[geeks] Home router/firewall

[velociraptor]

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:47:53 -0500, Atom <rescue at port11.net> wrote:
> >>My WRT54G with Svaesoft firmware kept dieing on me. Actually the router
> >>was working fine just the dhcp server stopped working. I reset it to
> >>factory default and reloaded the firmware a bunch of times until I gave
> >>up and gave it away. Also my powerbook with airport card did keep
> >>loosing it's signal and I have to  powercycle the wrt54g. This is the
> >>802.11b airport card and not the g one.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Never had this problem with the 54G.  Did you have the 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0
> >version hardware?
> >
> >
> I bought it like 4 month ago so I think it was the latest revision.
> Maybe I had a faulty unit. With the DHCP I know all the machines on the
> network lost their IP's after about 10-13 days (so I went static). With
> the wireless it would happen at random that just my powerbook could not
> join the network anymore whereas my roommates dell was fine. After
> powercycling the wap54g my powerbook would be able to join the network
> again. So I blame it on airport/linksys issues. Apple told me they heard
> of similar reports of people having issues with the 802.11b airport card.

I have a WRT54GS with stock firmware currently in use with my Nov '04
decanted PB 15" w/Airport and have had zero troubles.  I have also had
no trouble with DHCP (Windows or Mac).  Sounds like a faulty box to
me.

=Nadine=