"RBM" <rbm2(remove this)@optonline.net> wrote in message
> So, what you're saying is that you are a penny pincher, and your cheapness
> backfired on you, so the rest of the world should buy any other cheap
> brand of router . In this world, you're lucky if you get what you pay for.
> Typically cheap electronics are a crapshoot. Linksys is one of the largest
> manufacturers of cheap electronics in the networking industry. They must
> be doing something right for an awful lot of people
>

No Kidding.
I have bought alot of Linksys boxes and have never had the stated problems.
I've never bought a version above v5 and everyone that I have ever bought I
upgraded to DD-WRT.
But before I knew about DD-WRT I had a v3 that ran stock fimware just fine.
I have never seen a v6 or v7 router but I have seen a v8 and yes they are
crap (software and build quality and all) since I know they are crap I
refuse to buy them. I however regularly buy WRT54GL's and Buffalo WHR
stuff.. All get's loaded with DD-WRT.
Sorry you were cheap and didn't do your research and bought a crappy router.
Doesn't make all linksys crap it just means you need to do your homework

btw, if you have all this access to cisco why don't you have a cisco router?
Seems like a PIX 501 would do you well. Are you not smart enough to
configure one?
Adair