var json_comments = new Array("<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567008\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=428620\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=428620\">frari489</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567008\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:04:42-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567008);\">Moderate</a> |</span>	<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://consumerist.com/mt-static/plugins/Moderate/moderate.js\"></script>	<script type=\"text/javascript\">		successMsg = \"\";	</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567008');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I wish I knew how bad Linksys was before buying one.  It crapped out after 5-6 months so I just tossed it.</p><p>The apple on I have now has worked great so far.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567008, 'frari489')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->																			<div class=\"num-replies\">13 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573988\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=930735\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=930735\">chiggr</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573988\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:02:58-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:02 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573988);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573988');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: I have used nothing but Linksys since the 802.11b days.  All my(and family's...all 6 of them) WRT54's are running except for 1.  I thought I lost it after a thunderstorm.  When it quit working I tried to install DD-WRT on it, and it's still working today.</p><br /><p>Sounds like it may be a problem with the N routers.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573988, 'chiggr')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572815\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=285595\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-285595-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=285595\">GrandizerGo</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572815\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:28:43-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:28 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572815);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572815');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: My Linksys wired router has lasted more than 7 years without a hitch.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572815, 'GrandizerGo')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571991\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=430750\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-430750-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=430750\">Keavy_Rain</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571991\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:00:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:00 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571991);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571991');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: My only experience with Linksys was when I got their router/phone combo through Vonage. At the time, I was playing Final Fantasy XI on my PS2 and needed certain ports open on the firewall for the game.</p><p>I spent a good hour on the phone with some lady in India, with an incredibly thick accent, trying to configure the router to open those firewall ports. After an hour on the phone with me she transfers me to a level two tech. Took me and the perfect English-speaking tech two minutes to get the router working and she even stayed on the phone with me while I logged into the game on my PS2 to ensure everything worked fine.</p><p>I understand outsourced tech support is cheaper, but when you can't understand the person and they can barely understand you, there are problems. Needless to say, I ditched Vonage when my contract ran out because Comcast offered me a sweetheart deal on phone service.</p><p>I also replaced that godawful Linksys router with a Netgetar Wireless Router. I was going to get an Apple Time Machine, but didn't for two reasons: Price and incompatibility with the Wii and PlayStation 3.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571991, 'Keavy_Rain')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571847\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=382321\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=382321\">fizatdh</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571847\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:56:09-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:56 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571847);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571847');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: Just put dd-wrt on it, it'll solve all the problems you have.  <a href=\"http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">[www.dd-wrt.com]</a> my linksys coupled with dd-wrt is amazing.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571847, 'fizatdh')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569538\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">milrtime83    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569538\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:33:56-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569538);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569538');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: I've had better luck with Linksys than other router brands (specifically netgear) though my current one is quite a few years old (pre Cisco buying them) so maybe they've gone downhill in the last few years.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569538, 'milrtime83')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12571682\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=327350\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=327350\">chrylis</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571682\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:50:57-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:50 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571682);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571682');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12569538\" rel=\"nofollow\">milrtime83</a>: I think that the Cisco buyout coincided (I'm not saying caused) the quality decline.  I've never in all my experience had a problem with the Linux-based WRT series and have actually had a customer deploy a custom WRT image for some fairly intricate remote-site routing.  That said, the new unstackable black boxes seem to be worth their weight in plastic.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571682, 'chrylis')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569020\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=568700\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-568700-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=568700\">downwithmonstercable</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569020\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:18:11-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:18 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569020);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569020');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5238514/linksys-linksucks#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: I've had mine for a couple years now with no issues. it replaced one which crapped out after six months, and that one had replaced one that crapped out after 3-4 months. I think one was a US Robotics and the other was a Netgear (worst POS router ever, I hate hate hate netgear)</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569020, 'downwithmonstercable')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568134\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1004969\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1004969-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1004969\">Riff Raff</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568134\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:49:00-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568134);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568134');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>:</p><p>Hey, you made it longer than I did.</p><p>I purchased an 802.11n Linksys router, because I thought I was having problems with my current \"WiFi-n\" Netgear router. (Turns out the crappy Broadcom card on my crappy Dell laptop is just... crappy.) I plugged in the Linksys, and accessed the router's config page. What a mess. It looked like some high school student's \"Intro to teh Internetz 100\" webpage project. The interface was horrible, and options were buried within layers. My Netgear's interface is much more streamlined and easy to navigate.</p><p>Needless to say I kept my Netgear and returned the Linksuck. Pitty. Cisco churns out quality hardware; too bad their consumer division leaves a little to be desired.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568134, 'Riff Raff')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12579580\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=520943\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=520943\">subsider34</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579580\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:02:35-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:02 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579580);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579580');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12568134\" rel=\"nofollow\">Riff-Raff</a>: Perhaps it's only their 802.11n routers that are defective?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579580, 'subsider34')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12568424\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=472849\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-472849-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=472849\">rorschachex</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568424\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:58:41-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:58 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568424);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568424');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12568134\" rel=\"nofollow\">Riff-Raff</a>: I bought a netgear wireless-N router for my parents at their house.  I have a linksys N router in my house with my housemates and it constantly drops my connection.  I know it's somehow related to BT, but I've tried a few things.  I have friends at Cisco (one being a very close friend), unfortunately they work on commercial equipment, not consumer stuff.  Oh well...</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568424, 'rorschachex')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567178\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=339513\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=339513\">silyolpooh</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567178\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:11:57-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:11 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567178);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567178');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"#c12567008\" rel=\"nofollow\">frari489</a>: weirdly, I've had my current LinkSys for 3 years, and my previous one for 5, and never had a problem with either. Maybe I'm just lucky?</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567178, 'silyolpooh')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573021\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=24204\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-24204-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=24204\">lordargent</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573021\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:34:31-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:34 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573021);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573021');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567178\" rel=\"nofollow\">silyolpooh</a>:</p><p>Mine seem to die after 4-5 years.