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Narkos Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:06 PM
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Need help with Linksys WRT160n v2
This paperweight I recently bought was easy to set up, but drops connections every 10 minutes. I saw a bunch reviews after the fact that complained about the same thing. One solution is to download third party firmware like DD-WRT, and apparently that fixes the problem. Unfortantely the v2 of the router has a different chip set that DD-WRT does not support. Does anyone know of alternatives?
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:34 AM
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1. Well, you are gonna have to do some looking, but...
Perhaps "Tomato" does work on it. That said, I would call LinkSys and ask for a firmware fix or your money back.
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Narkos Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:50 AM
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3. I trashed the piece of shit
and bought a Belkin instead. Works great.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:39 AM
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2. Some routers are just junk.
The Dlink I've been using was terrible with its factory firmware (even the latest), and while a 3rd party firmware did increase its reliability significantly, it still drops connections. I have been meaning to pick up something new for awhile.
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