Hey Gilles; Not sure if you have changed the firmware on your WRT54G, but I've been using tomato for a couple of years now. It is rock solid and, in my opinion, performs better than the original firmware. You might give that a try. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Steve Moffat
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Thanks, Mike and Sean, for your replies last Thursday. I had been reasonably happy with my Linksys WRT54G until recently, but I find that lately it needs to be reset more than I'd like (once or twice a week). That and the wish for faster wireless data transfers (though no need yet for streaming, so bursty traffic is OK) and hopefully a bit more range prompted me to look into wireless N router options. I had been considering the D-Link 655, even though it's not dual-band (and after what Sean said, perhaps dual-band isn't worth the extra expense), so I appreciate the positive feedback on this model. I'm inclined to give it a shot.
Thanks, Gilles
On 08/26/2010 04:32 PM, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 10-08-26 02:22 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
I was talking to Gilbert about recommendations for wireless N routers, as I'm in the market for one. I'm not particularly interested in running custom firmware (just need good, solid, secure and reliable wireless LAN and basic Internet support), so this post is perhaps slightly off-topic in this forum. But Gilbert did mention that there had been discussion at a recent meeting about Wireless N antenna strength, and some recommendations (mostly negative) about specific routers, though he couldn't recall specific brands mentioned.
Any good dual-band models in the $70 to $130 price range?
Thanks, Gilles
I'm running a D-Link 655. It's OK. Reviews last year put it
third from
the top from what the reviewers were looking for. I have to agree with Sean. I can connect a USB NIC to my Mint box and it works well but if there is a choice between G and N the NIC will choose G. To be fair I haven't tried to force an N connection. This particular router has gigabit (wired) capabilities. As to reliability... It was running for a couple of months steady last winter.
As coincidence would have it, I am running it now with a test
machine.
If you'd like to try it out as is and you happen to be in Windsor Park just East of WPC it is there and open. No internet connection though. I've tried to make the SSID as obvious as possible. If you want to make arrangements to see what it is like if we force an N connection, let me know before Friday of next week when the machine goes back.
Later Mike
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 (Canada)
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FWIW, I use OpenWRT (www.openwrt.org) on a WRT54GL, and it works very well. No pretty bandwidth graphs like tomato, but pretty flexible.
Kevin
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Steve Moffat Steve.Moffat@ca.ibm.comwrote:
Hey Gilles; Not sure if you have changed the firmware on your WRT54G, but I've been using tomato for a couple of years now. It is rock solid and, in my opinion, performs better than the original firmware. You might give that a try. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Steve Moffat
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:55:27 -0500 From: Gilles Detillieux grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [RndTbl] wireless N router recommendations? To: Continuation of Round Table discussion roundtable@muug.mb.ca Message-ID: 4C7ECBCF.6010501@scrc.umanitoba.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Thanks, Mike and Sean, for your replies last Thursday. I had been reasonably happy with my Linksys WRT54G until recently, but I find that lately it needs to be reset more than I'd like (once or twice a week). That and the wish for faster wireless data transfers (though no need yet for streaming, so bursty traffic is OK) and hopefully a bit more range prompted me to look into wireless N router options. I had been considering the D-Link 655, even though it's not dual-band (and after what Sean said, perhaps dual-band isn't worth the extra expense), so I appreciate the positive feedback on this model. I'm inclined to give it a shot.
Thanks, Gilles
On 08/26/2010 04:32 PM, Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
On 10-08-26 02:22 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
I was talking to Gilbert about recommendations for wireless N routers, as I'm in the market for one. I'm not particularly interested in running custom firmware (just need good, solid, secure and reliable wireless LAN and basic Internet support), so this post is perhaps slightly off-topic in this forum. But Gilbert did mention that there had been discussion at a recent meeting about Wireless N antenna strength, and some recommendations (mostly negative) about specific routers, though he couldn't recall specific brands mentioned.
Any good dual-band models in the $70 to $130 price range?
Thanks, Gilles
I'm running a D-Link 655. It's OK. Reviews last year put itthird from
the top from what the reviewers were looking for. I have to agree with Sean. I can connect a USB NIC to my Mint box and it works well but if there is a choice between G and N the NIC will choose G. To be fair I haven't tried to force an N connection. This particular router has gigabit (wired) capabilities. As to reliability... It was running for a couple of months steady last winter.