</p><p>Well, the WRT54G's died.</p><p>The WRT54GL's are rock solid with DD-WRT.</p><p>/I have three GL's right now. I had two G's that died (one after 5 years, one after 4).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573021, 'lordargent')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567836\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://\" href=\"http://\" rel=\"nofollow\">polymer girl</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567836\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:38:09-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:38 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567836);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567836');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567178\" rel=\"nofollow\">silyolpooh</a>: Yeah, I've had mine for about a year now.  So far so good.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567836, 'polymer girl')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567030\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=345620\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-345620-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=345620\">robocop is bleeding</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567030\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:05:19-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567030);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567030');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Thanks for posting this, Consumerist, I am in the process of setting up my home network at my new house and wanted to go N. after reading this, I'll be giving Linksys a pass.</p><p>Any recommendations for a good wireless N router?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567030, 'robocop is bleeding')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->											<div class=\"num-replies\">5 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12593018\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=220674\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-220674-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=220674\">brodie7838</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12593018\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T14:29:02-05:00\">May  5, 2009  2:29 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12593018);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12593018');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567030\" rel=\"nofollow\">robocop_is_bleeding</a>: I prefer Linksys as well for consumer routers. I used to work for an ISP, and I got to hear about more dead Netgear, D-Link, and Belkin routers than anything.</p><p>And I completely agree with ecwis, Netgear is by far the worst of the bunch.<br />As for technical support, they all suck; it's not just specific to Linksys, all consumer router support is overseas outsources and follow terrible scripts.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12593018, 'brodie7838')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12586092\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=24620\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-24620-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=24620\">Keter</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12586092\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T02:48:31-05:00\">May  5, 2009  2:48 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12586092);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12586092');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567030\" rel=\"nofollow\">robocop_is_bleeding</a>: I have had a Belkin Pre-N wireless router (it's an N that was released before the N standard was finalized) that has performed flawlessly for four years now - punching a signal through a concrete house that thwarts TV, radio, cell phone, and wireless intercom signals.  I would definitely buy another Belkin when I need another one (but that doesn't look like that will be an issue for some time yet).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12586092, 'Keter')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12579788\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=520943\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=520943\">subsider34</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579788\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:10:21-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:10 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579788);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579788');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567030\" rel=\"nofollow\">robocop_is_bleeding</a>: Check CNet's site before buying a new router <a href=\"http://reviews.cnet.com/best-wireless-routers/?tag=rb_content;contentNav\" rel=\"nofollow\">[reviews.cnet.com]</a></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579788, 'subsider34')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574553\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=185261\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=185261\">ShortBus</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12574553\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:20:28-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:20 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12574553);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12574553');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567030\" rel=\"nofollow\">robocop_is_bleeding</a>: Ditto.  Linksys are pretty good.  I've never bothered contacting support though since if it doesn't work out of the box, I just take it back to the store.  And I've never had one completely break on me after I've had it running.</p><p>If you're the geeky type, get a model that includes a Linux-based operating system and download one of the community-written firmware.  This will let you upgrade the router to do some crazy things that normally can only be done on *much* more expensive devices.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574553, 'ShortBus')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567896\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=158650\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-158650-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=158650\">ecwis</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567896\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:40:30-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:40 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567896);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567896');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567030\" rel=\"nofollow\">robocop_is_bleeding</a>: I would actually recommend Linksys.  I think they make the best consumer routers available.  I have tried Netgear, D-Link, and Linksys and the one that I have kept as my primary router is the Linksys.  Netgear was awful and had terrible customer service.  Their routers are usually the cheapest but they seem to have the most compatibility issues.  I had no problems with D-Link though so if you don't like Linksys, I would recommend a D-Link.</p><p>The D-Link DIR-625 looks decent for the price. ($56.27)  <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DIR-625-RangeBooster-Wireless-Antennas/dp/B000GG5LUW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=pc&amp;qid=1241450968&amp;sr=1-3\" rel=\"nofollow\">[www.amazon.com]</a></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567896, 'ecwis')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567037\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Jason Holmes    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567037\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:05:28-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567037);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567037');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I understand the OP has had a difficult time with customer support.  However, Linksys is one of the most dependable brand of routers.  I have had several Linksys routers for over five years and they are still working fine.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567037, 'Jason Holmes')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->											<div class=\"num-replies\">5 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12579205\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=88076\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-88076-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=88076\">Optimus</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579205\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T21:49:51-05:00\">May  4, 2009  9:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579205);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579205');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567037\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Holmes</a>: Yeah, same here.</p><p>But I think in our cases, we either got a router before or shortly after Cisco bought Linksys. It's been down hill since. They've gone from great open source firmware, to horrible proprietary junk at speeds that would make the Microsoft buyout team's heads spin.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579205, 'Optimus')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572997\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=68626\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=68626\">unchi</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572997\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:33:45-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572997);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572997');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567037\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Holmes</a>: i had the same linksys router for ~5 years (was wireless with only WEP security AFTER a firmware update). i finally upgraded to a newer linksys because i wanted WPA2 and have never had any problems with the new one as well.</p><p>the main problem is the OP is complaining about wireless N, which is not an official standard yet. So the dependability of the product depends on which company you buy the products from and the firmware of the products. its kind of what you get when you are an early adopter and the companies don't tell you that you are one -- marketers.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572997, 'unchi')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572915\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Nathanael Dale Ries    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572915\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:31:26-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:31 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572915);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572915');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567037\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Holmes</a>:</p><p>Same here, I have one of the WRT-54GL routers based on the Linux firmware and have it flashed with a custom tomato firmware, VERY good router!  Best I have ever owned!  I have even put off upgrading to Wireless 802.11n until I find one that can be flashed with a third party firmware and is as reliable as this linksys one.  The only time my internet goes down in my house is when Comcast is at fault.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572915, 'Nathanael Dale Ries')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569108\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=500755\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-500755-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=500755\">ajlei</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569108\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:21:15-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:21 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569108);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569108');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567037\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Holmes</a>: I second/third that. I've almost always had Linksys stuff, with the exception of a Netgear router that an exboyfriend bought that later on emitted a high pitched squeal in time with the light blinking for the internet. That made it to the garbage pretty fast, as I proceeded to buy a Linksys router. And hey, still works great! Not to mention my parents have had one for years and it's never had any issues.