Comments on: Why Is WiFi Less Stable Year by Year?

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:04:49 +0000

Lots of awesome feedback from all over the place - the WRT54GL is a router I had at one point, but I never did the DD-WRT firmware. It looks quite intimidating - anything done by Linux geeks is usually horrible and hard to use. Maybe I’ll give it another shot…

By: Dave Beauvais

Dave Beauvais — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:12:37 +0000

I’ve been using a Linksys WRT54GL with the DD-WRT firmware for a couple years now. The only time it goes down is during power outages when I turn off the UPS that powers the router, switches, and NAS box in the house. Last time I remember looking, it had been up for 73 days. I actually bought two WRT54GLs so that if something fries this one I have a spare that I can install in its place, loading the saved configuration from the current one. 802.11n is way too flaky at this time for my tastes, and for my uses is overkill anyway. I’m not streaming HD video, I’m just browsing and processing e-mail on my Tablet PC, or listening to music that’s stored on the NAS box in the basement.

I really feel sorry for consumers who don’t know what they’re doing. If WE have problems with this stuff, imagine a relative novice. It’s no wonder there are so many wide open, unsecured wireless LANs virtually everywhere you go.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:17:03 +0000

And I agree with you, I don’t remember having this much trouble with my first WiFi router, a Belkin 802.11b, several years ago.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:16:13 +0000

I’ve been using a Belkin N1 router for the last few months and it has been fine, as long as I have the 802.11n functionality disabled. With it on I get terrible connection problems with my MacBook Pro.

http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/08/belkin-n1-wireless-router-and-expresscard-review/