As coincidence would have it, I am running it now with a testmachine.
If you'd like to try it out as is and you happen to be in Windsor Park just East of WPC it is there and open. No internet connection though. I've tried to make the SSID as obvious as possible. If you want to make arrangements to see what it is like if we force an N connection, let me know before Friday of next week when the machine goes back.
Later Mike-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 (Canada)
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Thanks, Kevin and Steve. I would consider trying alternate firmware, or even looking for a Linksys firmware upgrade, if I suspected the firmware was the problem. But I have a 54G v8, not a 54GL or 54G v1-4, so the Linux-based firmware isn't likely to work with this. I had a 54G v5 before this v8 model, and there was a reliability issue with it that was solved by a firmware upgrade. But that model packed it in a couple years ago, and the v8 that I got to replace it hasn't been as solid as the v5 was (at least before it packed it in). I did upgrade the Linksys firware on it once last year, and that didn't seem to make a difference, though it might be worth another look.
I was just hoping for something a little faster, with better range, and hopefully a little more reliable, for a reasonable cost. The D-Link 655 still sounds like it'll be worth a shot, though from what I heard on this forum I realize I shouldn't get my hopes up too high as far as the speed improvement is concerned.
Thanks again, Gilles
On 09/02/2010 09:05 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
FWIW, I use OpenWRT (www.openwrt.org http://www.openwrt.org) on a WRT54GL, and it works very well. No pretty bandwidth graphs like tomato, but pretty flexible.
Kevin
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Steve Moffat <Steve.Moffat@ca.ibm.com mailto:Steve.Moffat@ca.ibm.com> wrote:
Hey Gilles; Not sure if you have changed the firmware on your WRT54G, but I've been using tomato for a couple of years now. It is rock solid and, in my opinion, performs better than the original firmware. You might give that a try. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato Steve Moffat
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:55:27 -0500 From: Gilles Detillieux <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca <mailto:grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca>> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] wireless N router recommendations? To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable@muug.mb.ca <mailto:roundtable@muug.mb.ca>> Message-ID: <4C7ECBCF.6010501@scrc.umanitoba.ca <mailto:4C7ECBCF.6010501@scrc.umanitoba.ca>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Thanks, Mike and Sean, for your replies last Thursday. I had been reasonably happy with my Linksys WRT54G until recently, but I find that lately it needs to be reset more than I'd like (once or twice a week). That and the wish for faster wireless data transfers (though no need yet for streaming, so bursty traffic is OK) and hopefully a bit more range prompted me to look into wireless N router options. I had been considering the D-Link 655, even though it's not dual-band (and after what Sean said, perhaps dual-band isn't worth the extra expense), so I appreciate the positive feedback on this model. I'm inclined to give it a shot. Thanks, Gilles On 08/26/2010 04:32 PM, Mike Pfaiffer wrote: > On 10-08-26 02:22 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote: >> I was talking to Gilbert about recommendations for wireless N routers, >> as I'm in the market for one. I'm not particularly interested in >> running custom firmware (just need good, solid, secure and reliable >> wireless LAN and basic Internet support), so this post is perhaps >> slightly off-topic in this forum. But Gilbert did mention that there >> had been discussion at a recent meeting about Wireless N antenna >> strength, and some recommendations (mostly negative) about specific >> routers, though he couldn't recall specific brands mentioned. >> >> Any good dual-band models in the $70 to $130 price range? >> >> Thanks, >> Gilles >> > > I'm running a D-Link 655. It's OK. Reviews last year put it third from > the top from what the reviewers were looking for. I have to agree with > Sean. I can connect a USB NIC to my Mint box and it works well but if > there is a choice between G and N the NIC will choose G. To be fair I > haven't tried to force an N connection. This particular router has > gigabit (wired) capabilities. As to reliability... It was running for a > couple of months steady last winter. > > As coincidence would have it, I am running it now with a test machine. > If you'd like to try it out as is and you happen to be in Windsor Park > just East of WPC it is there and open. No internet connection though. > I've tried to make the SSID as obvious as possible. If you want to make > arrangements to see what it is like if we force an N connection, let me > know before Friday of next week when the machine goes back. > > Later > Mike
your router is supported:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database
i've used openwrt and dd-wrt and they are both quite good.