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569108, 'ajlei')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12569041\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=568700\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-568700-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=568700\">downwithmonstercable</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569041\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:18:50-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:18 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569041);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569041');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5238514/linksys-linksucks#c12567037\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Holmes</a>: That's what I was thinking. My only crap out issues have been with other brands, Linksys is by far the best I've ever had.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569041, 'downwithmonstercable')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567053\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=525882\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=525882\">taking_this_easy</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567053\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:05:53-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567053);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567053');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>always get something that supports dd-wrt and tomato</p><p>my Netgear WNR834B refurb costed $25, loaded it up with DD-WRT.... a lot of stuff to play with (QoS, WiFi management... even played with my friends by redirecting facebook.com to myspace's IP :P)</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567053, 'taking_this_easy')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567879\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=409488\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-409488-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=409488\">EarlNowak</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567879\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:39:51-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:39 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567879);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567879');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567053\" rel=\"nofollow\">taking_this_easy</a>: Yup.  I've got a WRT-54G, a WRT-54GS and a WRT-54GL running a mesh network to bridge the wireless network throughout the house (and bridge in the TIVOs and the emac in the bedroom).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567879, 'EarlNowak')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12570158\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=83192\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-83192-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=83192\">smileboot</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570158\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:50:29-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:50 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570158);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570158');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567879\" rel=\"nofollow\">EarlNowak</a>: I think the OP's router is supported by DD-wrt. And honestly this sounds like firmware issues and he should have tried an alternate firmware before trying to rma a router. But thats my IT tech opinion. Well when it comes to personal equipment anyway. If it was employers gear RMA and switch company for your network equipment.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570158, 'smileboot')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12579291\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=88076\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-88076-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=88076\">Optimus</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579291\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T21:52:58-05:00\">May  4, 2009  9:52 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579291);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579291');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12570158\" rel=\"nofollow\">smileboot</a>: <br />I agree with what you're saying, but if he did that and then couldn't restore the firmware because of the bad hardware, then the warranty would be voided and he probably would have no hope of a reimbursement, much less a warranty.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579291, 'Optimus')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567076\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a 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fixed.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567076, 'Jason Holmes')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567153\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Jonathan N    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567153\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:10:54-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:10 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567153);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567153');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>..........I hate linksys myself now as well - They stopped helping me ALTOGETHER after my router went out of warranty....even if I just needed a reset from a thunderstorm (power outage) I really hope the company falls apart!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567153, 'Jonathan N')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top 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If your not back online you may need to reset your router's settings, but usually after a power outage all settings are still stored in my linksys router's flash ROM and I don't have to change anything...</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574843, 'Nathanael Dale Ries')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567189\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=235002\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-235002-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=235002\">Copper</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567189\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:12:13-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:12 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567189);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567189');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>My experience has only been with older Linksys WRT54G routers, firmware versions 6 and below, but they were very good, stable routers. I loaded DD-WRT on one of them and it lasted me a long time, I finally switched to Airport Extreme because I broke the Linksys on a clumsy day.</p><p>I haven't ever had to deal with their tech support, but this isn't surprising.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567189, 'Copper')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567219\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=219710\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=219710\">steveliv</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567219\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:13:06-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:13 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567219);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567219');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>i have a linksys WRT54G with DDWRT that has been chugging along for the better part of 6 years with no problems.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567219, 'steveliv')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->										<div class=\"num-replies\">4 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568085\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=335454\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-335454-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=335454\">jokono</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568085\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:47:22-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:47 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568085);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568085');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567219\" rel=\"nofollow\">steveliv</a>: I've been running <a href=\"http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tomato firmware</a> on my WRT54GL for two years and loving it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568085, 'jokono')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12569223\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=224192\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-224192-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=224192\">johnva</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569223\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:25:01-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569223);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569223');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12568085\" rel=\"nofollow\">jokono</a>: Yeah, I also have a WRT-54GL and it's a LOT better than my old Netgear.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569223, 'johnva')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment 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title=\"2009-05-04T15:16:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:16 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567323);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567323');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5238514/linksys-linksucks#c12567219\" rel=\"nofollow\">steveliv</a>: My WRH54G has been running DDWRT since last summer. I recommend it over the stock firmware.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567323, 'johnsakalauskas')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567975\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Kogenta    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567975\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:43:08-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:43 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567975);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567975');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5238514/linksys-linksucks#c12567323\" rel=\"nofollow\">johnsakalauskas</a>: Yeah, I have the WRT54-GL with DDWRT and it works great for all of my needs. The stock firmware doesn't let you access a lot of the areas that allow you to improve the router's functionality substancially in some cases.</p><br /><p>Though I do hear that a lot of the new Linksys routers are a bit flakey since they scaled back the amount of RAM, and other features.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567975, 'Kogenta')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567242\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=441571\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-441571-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=441571\">EdnaLegume</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567242\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:14:07-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:14 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567242);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567242');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I never knew linksys had a bad rep.. I bought mine specifically based on the GOOD reviews.  Well... if it should die, I supposed I just won't be shocked... ??</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567242, 'EdnaLegume')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567272\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=326654\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-326654-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=326654\">Traveshamockery</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567272\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:15:06-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:15 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567272);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567272');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>All products break sometimes, but the real story here is the horrible service from Linksys.