Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Access Point/router/switch $109.00

[blakerwry]

Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Access Point + Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch for $109 at Amazon.com.

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Cheaper than anyone on pricewatch, plus it comes from a reputable dealer.

 

[blakerwry]

This is part of an overall Linksys sale at amazon.

 

[Mercutio]

I note that absolutely none of the multi-band or A stuff is on sale. Too bad.

As an aside, the Linksys routers have some features that Dlink doesn't, like support for DHCP client reservations and firmware ZoneAlarm. I'm still not a big advocate of the home router thing, but when I use them I'd much rather have the ability to do client reservations n' stuff.

 

[blakerwry]

I note that absolutely none of the multi-band or A stuff is on sale. Too bad.

As an aside, the Linksys routers have some features that Dlink doesn't, like support for DHCP client reservations and firmware ZoneAlarm. I'm still not a big advocate of the home router thing, but when I use them I'd much rather have the ability to do client reservations n' stuff.

what do you mean by the term clietn reservations? i believe I have that feature in my D-Link 704

 

[Jan Kivar]

I note that absolutely none of the multi-band or A stuff is on sale. Too bad.

As an aside, the Linksys routers have some features that Dlink doesn't, like support for DHCP client reservations and firmware ZoneAlarm. I'm still not a big advocate of the home router thing, but when I use them I'd much rather have the ability to do client reservations n' stuff.

what do you mean by the term clietn reservations? i believe I have that feature in my D-Link 704

It's assigning an IP to a device without assigning it in the device. Basically You can enter the MAC of your NIC to the DHCP server reservations table, thus reserving particular IP for the computer that has the NIC. This way You can setup the IP addresses from the server (if there is need for some computers to have the same IP always), and not going for all the machines to change addresses if You ever need to do it.

Cheers,

Jan

 

[blakerwry]

yeah, i have this feature on my 704

 

[blakerwry]

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[Mercutio]

Weird. The new and otherwise decent 624 (G router/AP) doesn't do it, and I can remember it not being there on at least one model of B router/AP as well.

 

[blakerwry]

The 704 was made to compete with the linksys 4 port when the home routers just started getting popular. The 704 was about 20% cheaper and miles ahead of the linksys in terms of stability and working features.

I think the 704 was too well built for D-Link, they wanted something cheaper, and thus you have what we have now.