Dan.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Gilles Detillieux grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca wrote:
Thanks, Kevin and Steve. I would consider trying alternate firmware, or even looking for a Linksys firmware upgrade, if I suspected the firmware was the problem. But I have a 54G v8, not a 54GL or 54G v1-4, so the Linux-based firmware isn't likely to work with this. I had a 54G v5 before this v8 model, and there was a reliability issue with it that was solved by a firmware upgrade. But that model packed it in a couple years ago, and the v8 that I got to replace it hasn't been as solid as the v5 was (at least before it packed it in). I did upgrade the Linksys firware on it once last year, and that didn't seem to make a difference, though it might be worth another look.
I was just hoping for something a little faster, with better range, and hopefully a little more reliable, for a reasonable cost. The D-Link 655 still sounds like it'll be worth a shot, though from what I heard on this forum I realize I shouldn't get my hopes up too high as far as the speed improvement is concerned.
Thanks again, Gilles
On 09/02/2010 09:05 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
FWIW, I use OpenWRT (www.openwrt.org http://www.openwrt.org) on a WRT54GL, and it works very well. No pretty bandwidth graphs like tomato, but pretty flexible.
Kevin
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Steve Moffat <Steve.Moffat@ca.ibm.com mailto:Steve.Moffat@ca.ibm.com> wrote:
Hey Gilles; Not sure if you have changed the firmware on your WRT54G, but I've been using tomato for a couple of years now. It is rock solid and, in my opinion, performs better than the original firmware. You might give that a try. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Steve Moffat
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:55:27 -0500 From: Gilles Detillieux <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca mailto:grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] wireless N router recommendations? To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable@muug.mb.ca mailto:roundtable@muug.mb.ca> Message-ID: <4C7ECBCF.6010501@scrc.umanitoba.ca mailto:4C7ECBCF.6010501@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Thanks, Mike and Sean, for your replies last Thursday. I had been reasonably happy with my Linksys WRT54G until recently, but I find that lately it needs to be reset more than I'd like (once or twice a week). That and the wish for faster wireless data transfers (though no need yet for streaming, so bursty traffic is OK) and hopefully a bit more range prompted me to look into wireless N router options. I had been considering the D-Link 655, even though it's not dual-band (and after what Sean said, perhaps dual-band isn't worth the extra expense), so I appreciate the positive feedback on this model. I'm inclined to give it a shot.
Thanks, Gilles
On 08/26/2010 04:32 PM, Mike Pfaiffer wrote: > On 10-08-26 02:22 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote: >> I was talking to Gilbert about recommendations for wireless N routers, >> as I'm in the market for one. I'm not particularly interested in >> running custom firmware (just need good, solid, secure and reliable >> wireless LAN and basic Internet support), so this post is perhaps >> slightly off-topic in this forum. But Gilbert did mention that there >> had been discussion at a recent meeting about Wireless N antenna >> strength, and some recommendations (mostly negative) about specific >> routers, though he couldn't recall specific brands mentioned. >> >> Any good dual-band models in the $70 to $130 price range? >> >> Thanks, >> Gilles >> > > I'm running a D-Link 655. It's OK. Reviews last year put it third from > the top from what the reviewers were looking for. I have to agree with > Sean. I can connect a USB NIC to my Mint box and it works well but if > there is a choice between G and N the NIC will choose G. To be fair I > haven't tried to force an N connection. This particular router has > gigabit (wired) capabilities. As to reliability... It was running for a > couple of months steady last winter. > > As coincidence would have it, I am running it now with a test machine. > If you'd like to try it out as is and you happen to be in Windsor Park > just East of WPC it is there and open. No internet connection though. > I've tried to make the SSID as obvious as possible. If you want to make > arrangements to see what it is like if we force an N connection, let me > know before Friday of next week when the machine goes back. > > Later > Mike
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