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Wireless Router
I'
ve been having trouble with my wireless router lately. It will run fine for a random amount of time (usually between a day and a week) and will then stop handing out IPs. It'
s pretty easy to just reset it, but that kills all the preferences on it. I'
ve been thinking about getting a new one, but before that I want to know a couple things:
1. Is it repairable?
2. If not, should I go with G (yes I'
m still on B), or spend a few bucks more and invest in N?
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i think I would consider doing the N thing at this point. Basically if you get one with the draft N spec you should be pretty safe and it would probably just need a firmware upgrade when N gets ratified....G went through this a few years ago.
for your old one:
you may want to see if there is a firmware upgrade out there or try giving out reserves to your most common MAC addresses because that may help as well.
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there'
s also different router firmwares out there too, granted, theres a chance you could brick your router, but if you'
re gonna replace it anyways...
the only glaring problem with N, is that you'
re gonna have to spend a chunk of change for brand new wireless cards. whether you wanna do that depends on how many computers you'
re using the wireless for, but if you can swing it, it'
ll be worth it. just shop around and you should be fine
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I had been reserving MAC addresses before the problem and I have the latest firmware. I figured I would just get the router and maybe get the cards a little later when the price has come down. But I need the router pretty soon, this is getting tiresome.
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you were reserving ip by mac address?
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2/2/2007 06:16
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you were reserving ip by mac address?
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Yeah, I was assigning specific IPs to each computer by their MAC addresses. I wrote it wrong last post.
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