For more than 3 years I had a nice 4 port Linksys router
that functioned pretty well. The router and cable modem
and two of the connected computers are in one room. At the
end of a fifty foot cable is my son's computer.
Physically, it's only about 20 feet away but the cable has to run under
the floor and around some obstacles. A 25 foot cable comes up inches short.
The old Linksys handled it fine.

Last Saturday, a big bolt of lightning struck near the house. So far,
the only two things that got fried were my trusty Linksys and one
electric garage door opener.

So today I head out and get a new Linksys. Only it won't
link up to the boy's computer. I can swap his cable direct
to the modem and connect find.

While I'm messing with that, the Linksys crashes about half
a dozen times, just locking completely up. Back to the store.

Now I get a D-Link DI-604. Wrestle with it all night, trying to
get it to do static DHCP. Go to check with the boy's box and
again, I can't get it to come up. At some point It did get
through to DHCP (it left its MAC address behind in a table),
but even with a static address it won't connect.

At this point, I'm assuming that the 50 foot run is causing too much
signal degradation. So what's the recommendation for a
router that can function as well as my old one?

TIA

Dan Mercer
dmercer@mn.rr.com

Dan Mercer (dmercer@mn.rr.com) wrote:
: For more than 3 years I had a nice 4 port Linksys router
: that functioned pretty well. The router and cable modem
: and two of the connected computers are in one room. At the
: end of a fifty foot cable is my son's computer.
: Physically, it's only about 20 feet away but the cable has to run under
: the floor and around some obstacles. A 25 foot cable comes up inches short.
: The old Linksys handled it fine.
:
: Last Saturday, a big bolt of lightning struck near the house. So far,
: the only two things that got fried were my trusty Linksys and one
: electric garage door opener.
:
: So today I head out and get a new Linksys. Only it won't
: link up to the boy's computer. I can swap his cable direct
: to the modem and connect find.
:
: While I'm messing with that, the Linksys crashes about half
: a dozen times, just locking completely up. Back to the store.
:
: Now I get a D-Link DI-604. Wrestle with it all night, trying to
: get it to do static DHCP. Go to check with the boy's box and
: again, I can't get it to come up. At some point It did get
: through to DHCP (it left its MAC address behind in a table),
: but even with a static address it won't connect.
:
: At this point, I'm assuming that the 50 foot run is causing too much
: signal degradation. So what's the recommendation for a
: router that can function as well as my old one?
:
: TIA
:
: Dan Mercer
: dmercer@mn.rr.com
:
:
Try a Netgear RP614 router. It seems to have a good reputation per
the broadband newsgroups:

o comp.dcom.modems.cable
o comp.dcom.xdsl

I've had a Linksys BEFSR41 router since March, 2002, and until March
of this year, my LAN was 50 foot CAT5 cables from the router in the den
to the PC and VAXStation in the living room.

In March, I replaced the 50 foot cables with HomePlug powerline ethernet
bridges that use the house's AC wiring, to get a network connection in
the front bedroom.


--Jerry Leslie
Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email

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"Dan Mercer" <dmercer@mn.rr.com> wrote in message news:a2JIc.10393$6t1.9340@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
: For more than 3 years I had a nice 4 port Linksys router
: that functioned pretty well. The router and cable modem
: and two of the connected computers are in one room. At the
: end of a fifty foot cable is my son's computer.
: Physically, it's only about 20 feet away but the cable has to run under
: the floor and around some obstacles. A 25 foot cable comes up inches short.
: The old Linksys handled it fine.
:
: Last Saturday, a big bolt of lightning struck near the house. So far,
: the only two things that got fried were my trusty Linksys and one
: electric garage door opener.
:
: So today I head out and get a new Linksys. Only it won't
: link up to the boy's computer. I can swap his cable direct
: to the modem and connect find.
:
: While I'm messing with that, the Linksys crashes about half
: a dozen times, just locking completely up. Back to the store.
:
: Now I get a D-Link DI-604. Wrestle with it all night, trying to
: get it to do static DHCP. Go to check with the boy's box and
: again, I can't get it to come up. At some point It did get
: through to DHCP (it left its MAC address behind in a table),
: but even with a static address it won't connect.
:
: At this point, I'm assuming that the 50 foot run is causing too much
: signal degradation. So what's the recommendation for a
: router that can function as well as my old one?
:
: TIA
:
: Dan Mercer
: dmercer@mn.rr.com
:
: