On 12 Aug 2006 13:08:08 -0700, "aljuhani" <private.mailbox@gmail.com>
wrote in <1155413288.796522.279960@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups .com>:

>John Navas wrote:
>> On 12 Aug 2006 07:06:52 -0700, rthoreau@iwon.com wrote in
>> <1155391612.494177.5930@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.c om>:
>>
>> >aljuhani wrote:

>> >> But what I need to know is the main cause of wag54g losing ethernet
>> >> ports connectivity and if that is some of linksys flaws.
>>
>> Probably just a hardware failure, a rare failure for any brand.
>
>Well it appears to be a hardware failure but what I was thinking about
>why linksys are not making routers with multi-point failure with regard
>to ethernet ports. i.e failure of one port should not affect the rest.

Not so surprising: All 4 LAN ports are probably controlled by a single
chip.

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