</p><p>A product is more than the hardware and software, just like value is more than just price.  A company sets itself apart by the way it treats its customers.</p><p>Linksys, you disappoint the Consumerists.  Shame on you, but congrats on being a potential Dark Horse entry into the 2010 Worst Company in America tournament!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567272, 'Traveshamockery')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567322\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\" href=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">GropedByChuckECheese_GitEmSteveDave</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567322\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:16:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:16 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567322);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567322');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Just a quick question for the OP.  Did he have the router set to N only?  B/c I didn't see this as a dual band router, and if it encounters a \"B\" signal, it will drop to match that speed, unless it's set to \"N\" only.  Just my 2 cents.  It's why I have my Linksys set to \"G\" only and let my FiOS router handle any \"B\" traffic.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567322, 'GropedByChuckECheese_GitEmSteveDave')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567327\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=520557\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=520557\">Mooshie</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567327\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:17:03-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:17 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567327);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567327');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>May 9th?  Either this story is old or I'm a time traveler.  I really hope it's the latter.</p><p>On a serious note, my linksys router has been working great for years.  I use a 3rd party firmware though.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567327, 'Mooshie')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567382\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=22998\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-22998-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=22998\">axiomatic</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567382\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:19:12-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:19 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567382);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567382');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I have had good experiences with D-link. Give the DGL-4500 a shot, or if you have money to burn a DIR-855. I really like D-link's gear. But just like all electronics makers I'm sure someone has had a bad experience with D-Link as well.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567382, 'axiomatic')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567445\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=514936\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-514936-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=514936\">dcarrington01</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567445\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:22:06-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:22 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567445);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567445');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I am in the IT field, and I have NEVER had nay good luck with linksys products.  I have purchased them for clients and had them be FUBAR out of the box.  I personally go with D-Link, have never had ANY issue with them. just my $.02 worth</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567445, 'dcarrington01')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567450\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Megan Squier    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567450\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:22:15-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:22 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567450);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567450');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>If y'all think Linksys is bad you should try 2Wire! Now those really suck! I got an all in one router/modem from AT&amp;T as a free \"perk\" for signing up for their internet service and it couldn't handle the download traffic my husband and I subjected it to. He was trying to download a bunch of open source software and it kept cutting out on him all the time! By all the time, I mean like every 5 minutes! We got sick of it after a few months and went out and spent $50 on a DSL modem from Newegg and hooked that up to an old Linksys router we had. That combo works fine.</p><p>I will admit that Linksys routers are a little buggy some times. Ours needs to be reset every once in awhile but its still better than that 2Wire we had.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567450, 'Megan Squier')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567485\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=685967\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-685967-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=685967\">heybtbm</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567485\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:24:13-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:24 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567485);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567485');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I've had my Linksys for 5 years with no problems.</p><br /><p>This is the first time I've heard anything negative about their routers. The general consensus among IT-types is Linksys is the best. Can't speak to their customer support, but as far as reliable hardware...they're #1.</p><br /><p>Why knock the most reliable brand of a product? It's like someone saying, \"Christoff knew the dangers, but he went ahead anyway. He bought a Toyota\". This makes no sense.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567485, 'heybtbm')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567488\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=105533\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-105533-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=105533\">asplodzor</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567488\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:24:15-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:24 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567488);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567488');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I've had two Linksys WRT-54Gs for several years now... Have not had one problem with them. I did, however, have an older wired-only unit that did crap out on me.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567488, 'asplodzor')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567515\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=229731\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=229731\">Andr0</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567515\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:25:41-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567515);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567515');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Actually, WRT54 series routers historically suck - at one point my company bought a metric crapton of those to standardize home office setup for all of our remote users... In 12 months, We've replaced, RMAd or orbitally nuked close to 80% of them (if you prefer absolute figures, we've deployed close to 250).</p><p>Personally, I go to great lengths to avoid cable modem/router/wap combos such as WRT54G. My current home network node consists of Linksys CM100 cable modem, Cisco 871 Router and Cisco 1242 wireless access point - wouldn't you believe it, it's solid like rock of Alcatraz (though admittedly it's far from cheapest solution).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567515, 'Andr0')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570599\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=109453\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-109453-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=109453\">Heyref</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570599\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:04:22-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570599);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570599');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567515\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andr0</a>: The WRT54G is NOT a combo device as you describe.  It is emphatically not a cable modem.  It is a wired/wireless access point that will function as a dumb switch if you need one.  However, it requires input from a cable/DSL/whatever modem to function.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570599, 'Heyref')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12569260\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=224192\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-224192-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=224192\">johnva</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569260\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:25:50-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569260);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569260');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567515\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andr0</a>: The WRT54GL ones are much better than the non-\"L\" models.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569260, 'johnva')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567547\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=101399\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=101399\">jdmba</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567547\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:26:48-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:26 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567547);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567547');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I am never one to blame the OP, and I will not start here.  I too have had to sit on the phone with \"Bob\" for a while, but have always eventually gotten the issue resolved.</p><p>That said, I also tend to do some research before buying things.  The N series (3xx and 6xx) of Linksys routers have uniformly bad reviews no matter where you look.  They have heat (and therefore reliability) issues.</p><p>In this case, the OP had a double whammy.  Exposure to bad outsourced support but due to buying universally bad hardware.  Since the hardware is so bad, replacements will also be bad.</p><p>I must also note one more thing:  I **ONLY** buy Linksys.  I am not a linksys basher.  But I do my research and know to stay with the \"G\" line until they figure out their bugs.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567547, 'jdmba')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567641\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://\" href=\"http://\" rel=\"nofollow\">armandbrown</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567641\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:30:23-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:30 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567641);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567641');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Linksys = bad router.</p><br /><p>Linksys + custom firmware(DD-WRT, etc...) = great router.