Re: Linksys BEFW11S4 died Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>njkat@eclipse.net (gene martinez) hath wroth:
>
>>Thanks I'll have a look. Just did the ebay thing and have a new
>>BEFW11S4 in the mail right now.. :)
I think mine has the same problem. I've had to power cycle it twice in
2 or 3 weeks. It doesn't let you connect to it or the internet. Power
off/on and all is well again. Can you up-grade or change to a
different ios on this unit?? Thanks again..
>
>Mistake. I used a BEFW11S4 v4 for a few years (after a customer
>demanded I take it back). It would hang erratically and lockup on
>streaming content. It would also refuse to reconnect one client
>machines, even though the others were working. It failed two of the
>online router exploit tests. I eventually had to install a lamp timer
>on the AC power line to power cycle it twice per day to keep it up.
>The only thing good I can say about the BEFW11S4 v4 is that the radio
>section seemed better than average (I didn't measure anything).
>
>I would have purchased something else as a replacement wireless
>router.
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