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A-ONE
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[H8D]Zorkon
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:51 pm |
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My questions would (and will) be, 1) what's the price difference? and 2) will they support other consoles/devices, or only Xbox? Then I would decide. |
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[MF]chilin_dude
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:55 pm |
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Get the WAP54G, thats what I purchased with my WRT54G and now play wirelessly xbox>router |
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A-ONE
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:37 pm |
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[MF]chilin_dude wrote: |
Get the WAP54G, thats what I purchased with my WRT54G and now play wirelessly xbox>router |
and how about signal strenght and connectivity ? does it stay connected as it should ? |
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[MF]chilin_dude
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:50 pm |
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A-ONE wrote: |
[MF]chilin_dude wrote: |
Get the WAP54G, thats what I purchased with my WRT54G and now play wirelessly xbox>router |
and how about signal strenght and connectivity ? does it stay connected as it should ? |
Yep it never disconects... Well it hasn't in a month, and it accesses the internet etc extrememly well |
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MR-GOOSE
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:23 pm |
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Are there any probs with any of these as i am thinking of changing to one of them
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nec
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Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: Canada
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:26 pm |
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Of course if a WRT54G is the same price or cheaper, just get it, plug your xbox into it and it's BETTER than the WGA. If you flash your new wrt54G with sveasoft firmware, it's now a client of your main router. I do it here because the linksys wireless adapter was much more than the wrt54g, the 54g is BETTER muchly. |
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XbcSharpShooter
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Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:54 pm |
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dont support microsoft in any way!! go with the linksys its better anyways. |
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A-ONE
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:59 pm |
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necro u have to explain that better man, i have no clue what u said. i know what the seavesoft firmware is about but the way u phrased it made it confusing. i appreciate all the responses on this issue. Linksys it is |
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[H8D]Zorkon
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:50 am |
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Hmm, never really thought about trying to link two wireless routers together. And why didn't I? I don't know. |
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nec
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necro u have to explain that better man, i have no clue what u said. i know what the seavesoft firmware is about but the way u phrased it made it confusing. i appreciate all the responses on this issue. Linksys it is |
"Hmm, never really thought about trying to link two wireless routers together. And why didn't I? I don't know."
Ok It's like this. How much is the Linksys wireless adapter? How much is a WRT54G. Here in Toronto, I found (last year when I was looking) the wireless adapter was $50 more than the WRT54G. But Wait, one is a router, the other just a crappy wireless adapter. Wouldn't it be nice if you could have the router as a simple wireless adapter (client to another router).
Yes. Sveasoft firmware will allow you to turn a WRT54G or GS into a "CLIENT" to another Wireless router. You still get the functionallity of a router for your "CLIENT" But it's now connected wireless to your other router, thus possibly creating a better (cheaper) alternative to a linksys wireless adapter.
I have two WRT54G, my client in my living room is running KAI to my WRT54G in my office (other bedroom) wirelessly (speedboost). I did this so I don't run wires between rooms and cause problems for the wife... |
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A-ONE
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very innovative. I think ill look into that. Can u have it like a brigde ? like it gets ips from the main router, and then i can use the Ethernet ports for a switch ? This would be more then i exspected for a cheaper price. |
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nec
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:27 pm |
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very innovative. I think ill look into that. Can u have it like a brigde ? like it gets ips from the main router, and then i can use the Ethernet ports for a switch ? This would be more then i exspected for a cheaper price. |
With the latest sveasoft firmware, yes it's like a bridge, and yes you can use it as a switch (as far as I know).
Yes A LOT more for a cheaper price, that's why I was scratching my head, $50 more (at the time) for something that does A LOT less...
One More thing, your not limited to just adding one of these.
You can have one central router (intenet connection, DHCP server, gives out addresses what not), and have several CLIENT/WRTrouters connected to the main guy. Have a router/client in each room you need to connect to the central hub.
Of course there are bandwidth issues, but internet is like what less than 5m, with speedboost I get a good steady 22m (real world), share that with another point (2 clients), thats like 11m 11m, what with three points, thats theoretically 7.3m each. Of course distance obstacles are all a cause of slowdown and what naught. |
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[MF]chilin_dude
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:02 pm |
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You don't need any upgraded firmware to get it to act like a bridge or a wireless adapter, the original linksys has the option anyway! |
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A-ONE
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:39 pm |
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so basically i could tunr it into an acess point ? basically thats what your saying ? |
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nec
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[MF]chilin_dude @ Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:02 pm wrote: |
You don't need any upgraded firmware to get it to act like a bridge or a wireless adapter, the original linksys has the option anyway! |
But the original firmware didn't, that's why I've always gone the sveasoft way. And I'm unsure if linksys allows you to use all ports i.e. bridge mode opposed to only one (the first way linksys did it was only one port would work). |
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