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567641, 'armandbrown')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->									<div class=\"num-replies\">3 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573144\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Russ Savage    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573144\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:38:01-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:38 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573144);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 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href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=112280\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-112280-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=112280\">Swizzler121</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569535\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:33:52-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569535);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569535');\">Flag for 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I even bricked the router on my first try, but was able to follow a guide on how to unbrick and reset it, then the second time it flashed right and has worked ever since.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569535, 'Swizzler121')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12567800\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1708\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1708\">bigroblee</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567800\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:36:42-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:36 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567800);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567800');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567641\" rel=\"nofollow\">armandbrown</a>: Agreed; I have a WRT54G that I have been using wiht DD-WRT for over two years with excellent results!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567800, 'bigroblee')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567669\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">dave_coder    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567669\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:31:37-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:31 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567669);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567669');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Linksys is actually a decent brand, I don't know why the Consumerist is saying that it sucks.</p><p>To the OP: this issue does seem like interference. Perhaps you could try the router in a different location and see if it works? Having multiple routers display the same symptoms is very unlikely.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567669, 'dave_coder')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567725\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=873211\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=873211\">lancepeeples</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567725\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:33:43-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567725);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567725');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>By contrast, I had a good experience with their tech help.  After following the enclosed CD instructions to set up the router failed, the second rep successfully led me through multiple screens to clear software settings roadblocks.  (The first rep call was disconnected midway, possibly due to my own cordless phone losing its charge, so I don't blame Linksys for that.)</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567725, 'lancepeeples')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12567731\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=709765\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=709765\">runchadrun</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12567731\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:33:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12567731);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12567731');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Here's another vote in favor of using DD-WRT.</p><p>Somehow I accumulated 3 WRT54G routers of differing hardware revs.  I needed a wireless bridge to connect my Netflix-enabled Blu-ray player to my Internet connection.  I installed DD-WRT on one of them and within about 15 minutes I had it working.</p><p>I have FiOS so unfortunately I have to use their wireless router or I would have a WRT54G with DD-WRT on that end too.  (Yes, I know you can tweak things so that you can use your own router with FiOS but it isn't worth the trouble to me to get it working.)</p><p>I've also used Netgear and D-Link routers using their own firmware instead of DD-WRT.  I never had a problem with the Netgear, though the older ones required a silly Windows-only app to configure it (now you can skip that and configure it with a browser).  The D-Link was a POS.  If you had to reboot it (which was about once a week), it would take about a dozen power cycles before it would come back up.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12567731, 'runchadrun')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12569894\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\" href=\"http://www.CanItKillTheGrimace.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">LabCoatWanting_GitEmSteveDave</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569894\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:43:27-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:43 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569894);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569894');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12567731\" rel=\"nofollow\">runchadrun</a>: Yeah, they don't tell you that they can run either Cat5 or Coax to your router, and do Coax normally unless you ask.  I still am wondering if I should have my neighbor the verizon tech run the Cat5 and call and have them activate the cat5.  My FiOS router is set the way where I want it to work, but of course my STB's don't like it, and insist on trying to share an IP once every month or so requiring me to unplug both of them at the same time and restarting one at a time.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569894, 'LabCoatWanting_GitEmSteveDave')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568166\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=938949\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=938949\">Mknzybsofh</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568166\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:50:04-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:50 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568166);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568166');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Yeah I have a linksys router who's wireless hardware quit working after only two months. After spending about 3 hours on the phone I just gave up. It's not like I used the wireless part of the hub in the first place. However I will NEVER buy anything made by them again and I am passing that information around as well.</p><p>The plus side is that the wired ports work fine still. The wireless was for guests anyways, now I just run a 50ft of cat5 to their laptop.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568166, 'Mknzybsofh')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568210\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=120237\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-120237-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=120237\">IndustrialJones</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568210\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:51:50-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:51 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568210);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568210');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I'm on my fourth Linksys router in roughly five years. It seems like I would have learned my lesson.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568210, 'IndustrialJones')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568307\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=219008\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-219008-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=219008\">savdavid</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568307\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:55:11-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:55 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568307);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568307');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I bought a Linksys router two years ago. BIG MISTAKE. It would not work, period. I called their \"customer service line\" which was some girl in India that I could not understand her words, they were so heavily accented. She was not rude, just incomprehensible. I called back and got another hard to understand guy. In all it took 2 hours and 45 minutes to figure out the unit was broken.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568307, 'savdavid')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568327\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=212669\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-212669-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=212669\">gqcarrick</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568327\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T15:55:47-05:00\">May  4, 2009  3:55 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568327);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568327');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I worked for cable, we got more calls about people having issues with Linksys routers that I used to start telling people to buy something else. My Netgear I have had for 5 years now with no issues. Cisco bought out Linksys and ever since then the routers have been terrible.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568327, 'gqcarrick')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568570\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=538476\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=538476\">alastria</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568570\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:04:00-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568570);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568570');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Yeah Linksys tech support is nuts - I use to do a lot of RMA's for a company, and I always loathed having to deal w/ anything Linksys, because while I was also suppose to be answering the phones and checking customers in for service, I always had some pieces of Linksys hardware that needed, at the least, 2 hours to \"troubleshoot\" per item, before I could get an RMA and I'd always get in trouble with the bosses for being on the phone so long.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568570, 'alastria')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568634\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=780535\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=780535\">amorris525</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568634\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:06:11-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:06 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568634);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568634');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Bought a wireless gaming router from linksys 3 years ago, works great, no problems whatsoever. Used it a bunch too.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568634, 'amorris525')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12568992\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=352646\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-352646-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=352646\">nybiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12568992\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:17:32-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:17 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12568992);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12568992');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@Mooshie: He probably means March 9, as that was a Monday this year.