if you computer has 100+ connections going *hence bit torrents*, it will help it not lock up.

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