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hyiu:
my linksys router freeze up for no reason some time ago...
its about 5-6 yrs old...

instead of replacing it... I bought a $15 clip-on-table-edge fan, and blow at the DSL modem and the router 24/7...

no more problems for now...

but my basement signal is kinda weak (router on 2nd floor)...
thinking of upgrading to a N band....

any good suggestions ??

Thanks,

MonMotha:
The old stuff lasts longer :)

My Linksys WAP11 still works as well as it did 10 years ago...  Of course, it never worked all that well, but it still works!

Most of the POS "Linksys by Cisco" devices I've known people to have bought over the past couple years have pretty much all died the same type of death.
Most WRT54Gs that I've seen in "commercial" use have died, but many of the residential use ones of various vintages remain.  Again, older ones seem to have longer lifespan.  Probably too much cost reduction going on as the series progressed.

Of course, YMMV.  If they all died immediately, nobody would buy them.  Some will actually work for a while.  Some are probably DoA :)

newmanfamilyvlogs:
The Linksys WRT54GL is still a pretty solid choice. Newegg had them for $50USD/free shipping last time I looked.
They can be 'upgraded' with the DD-WRT to give you more fine grained control over the settings as well (though for basic use this is unnecessary)

HaRuMaN:
My current one is a WRT54G that I flashed with Tomato

newmanfamilyvlogs:
They've changed the specs a few times on that model, and in recent years separated it into the G and GL model. The L is the one that can be flashed to the open firmware. If it gets you another 6 years for $50, that seems pretty reasonable to me.

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