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12568992, 'nybiker')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569110\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=186863\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-186863-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=186863\">post_break</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569110\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:21:18-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:21 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569110);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569110');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Did the OP update the firmware? Did he downgrade the firmware? In my experience features like this get either fixed or broken in firmwares and one way to fix it is to upgrade/downgrade. There are a lot of variables when it comes to this situation too. Does he have a 5ghz cordless phone? Is he running wide channels on all of his computers? How many walls does it take to get to the router? ect ect. I have gone through this same stuff since the first wireless N router that supported 5ghz came out, the airport extreme, and trust me, it was full of bugs. Thankfully the firmware matured and so did the router's personality.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569110, 'post_break')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569267\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=380397\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=380397\">Necoras</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569267\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:26:10-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:26 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569267);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569267');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Ok, I know it's off topic, but I have a G1 and I want to know how he changed the look of his notification bar.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569267, 'Necoras')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12569750\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=75287\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=75287\">mistical</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12569750\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:39:38-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:39 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569750);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569750');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Christoff should of went with DD-WRT firmware on his WRT310N rather than dealing with Linksys and their joke of a firmware.</p><p>I definitely know it is unacceptable for Linksys to have any sort of problems yet not release many firmware updates to any of their products.</p><p>Yet to even have to resort to custom firmware such as DD-WRT to get the best out of the product you paid for.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569750, 'mistical')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    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href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12569963);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12569963');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Hey Christoff, if you have the original box, you can try the \"alternative\" RMA method.  Go find a store that sells that model, buy it, then return the dead one in it's box and tell them the gods honest truth of \"it doesn't work\".  I did that w/a LinkSys USB adapter that didn't enjoy it's job of transmitting data.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12569963, 'LabCoatWanting_GitEmSteveDave')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570105\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=38084\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=38084\">mavrc</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570105\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:48:52-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:48 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570105);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570105');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>There really is no escaping the horrible support that smaller networking vendors provide. I bought a Netgear switch that doesn't work right, and have been getting the runaround ever since. And their rebate process is impossible - yeah, I know, rebates are a sucker's bet, and I was an idiot.</p><p>The reason it happened to me was that I was trying to buy a lower quality device and save a few bucks. The current crop of 802.11n consumer devices seems to just be utter crap, if reviews at Newegg and similar vendors are any indication, so it would seem that they are best avoided entirely. Meanwhile, my WRT54GL with Tomato firmware still cruises along perfectly - it's slower, but it works all the time.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570105, 'mavrc')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570222\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=477357\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=477357\">Canino</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570222\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:52:29-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:52 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570222);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570222');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I won't say I've never had a Linksys fail, but I've used them for years and I've found them to be as good as or better than other brands. The one that did fail on me was over 3 years old and I couldn't rule out an electrical surge causing the damage because the UPS it was on fried as well.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570222, 'Canino')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570268\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Mike Jenkinson    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570268\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T16:53:35-05:00\">May  4, 2009  4:53 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570268);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570268');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I recently bought a Linksys Wireless N router. Within 2 weeks, it crapped out on me - kept losing the wireless network entirely and had to be rebooted. A Google search revealed this to be an ongoing problem, and the \"solution\" was to downgrade my firmware. I just returned it and bought a different brand. The girl at BestBuy was unsurprised when I returned it, because there had been lots of returns of that particular model.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570268, 'Mike Jenkinson')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570588\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=520287\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-520287-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=520287\">Red_Flag</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570588\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:04:09-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570588);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570588');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Running a WRT-54GL with DD-WRT as a client bridge, no problems in the past two years. Added another 54GL to the setup to replace the crappy AT&amp;T 2Wire for the main router.</p><p>No complaints about Linksys here.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570588, 'Red_Flag')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570738\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=109453\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-109453-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=109453\">Heyref</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570738\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:08:55-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:08 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570738);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570738');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>The support may suck, but my experience with Linksys over the years has been great.  The WRT54G router is a rock-solid piece of hardware that also allows customization of the software and firmware.  I've installed several over the years and they are all still working great.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570738, 'Heyref')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12570992\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=348996\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-348996-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=348996\">oldgraygeek</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12570992\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:17:06-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:17 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12570992);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12570992');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I fix home PCs. In the last five years, I've deployed, replaced or configured hundreds of cheap consumer-grade routers. I've seen more <i>brand new</i> dead Linksys routers than any other kind. I often get calls to help set up a new wireless network: the customer follows the directions on the box, and it <b>Just. Doesn't. Work.</b> I grab a Netgear out of the car, and everything is fine.<br />I learned about Linksys early on, when I ran into a closeout at Staples: they had a pile of discontinued 802.11b Linksys routers for ten bucks each. I bought ten routers. Within the next two weeks, I sold five of them. <b>Four of those five were defective,</b> dying within a week of deployment... two of them died before I got back to the office. (I still have the other five, if anybody wants them).</p><p>I generally sell the Netgear WGR614. I've sold at least a hundred of that model, and I only know of two that failed within the first year. I carry two of them in the car, ready to go... sometimes I even bring them into the shop and pre-configure the wireless security and SSID, but the customers prefer to see me unwrap the factory plastic.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12570992, 'oldgraygeek')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571052\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=445095\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=445095\">haoshufu</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571052\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:19:09-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:19 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571052);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571052');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I buy Airlink101. Not the best known but all these wireless things are open standard. So far I have had pretty good luck and never had to call Airlink support (don't even know if they have one). Airlink is so cheap compared to Linksys if it fails, I just throw that away and buy a new one.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571052, 'haoshufu')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571469\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=229731\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=229731\">Andr0</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571469\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:43:41-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:43 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571469);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571469');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Heyref, I stand corrected. I meant to say Router/Switch/WAP combo... I blame elevated levels of blood in my coffeine for the faux pas. Thanks!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571469, 'Andr0')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571635\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=52416\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=52416\">NumberFourtyThree</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571635\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:49:14-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571635);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12571635');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Whenever I set up a device to connect to my wireless router, I notice that one of my neighbors apparently has an unsecured linksys router that anyone could connect to.