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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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What are good brand name'* for a wired router? Mine keep braking and I do not know any. any ideas?

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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Linksys. Hands down.
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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I agree.
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Linksys is the only brand that has never let me down.
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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Linksys, hands down.
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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pick up a wrt54g.

V4.0 or earlier, flash the firmware with dd-wrt and you now have a $600 router for $60
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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netgear aint bad never had an issue, u can get em for 30 bucks on e-bay
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bonnevillan
pick up a wrt54g.

V4.0 or earlier, flash the firmware with dd-wrt and you now have a $600 router for $60
whats a "wrt54g"? sorry not that great with these things
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I guess am going to have to go pick myself up a linksys tomorrow....

Thanks for the replys....

also I'm guess its the router that bad. I can sign onto the internet with jus the modem but when i hook everything up to the router not one computer can sign on to the internet. so do you guys argee with me that its the router thats bad?

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most likely. have you tried resetting it with the reset button? it should restore factory settings...

wrt54g is just the model name of a linksys model. it will say that on the box.
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yup... even unplugged it for a night... restarted every computer, reseted the modem.. tried everything and got nothing.... :?

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