I think mine is v. 4. I didn't know much about these; I confess I didn't research them a lot (I read a few reviews, all of which were quite positive). I bought my WRT54G mainly on reputation and the fact that it was available locally.

The problem I described isn't rare; when I kept finding that my wireless devices had lost the Internet, I did some searching and found quite a few people with the same problem. I rely on my wireless connection for the Tivos to get their nightly programming grid update, so it's pretty clear when the signal is dropped by the router.

Maybe v. 5 is more reliable, but I'm gonna keep trying to work something out with this one.

 

Do not get last months firmware update yet. There are some bugs being found with it, nothing crippeling, just a few aggrevations.

Last one I got, I'm using v1.00.4, Dec. 8, 2005 and I have not had any trouble with it yet.

I did have toruble with some devices when I was running WPA security, I switched to WEP, which is more than enough for me living out here in the country, and problem solved, even with the Dlink Air Plus card. Been on for 3 months straight now.

The only other problem I have had on my home network with this one... This is funny, I just figured this out 2 nights ago. My daughters both have the same TV/VCR combo in thier rooms. Both of them sudenly started acting up, when they'd try to put in a tape, then it woud eject it.
A few weeks of trying to figure this out, I finally had a wierd thought and shut the wireless off. I put several tapes in each one; No problem! LOL
Turned the wireless back on and the problem reappeared. Changed channels and bingo, problem is gone. Apperantly it was hitting the same signal as the eject on the remotes and ejecting the tapes.

 

I wish I could use WPA, but Tivos only support WEP. Fortunately, we're in a small town in a rural area, and between using WEP, not broadcasting the SSID and requiring a MAC address to be registered with the router, I suppose I have enough security to discourage all but serious hackers.

 

I'm not so worried about hackers, all shared files on my systems require password anyway. Different passwords for different levels of a directory.
So even if I lived in town, a hacker wouldn't be my concern, I cherish my bandwidth and would be more worried about road warriors using me for web access. Then if they are doing illegal stuff using my Internet IP, if it gets traced, then it would come back to me. That part would bother me. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about having any level of security.


I'll do some checking and see if I can find a fix for WEP.

 

I have been using a Linksys for a couple of years with no problem. I understand that it provides a differenct IP, but I had no idea that it increased the security. Can one someone explain why?

 

they have a built in firewall, the settings include
Block Anonymous Internet Requests
Filter Multicast
Filter Internet NAT Redirection
Filter IDENT(Port 113)

This helps stops threats and attacks before they make it to your system.

Plus just gives potential attackers a fork in the road so to speak. They have to choose the right direction to go to get to thier destination. (your system)

 

Ditto...haven't really bother looking for a solution though

 

Thanks, I feel so much better now.