OT: What we want are things that work; what we get is technology

[omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Chris O'Connell)]

Yeah, everyone in my house has problems with their macs getting the boot
from the wireless on our WRT54G Ver2.  Basically, when the machines wake up
from sleep the router can't be found sometimes.  The solution is to turn the
wireless on the Mac off for about 60 seconds and turn it back on.  Somehow
this fixes the problem.

I don't know if it happens on a Windows Machine, and I rarely use my redhat
box anymore.

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord-3s7WtUTddSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> David Kramer <david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > Chris O'Connell wrote:
> >> I tend to stay away from Linksys products in general.  As Brendan
> mentioned
> >> earlier, they have a short life expectancy.  I've had stellar luck with
> both
> >> D-Link and NetGear products.  Both manufacturers produce products that
> do
> >> not tend to need to be rebooted often and don't fail every year like the
> >> Linksys products do (in my experience) .
> >
> > Staples has several Netgear units, so I'm leaning in that direction.
> >
> >> I'm not familiar with the term DD-WRT though...
> >
> > http://www.dd-wrt.com
> >
> > It's a replacement open source firmware.  I will probably put it on my
> > existing Linksys.  Part of me wants to try just that before replacing
> > the whole thing, but these rewards coupons are going to expire soon, and
> > they'll pay for close to half of it.  And I've had problems with the
> > Linksys for a long time.
>
> I have a Linksys (Cisco) WRT610N running DD-WRT.  It works pretty well
> as a router, but as a wireless AP I certainly have issues.  Both my
> Linux box and my GF's Mac periodically get thrown off the wireless.
> I've seriously considered buying a cheap AP and turning off the
> wireless in the 610N.
>
> -derek
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