what do you guys think about this router? (No more dlink.. they suck… LINKSYS is good right?)

(supports 802.11n)
Looks good to me. But you know what they say about assholes and opinions.
I had mucho problems with my Linksys WRTs until I went with a D-Link DIR-655 and have never had issues since.
I like my ZyXEL X-550. Had it for only 6 months or so and haven’t had a single low strength or dropped connection, absolutely no issues with it so far.

I’m using it in a 2 bedroom 920 sq ft apartment and have 2 hard-wired computers, 2 wireless computers, 1 wireless Wii, and occasionally 1 wireless phone.
I was going to buy that model, but went with the WRT100 since I have nothing that uses 802.11n. No problems with it so far.
so you had the router for 8 years before it started failing you and you think that sucks? sounds pretty good to me.

. same here

linksys would disconnect me 4-8 times a day, and wouldn’t work again via wireless until I cycled the power.

Returned it, bought a D-link for $50 and had no problems

That problem has been fixed.. although it took them 3 generations to fix.

in any case, I still will strongly recommend D-Link over linksys any day at this point in time
I went from linksys to the D-Link DIR-655. Great choice. 802.11n, GB Ethernet, decent control panel. Never drops, can cover my whole house and has zero interference from microwaves or cordless phones.

Was there ever a good one?

Over 3 billion people believe in something that can’t be proved….
Lately I’ve been using Catalyst::Rose::Controller::CRUD at work. You know it CAN’T DO CRUD on a table with a compound primary key? I began to empathize with the RAILS haters when that happened, as hacking around that limitation was so much harder than no framework at all.
Rails is great in theory, if it was able to do what is says. Active Record pattern is not implemented 100% and breaks a lot of shit when people want to run CRUD with more complex relationships.

Good god if you want to scale, it’s gonna pound you in the ass.

Sounds a lot like communism to me, great in theory too but fails epically!

no there arn’t that many mac users.
NetGear ProSafe firewall/vpn/router in the blue metal box. I think you can get one with a built-in wireless access point, but there’s no reason (cost aside) not to just get a separate ProSafe WAP. They have some nice auto-tuning features that make it easy to drown out all other wireless signals within your space, but not outside your space.
the netgear units WERE good, but i don’t recommend them any more. They don’t have the power to keep up with modern high-speed connections.
I use them in my office on a dual business DSL setup. The DSL is definitely the bottleneck. Their gigabit switches are particularly good.

The DSL would be the bottleneck compared to almost any ethernet device made this decade.

No, not the WRTs. They crap out.

not with dd::wrt

Supposedly. But I wouldn’t know, DD::wrt wouldn’t load on any of my revision WRTs.

what versions?
Fucked if I know, I threw the WRTs in teh garbage a long time ago.

Believe it or not, DD::WRT is not supported on all WRTs. It is not flawless limitless magical software any more than OS X is.
I used to be a huge linksys sackrider.. but they have failed me a few times now.. 4 of them, I believe.

Now I have an airport extreme and wouldn’t buy anything different.

and yet you couldn’t aswer a simple question such as "what was the version #?" so I’m gonna have to go with pebkac as the most likely issue.

most people have lives and don’t memorize the version numbers of their gear

That goes for anything short of a direct fiber connection, sparky. Even a T3 is slower than a gigabit switch.

I’m not defending my office’s cheap internet connection, but your point is still moot.

Look at the underside of the damn box already. It’s printed on a sticker.

after they’ve thrown it out?

Look at the insurance photos then.

(j/k)
I admit it. The fact that I don’t know the version number of a router I haven’t had for years indicates that I’m a fraud, and that even though DD::WRT didn’t work with that hardware because it didn’t work with that hardware, it was actually ALL MY FAULT.

Jolly’s got to win sometimes.

i had a WRT54G but it was like a version 6 or something so it would only allow DD-WRT micro. it was ok, but then I got a WRT54GL which is the linksys router built for custom firmware and I put tomato on it, it has worked great. these are the only two routers i’ve owned and neither has crapped out yet.
p.s., if you’re interested in a WRT54GL there’s a slickdeal going for them right now:
I object to having to mess with a router to get it to work. I just want them to work. So I got one that does.

Agreed
you guys talking about third party firmware? i mean cause the router works out of the box and linksys actually has a pretty decent default firmware, it’s just if you want some of those extra features that don’t usually come standard. the QoS in Tomato is freakin amazing.
WRTs for about a decade DID NOT WORK. They overheated and dropped connectons. Linksys did NOTHING to fix that for 10 years. I’m supposed to give them my business?