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571635, 'NumberFourtyThree')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' 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onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573321');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12571635\" rel=\"nofollow\">NumberFourtyThree</a>:</p><p>This says more about your neighbors than it does about Linksys...</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573321, 'Nathanael Dale Ries')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12571854\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=173260\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=173260\">Heyubrando</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12571854\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T17:56:37-05:00\">May  4, 2009  5:56 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12571854);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 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I've installed 20+ Linksys routers in other homes for friends and will probably never buy anything else. Yea, every once in a while you'll find a quirky problem--but show me a router that is exempt from that and I'll consider it. Linksys = A+ in my opinion.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12571854, 'Heyubrando')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572040\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=123123\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=123123\">kylere</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572040\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:02:23-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:02 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572040);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572040');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Funny thing is that my Linksys BEFSR41 is the single best bang for the buck and reliability I have ever encountered with ANY networking equipment.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572040, 'kylere')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572309\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=328687\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-328687-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=328687\">sprocket79</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572309\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:12:21-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:12 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572309);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572309');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I have a Linksys router and had to contact them for some tech support. I used their chat function and it worked out really well. It was one of the best customer service experiences I've ever had. The person wasn't pasting from a script, unless the script included slang and smiley faces. I gave them a really good review.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572309, 'sprocket79')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572538\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=49761\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-49761-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=49761\">Android8675</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572538\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:19:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:19 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572538);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572538');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Apple Routers = Overpriced, but good quality.</p><p>I would go Netgear, their Dual Band N router is great, and can usually be found on sale at Best Buy for under $110.</p><p>Dual N for those of you who don't know, (and this is according to a Net Gear and a DLink rep, so take it for what it's worth) makes it so if you have a G wireless device connected to your router it won't slow down all your other devices that use N.</p><p>Most peeps probably won't care right now, but when you get your new notebook with an N adapter and your kid connects with their NDS \"B\" connection, apparently with a dual band it slows down all connections to B speeds.</p><p>Random BS for the day.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572538, 'Android8675')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12572560\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=49761\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-49761-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=49761\">Android8675</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572560\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:20:48-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:20 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572560);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572560');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c12572538\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android8675</a>: Err \"without a dual band\" it slows everyone down. With it and you're golden, sorry. ;)</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572560, 'Android8675')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12572689\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=96162\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=96162\">Steeb2er</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12572689\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:24:26-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:24 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12572689);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12572689');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>So ... any help on his request for EECB info?</p><p>I've got a WMP300N PCI card with 3-prong antenna.  My rabbits chewed through two of the cables on the antenna and now it doesn't work (surprise!).  I want a new antenna and have tried to buy one through Linksys customer service, but they're no help.  The antenna isn't offered alone, so I'm SOL.</p><p>I don't want to spend $60+ on the PCI card with antenna package ... I'd much rather spend $15-20 for JUST the antenna.  Radio Shack, Tiger Direct and NewEgg left me empty handed.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12572689, 'Steeb2er')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573261\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Nathanael Dale Ries    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573261\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:41:24-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:41 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573261);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573261');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I have never contacted linksys tech support and never needed to.  Their products are rock-solid, especially after flashing the firmware with a third-party like dd-wrt or tomato.</p><p>How much tech support do these companies need to provide?  These routers are complex pieces of equipment, there are whole college classes within the IT field dedicated to the setup of wireless networks.</p><p>I don't expect companies like these to provide much more information than the setup cd or the user manual provides.</p><p>If you have trouble setting up a home network or your not sure how the technology works or what to expect you should call a computer consultant for help on what to buy.  Most will help you find the right product and set it up much faster and more secure than the average user can.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573261, 'Nathanael Dale Ries')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573335\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=114395\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-114395-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=114395\">Matt</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573335\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:43:26-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:43 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573335);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573335');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>That looks like a neat theme on the OPs G1. Any info about it?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573335, 'Matt')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12573385\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anthony Warburton    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12573385\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T18:44:57-05:00\">May  4, 2009  6:44 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12573385);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12573385');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>linksys = good router. buy a WRT one next time instead of cheaping out. Cheap router = cheap</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12573385, 'Anthony Warburton')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574014\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=278189\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-278189-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=278189\">stlbud</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12574014\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:04:04-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12574014);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12574014');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Last I heard was that Linksys was owned by CISCO. Try your EECB there.</p><p>Bill B</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574014, 'stlbud')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574107\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Joseph F. Becker    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12574107\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:06:25-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:06 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12574107);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12574107');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>My Linksys router has been working since 2004, so maybe you all just had some bad luck with yours.  The wireless card acted up a little, though (although I think it may have been the computer, because it worked fine on someone elses laptop).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574107, 'Joseph F. Becker')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574153\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">guroth    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12574153\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:07:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:07 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12574153);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12574153');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Since the submitter says he is experienced in the IT field then I assume he should know the following information, but just in case...</p><p>802.11N is not a ratified standard yet (STILL) and all N products are either \"Pre-N\" or \"Draft-N\" and most vendors versions of N products are incompatible with each other, so if you are using a Linksys N router with a Netgear N wireless card, chances are it won't work the way you want it to. There are even huge incompatibilities between N products within a single vendors own product lineup.</p><p>Secondly, N still uses the 2.4ghz spectrum of which there are 11 5mhz channels for the 802.11 standard. Using a 40mhz band means you are using up 8 of the 11 standard channels, so it is way more susceptible to interference from anything ranging from a cordless phone to an 802.11 router to a microwave oven. It also means that you're being a huge douche bag if you have any nearby neighbors using the 2.4ghz spectrum since your N router is causing interference for them as well.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574153, 'guroth')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574592\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=7284\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-7284-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=7284\">Bryan Price</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12574592\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:21:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:21 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12574592);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12574592');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p> I owned a D-Link that ran great for two years before it got hit with lightning and blew it out (along with the cable modem, and the real modem next to it, and I'm surprised that the computer managed to survive).  