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  Yeah, saw that today too. Looks spiffy. : nyranger66
  • Yeah, I'd be super happy to get one of these. I haven't had a gigabit router before, but I could see it b... : dmason
• USB port for storage and gigabit ports. Yum! : TrptJim
• Hmm, nice. I'm happy with my WRT54GLs for now though. : magistersmax
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  I'm still super scared of Netgear after my past experiences with them. Hopefully their hardware is solid ... : hax3d
  • Actually now that you mention it, the past 2 or 3 Netgears that I've had sucked balls. Dropped connectio... : magistersmax
  • yeah every netgear i've owned has been a huge piece of shit, but I've never ran custom firmware on one. : datoo
  • I will never consider them again. : abrasion
  • To counter all the negatives about Netgear...I've been using the same router for years. Maybe the older o... : Nixx2004
• Andrew Mason does not approve. : ant_hillbilly
• nice. gig ports are really useful and i'd love to run one of those nifty feature packed firmwares compar... : smacknca
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  now, if they could just build one with a built in DSL modem... : losimagic
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    ew :( I'd rather have a separate modem+router : crummynz
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      in the UK it's not so easy. Most modems only do PPPoE in half-bridge mode, we need PPPoA, which is quite... : losimagic
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        yeah, PPPoA I've got a netgear DM111P in bridge mode for my BE connection though although apparentl... : Toraz Chryx
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          except the BeBox is a steaming pile of shit. It reboots itself if it gets too many connections at once...... : captfarrell
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            ?! - i've had a BeBox for nearly 2 months and not one reboot.. I game quite a lot while the girlfriend is... : cause&effect
            • maybe they've changed it again. But 2 PCs and an xbox caused it to reboot almost hourly : captfarrell
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      I'd be fine with an integrated modem, infact, it'd be preferable... IF it weren't for the part where the integrated modems generally suck ass.
      
      and I've yet to see a modem/router combo that took replacement firmwares in any capacity (on account of the usually very proprietorial nature of the modem portions of the firmware)

      Oct 06, 2009 1:06am PDT
      I'd be fine with an integrated modem, infact, it'd be preferable... IF it weren't for the part where the ... : Toraz Chryx
  • if I had one with a built in DSL all these years, I'd have alot more dead routers.. : moe6
• Would want to make sure it has decent antennae though. Some 802.11n routers seem to cram 3 little crappy ... : dooberzoo
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  Why hasn't Linksys done something like this yet? Their WRT54G is legendary. : node
  • $139.99? If that equates to around 100 quid I'll be getting this! : node
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    There's this - http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT160NL but last time I checked it only w... : losimagic
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      I'm guessing that they hated having people write custom firmware for it. : the archvile
      • Well, they nerfed the WRT54G but then released the WRT54GL which supported custom firmware again. So fuck... : node
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  I have a WNR3500 now, and it sucks. Has to reboot every time a setting is changed. Sometimes its intern... : the archvile
  • That sucks. Hopefully it's firmware rather than hardware issues. I'm leaving the WRT54GL with my folks... : node
• If only that was a dual band radio in there :( : Jonathan