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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:27 AM
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Has anybody got one??? Someone told me before i went and bought one that the wireless on them is shit and disconnects all the time, i didn't believe them though, so i went and bought one and sure enough its shit. I've got the WRK54G anybody had similar problems and more importantly any answers on how to stop it
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 06:27 AM
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I've got a Linksys Wireless-B Boadband router and it's fine. I get full signal all round my house and in my garden

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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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I've got a Linksys Wireless-B Boadband router and it's fine. I get full signal all round my house and in my garden

Hmmmm yours looks like the WRT54G, twin antenna version, mine is IDENTICAL bar the fact it has 1 antenna and its proper shit and u can't even remove it I took my laptop to my mates who has the same router as you and it was good as gold, mines shit though Signals shit too can't even go downstairs without losing signal
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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Firmware up to date?

Lead in your walls/floors?
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Firmware up to date?

Lead in your walls/floors?
Hmm well i went to the linksys website and from what i could gather mine has got a more up to date version than website (which is still ancient) 1.56.01, just had another look because before im sure the firmware had a date aswell going back to like 2003 but i cant remember where it was now. Anyone know if theres a more up to date firmware? WRK54G
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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Safe chav, is there not another slot to put on another antenna ??

My next door neighbour get's excellent signal from my router
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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No has it fuck i wish, its the shittest antenna on it aswell u ever saw. And it can't be removed like most of them. Pile of soapy wank
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Flog it on e-bay and get the same as mine from www.ebuyer.com I paid about Ł32 for it
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NOTE TO SELF, "Do not buy routers with 1 antenna"
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Flog it on e-bay and get the same as mine from www.ebuyer.com I paid about Ł32 for it
Thats the problem mine cost me Ł60 and i thought about selling it so i had a look on ebay and u can get the shit hot dual antenna versio with the wireless PCMCIA card for Ł30

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NOTE TO SELF, "Do not buy routers with 1 antenna"
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by imaloverofcars
NOTE TO SELF, "Do not buy routers with 1 antenna"
Or, any computer part's off E-bay

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...5k&mfr_uid=272
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Mine only has 1 antenna..... but that is a netgear and not a linksys
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Netgear are quite good it would seem, ive spoken to a lot of people that complain about this same thing with linksys, and the more i search the internet the more i find it to. The queer thing is linksys are mena be the shit being a division of Cisco Systems
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Dan if yours is the WRT54G (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=88943) then I dunno how you got it for Ł32?!?!?! Its fooking over a hundred quid on ebuyer (inc VAT)
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Thrush,

This is the one I have



http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=51436
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Note the big "this product is not currently available for purchase"

Would someone like to buy me a better one
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http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63763

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Dan -ahhhhh, see I was looking for one with a modem as part of it...

To be honest, I think I might aswell just stick to wired since the cabling is already there, and it's unlikely I (or anyone else in the house) will go wireless anyway...
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Originally Posted by Thrush
Dan -ahhhhh, see I was looking for one with a modem as part of it...

To be honest, I think I might aswell just stick to wired since the cabling is already there, and it's unlikely I (or anyone else in the house) will go wireless anyway...
What are u planning to do while u sit on the bog having a crap then??? Wireless gives you the freedom to stay in touch wherever you are
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Wireless is mainly beneficial for laptop's, depending on the setup, you should still get good download speeds when you have an excellent signal.

My one at work is utter cack
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