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wirelessman   11-21-2003 at 02:34:46 AM

I work for a large isp in South Georgia. The past year, when I was doing service calls, I found Linksys routers to be the fault. No other brand, just Linksys. Upgrading the firmware helps, but not the cure. They freeze up or just give poor service. Any body else having the same problem?

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jihiggs   11-21-2003 at 08:54:13 AM
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my linksys used to freez up. and some times it has a hard time after it loses power. but it hasnt frozen up in a long time. no problems with it other wise

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kindreded   11-21-2003 at 04:48:00 PM
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I work for a company that sells linksys routers (as well as various others). I install them. I have found that linksys products are either greate and you get no troubles, or through the horrid thing away. I would expect to start seeing more and more improvments since the Cisco Takeover.

I have a USR Router, and have never had a problem with it. It has been in service for 2 years.

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sycopathman   11-22-2003 at 11:13:32 PM
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I have a linksys router and have never had any trouble with it.

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sturm   11-24-2003 at 03:44:39 PM
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Been using a befsr41 for almost a year with no problems.

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LaughnCynic   12-13-2003 at 06:31:42 PM
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I used a Linksys BEFSR41 (v.2) for about a year when I had cable (Road Runner) and it worked quite well for me. Can't ever remember having any trouble with it. It was probably never 'stressed' much with only 2 machines hooked to it so...

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wirelessman   12-13-2003 at 07:58:29 PM
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The best thing to do if you have one of their routers is to update its firmware. It helps.

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Rob423   12-14-2003 at 06:54:51 PM
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i been running linksys BSF41 with 4 pc's on it and no problems for around 2 yrs now... yep pretty sure 2 years not a single problem

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