About the Linksys WRT120N router...

ciureanuc · Last edited by ciureanuc on Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:37 am; edited 2 times in total

Hi all,
I post this just to aware you about a problem with a Linksys router.
I thought that maybe only I have this problem but I saw on Linksys forum that more people have the same issue (and they are from all over the world).
Because the router is new model and it's N (instead of G) you may think to buy one...
Before of that please read that topic about the disconnecting issue and consider it.

http://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Routers&message.id=149464

badai

not only this model, almost all cheap linksys router after cisco take over will have all kind of problems. and the firmware to fix it will only come out after months or years.

so, if you are die hard linksys fan, just get the old model and flash it with latest firmware or 3rd party firmware.

otherwise, go for other brand. there are conspiracy theories out there saying they purposely produce cheap routers with many problems. you don't really believe company like cisco will have problem manufacturing cheap internet sharing routers like this, when they have ten of thousands real routers that keep the Internet running. the only explanation maybe to slowly kill linksys brand.

ciureanuc

update about WRT120N model:

I updated the firmware and I didn't get restarts. AT ALL. I am surprised, really.

Anyway, I guess that maybe this equipment is too "home use": my speedtest is going fine with my cable plugged directly to my laptop (31,10 Mb/s download), when I drive the signal through the router, the values drop (10.80 Mb/s).

If this may be important:
I did the tests on 9/28/2009,
I used the Zurich server from http://www.speedtest.net/,
the time was 8:13PM (direct cable) and 8:32PM (through the router).

I did 3 tests in that day, 3 different servers (Zurich, Paris, Prague).
Paris values: directly; 22.38 Mb/s; through the router: 6.19Mb/s
Prague values: directly; 3.84 Mb/s; through the router: 3.16Mb/s

Why the speed over the router is dropping? This equipment have hardware limitations?

badai

if the answer to your question is "yes", you should start asking "why?".

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