Fuck that.

i’m not saying you should… just speaking from my own personal experience, i’ve only owned more recent models of linksys products and they’ve done everything i’ve expected them to

well maybe they don’t trust you
I never did understand what was so bloody difficult about adding a small, low-speed fan to the design of the case. All the pro hardware has them, maybe there’s a reason for it.

or a bigger fucking heatsink?

Whats more… if DD::WRT fixed the problem, why the fuck didn’t they use that fix? This went on for a decade.

Heatsinks don’t do any good if there’s nothing to carry the heat out of the case. Since it’s a plastic case, there’s no way to conduct the heat, so that leaves convection as the only option.

Well, they could mold the case so the heatsink can protrude, then it could radiate heat out of the case, but they’ll never do that, so really, convection is the only way to make it work. Remove case, insert fan, connect wires, reinstall case, profit.

Bigger holes for heatsink to vent. The point being that a 3rd grader could have solved this problem in 10 years, and they couldn’t.

I solved it in ten minutes on mine.

Also, right now I’m using one of the new shiny black Linksys routers at home, and it’s been working nicely despite BT downloads and online gaming and multiple installs of Service Pack 3, so I’m content with it for now. If I had it to do over again, I’d still buy NetGear ProSafe hardware, though. Metal > Plastic.
you guys talking about third party firmware? i mean cause the router works out of the box and linksys actually has a pretty decent default firmware, it’s just if you want some of those extra features that don’t usually come standard. the QoS in Tomato is freakin amazing.
WRTs for about a decade DID NOT WORK. They overheated and dropped connectons. Linksys did NOTHING to fix that for 10 years. I’m supposed to give them my business?

Fuck that.

i’m not saying you should… just speaking from my own personal experience, i’ve only owned more recent models of linksys products and they’ve done everything i’ve expected them to

well maybe they don’t trust you
I never did understand what was so bloody difficult about adding a small, low-speed fan to the design of the case. All the pro hardware has them, maybe there’s a reason for it.

or a bigger fucking heatsink?

Whats more… if DD::WRT fixed the problem, why the fuck didn’t they use that fix? This went on for a decade.

Heatsinks don’t do any good if there’s nothing to carry the heat out of the case. Since it’s a plastic case, there’s no way to conduct the heat, so that leaves convection as the only option.

Well, they could mold the case so the heatsink can protrude, then it could radiate heat out of the case, but they’ll never do that, so really, convection is the only way to make it work. Remove case, insert fan, connect wires, reinstall case, profit.

Bigger holes for heatsink to vent. The point being that a 3rd grader could have solved this problem in 10 years, and they couldn’t.

I solved it in ten minutes on mine.

Also, right now I’m using one of the new shiny black Linksys routers at home, and it’s been working nicely despite BT downloads and online gaming and multiple installs of Service Pack 3, so I’m content with it for now. If I had it to do over again, I’d still buy NetGear ProSafe hardware, though. Metal > Plastic.

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Work computer – it loads
Phone – it loads
Other people – it loads
My laptop – ‘Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage.’ Won’t load in FireFox either.

Reset my router. Cleared history, temp files, cookies. Restarted multiple times.

It still doesn’t work. Any idea why?

any firewall or internet security installed? it could be blocking it.

Can you try another machine on the same internet connection?
Try going to it by IP, instead of name. See if it goes through.

No

I just noticed today that the status bar at the bottom of the screen says something along the lines of ‘dnsstatus’. It’s just a blip when I refresh the page, so I can’t read it all.

It should be said, that I didn’t build the site (had a guy do it for me) and I’m pretty dumb when it comes to things like this.

What’s a lookup?

Yep. Still doesn’t work.

Edit – Found it:

72.167.131.9

Still doesn’t work.
I remember a post on one of my Jeep BB’s where someone who had Comcast cable wasn’t able to access a specific site. He put up a poll and most of the local Comcast users couldn’t access it either. I’m not sure if he got it resolved or not.

I would say to try and call your ISP, but good luck with that.

that happened to me once with comcast, couldn’t access google. contacted comcast and they said it was a problem on their (comcast’s) end.

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Im having the same issue lately with my ATT DSL. but i have a 2wire modem. Its not hot, and it pings fine. I think its the ISP.
My AT&T DSL used to do that all the time with a Westell modem and Linksys router. It always came back on its ow though.

Haven’t noticed it lately.
Might want to try a new router? My gf had a lot of problems with her DSL connection and I could not figure out what was wrong with it. I just bought her a new router and it fixed the problem.

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Basically, all of my programs that require an internet connection for a task simply cannot find a connection. Browsers work just fine, no problems there. Programs like AIM, Winamp, WMP, Zune software etc. None of them can find a connection. Programs that don’t require a connection to run work but when a task requires the internet, eg finding album art, it cannot find a connection.

I’m really stuck on this. This has happened on a campus connection and on a local cable connection of my own, same computer. I’m stuck.
Negative on both. Took everything down trying to solve the issue.
win firewall?
some like Zonealarm and other Internet Security suites still has some sort of influence even if disabled.

any proxies?
Just an update in case anyone else was having this issue. After searching for months and trying countless options over and over again that didn’t work I decided to just wipe everything clean and start over.

Still have no clue what caused it or how to fix it.

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i got my express card reader for 15 bucks and it looks sweet

i also have another sd/express/micro sd reader for 25

no, you have it wrong. what he has is an express card for his cellular wireless. he doesn’t have an express card slot in his laptop. he wants a device that will plug into usb and utilize the expresscard.

i have good news about the cost. pcmcia to usb was ridiculously high, but expresscard to usb is not

no, that’s exactly what i was talking about numbnuts
you even posted a link to the exact same reader i have
Thanks, now I can use my cellular card with my Eee Pc
Those subnotebooks are going to be supporting HSDPA etc out-of-the-box now. It’s lovely.

Would (any) wireless technology (since there’s a lot up-and-coming it seems) be useful for a server? (just because in college on campus I will be locked out of getting my own internet connection otherwise)
What’s their pitfalls?

I know this is well off-topic, but as long as mpuck is sorted..

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i like my Dell 1520, though they don’t make them with discrete graphics anymore. i think it is heavy though, so i wouldn’t have gotten it if i was going to carry it around a lot.

EDIT: that wasn’t as a recommendation, but was more just to say that i bought mine for specific reasons that may not be appropriate to you.
I’ve been looking into buying a laptop as well. To be honest, I find 15.4" screen-sized laptops too big/heavy. Then again, I also have an amazing desktop PC with a large monitor at home so I’m buying a laptop for internet browsing, e-mail, and programming.

I’ve heard for a 13.3", the Dell M1330 is quite awesome. It depends on what your needs are, how big you want it, and your price range.
I should note that I dont give a shit how much it weighs and I dont want a mac. Screen must be 15" or better.. Ill spend whatever.
a lot of people here like lenovo, but the discrete graphics they have are the business versions which aren’t great for gaming supposedly. the dell xps seems decent to me. i think the inspiron is fine for most of your usage, but you can’t get discrete graphics the last i checked.
Guys you’re not speaking my language!! I don’t know what discrete graphics are, or a 20gb flash disk for that matter. Whats the concensus on 64 bit vista?

sorry, discrete graphics means it has a dedicated video card vs integrated. integrated video cards suck for games though for web browsing and such they are ok.

20Gb is not a lot of space for your hard drive. flash is the latest storage technology that behaves like a regular drive, but can be much faster.

No, not what you want.

Watch your local OfficeDepot / Best Buy / OfficeMax / Circuit City ads for a Gateway with a T5550 processor, 3+ GB RAM, Vista Home Premium, 15.4" screen, and at least a 250GB hard drive. There is one at one or more of those places each month for $600-700. Also watch for HP’s.

If you want to spend more than get a Lenovo. It will be better but based on your intended use for it you won’t see much of a difference if any.

A descrete graphics card would be a plus but if you aren’t planning on playing the latest games it isn’t too big of an issue.

In laymans terms, Vista 64-Bit means you can have more than 3.XGB of RAM. Based on your needs it is not necessary and shouldn’t really affect your decision. If there is a good deal on a laptop you see and it has 64-bit, good, if not then it shouldn’t matter.
At this point in time, I’d say to get a 64-bit operating system because all the hardware has been 64-bit for years and most devices made since 64-bit hit the market have 64-bit software now, so there shouldn’t be any compatibility problems. As for what 64-bit actually does, there are plenty of people who can bore you with the details and/or send you to Wikipedia, but the bottom line is you won’t notice much difference except that 32-bit will start to fade out of use in the next few years. No sense buying new stuff that’s obsolete before you take it out of the box.
Okay thanks guys! I didn’t know a dedicated video card was the same thing as discrete graphics. I think I am gonna go for 64 bit w/ 4 gigs of Ram. Found some with that in the 850 price range. any manufacturer preferences or anything against Gateway??
Ihave a refurb gateway. So do lots of people I know. They’re cheap for the price, but not hte best quality. Hopefully you won’t have problems, as most people don’t (even though I did).

I would go for it, though. $850 is a bit high. Look on and check out my thread "friend needs a laptop, here’s what I told him" for some deals on gateways.

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