[kwlug-disc] need a new router -- which one?

[William Park]

I have DD-WRT right now, and it was working fine up to now.  So, I'm
pretty sure it's the hardware.

Typo:  Canada Computers says WRT54GL is N300.  It's G54, hence the name.
When it's too good to be true, it probably is. :-)
-- 
William

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 02:44:19PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> Do you have OpenWRT on it?
> If not, then try flashing OpenWRT 14.07 Barrier Breaker on it and see
> if the problem persists (at least you will know if it is hardware)
> 
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300
> 
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:32 PM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My TP-Link WDR4300 (N750, dual-band) is acting up,
> >     - dropping wifi connection, soon after getting IP, then repeat
> >     - internet throughput goes up and down, like sine wave
> >     - throughput chokes every 2min for about 10sec
> >
> > So, I could get the same one, or try something different.
> >
> > 1. Does anyone have Linksys WRT54GL ?  It's single-band N300, but on
> >     sale for $30 at CC.  It may be well supported, but my experience
> >     with regular WRT54G (single-band, G54) is that it's slow.
> >
> > 2. Which dual-band router do you have?
> > --
> > William
> >
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