Of course, we were poor^H^H^H^H laid off at the time, so I bought what I could afford, which turned out to be a Linksys.  After finding that, while being a new model than the D-Link, wouldn't do things that the D-Link did (like assign IPs based on MAC, I ended up assigning all the wired connections static IPs), and ran into a problem that required email support.  After getting canned responses (several pages of crap, of which only one sentence was actually even related to the problem) from multiple ways of phrasing the situation (and doing full replies to show that I had received their canned responses before), I gave up.  The router stopped working eventually, a good thing, as I was getting tired of having to reset the thing daily, and I replaced it. With a Netgear (it was given to me!), and that's actually turned out well, despite previous issues I've had with their Ethernet cards (they wouldn't talk to each other, and they barely talked to my 3Com 3C509B card).</p><p>Rereading this, I am such a network geek!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574592, 'Bryan Price')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12574786\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=71417\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-71417-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" 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class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12574786, 'allstarecho')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12575218\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">jarhead906    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12575218\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T19:43:47-05:00\">May  4, 2009  7:43 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12575218);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12575218');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Yeah I bought a Linksys wireless router and (wait for it....) it is a complete piece of trash.</p><p>Once in my dorm though, I decided to buy a Belkin wireless router and it was up and running in less than 10 minutes and doesn't reset whenever something gets unplugged from it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12575218, 'jarhead906')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12576273\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12576273\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T20:17:59-05:00\">May  4, 2009  8:17 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12576273);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12576273');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Sounds like my experience with Linksys customer support three years ago when I tried to update the firmware unsuccessfully. I'm a classical music fan but can't listen to a certain Mozart piece due to having to hear it ad nauseum for an hour on hold with Linksys (a subsidiary of Cisco Systems--and what does that say about this company too, whose products I  would also avoid?!) Heaven help those who have problems with their Linksys equipment. I then bought a Netgear router which was much easier to setup and use and will avoid Linksys in the future just because of their customer service.  -Grant S.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12576273, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12576349\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=42626\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=42626\">digitalgimpus</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12576349\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T20:20:43-05:00\">May  4, 2009  8:20 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12576349);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12576349');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Linksys hardware isn't bad.</p><p>The problem is their software is awful... and they aren't making any progress improving it.</p><p>Their hardware is pretty generic commodity stuff.  Often too powerful for the application but used since it's cheaper than getting to custom with the design.</p><p>Remember, Linksys is owned by cisco.  Making software good enough to take full advantage of the hardware would cannibalize Cisco's sales to small businesses who could setup cheap Linksys access points rather than Cisco AP's that cost much more.</p><p>Use a custom firmware and you'll realize, they aren't that bad.</p><p>That said, Netgear is much more solid in the home/small business arena.  Hardware is pretty much same specs, but the firmware is far more stable.  I've run a Netgear months (if not a year+) without a restart.  Netopia/Motorola is great too (though they haven't updated their product line in ages).</p><p>IMHO if your restarting your router more than 1x every quarter... your doing it wrong.  Bottom line.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12576349, 'digitalgimpus')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12576704\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=345033\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-345033-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=345033\">AirIntake</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12576704\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T20:30:54-05:00\">May  4, 2009  8:30 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12576704);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12576704');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I don't think there's anything wrong with his router. It's just a configuration compatibility issue between the router and his WiFi card. I had a hell of a time getting speedboost to work between my WRT160N and my WMP54G. I think I got it working, but I'm still not sure. Right now I run DD-WRT on my WRT160N and it's great. I used to run HyperWRT Thibor on my older WRT54G and that ran for years rock solid. I've never called tech support though, as I never call any company about any software (or config) related issues.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12576704, 'AirIntake')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12577215\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=95687\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-95687-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=95687\">MrEvil</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12577215\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T20:46:08-05:00\">May  4, 2009  8:46 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12577215);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12577215');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I've had people give me allegedly broken WRT54G routers.  This was before the switch to VXworks and different hardware.  I'd take the routers home, plug them in and flash with some third party Open Source firmware and BAM no problems at all.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12577215, 'MrEvil')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12578264\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=257467\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-257467-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=257467\">coren</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12578264\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T21:19:53-05:00\">May  4, 2009  9:19 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12578264);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12578264');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Not that it makes his experience more tolerable, but it looks like he was \"only\" on for over 3 hours - unless he somehow made two pairs of calls for identical times (the 1267 number before the first two linsksys calls)</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12578264, 'coren')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12578560\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=908515\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=908515\">yami990</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12578560\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T21:29:03-05:00\">May  4, 2009  9:29 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12578560);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12578560');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>linksys seems to be crap for their wireless routers but quite good for their modems and wired routers. for my family we've burned through one of their modems after 5 years of heavy usage with broadband. the router died after 7 years. so it seems that their wired routers are good. altough we have a router of theirs that supposedly is wireless but it won't work for crap with the wireless connection but using the cables in it it's a dream. linksys is all we buy in my household since it seems to work the best and hasn't given us problems until the circuitry fries. and that's considering that the room the modem/router is in tend to have the temperature extremes in the house of staying around 80-95F in the summer and 40-60F in the winter.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12578560, 'yami990')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12579021\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=488475\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-488475-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=488475\">HogwartsAlum</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579021\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T21:44:19-05:00\">May  4, 2009  9:44 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579021);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579021');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Hmmm.</p><p>I have a Linksys router and lately have been experiencing Internet outages when it says I am connected to my laptop.   The browser (both IE and Firefox, which is my primary one) will just say \"waiting for yahoo.com\" or whatever and all I get is a white page.  It appears usually at night, around 8 or 9:30 at night (when I'm working! Gaah!) and sometimes will come right back.  It hardly ever does it if I'm on during the day.</p><p>I'm afraid to call them now.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579021, 'HogwartsAlum')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12579655\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=787976\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=787976\">mbnovik</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12579655\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:05:35-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12579655);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12579655');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Guys, it's pretty simple.  A lot of people buy an item and then return it.  Do you think that a place like Best Buy wouldn't re seal it and re sell it right the way?  But of course they will.  Re flashing the router usually helps.  And if that does not work - return it.  Let another sucker waste his time on this…</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12579655, 'mbnovik')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12580150\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=427538\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=427538\">res1i3js</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12580150\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:25:26-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12580150);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12580150');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>omg guys....</p><p>If it defaults to 1mb, try putting the computer within 5 feet of the router and in line of sight. If that doesn't fix it, then make sure you're using WPA2-AES, it is very well known that wireless-N requires WPA2-AES enabled to operate.</p><p>If it works, then stop bugging them, you won't find a fix anywhere, it's just how it works.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12580150, 'res1i3js')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12580241\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12580241\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:28:31-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:28 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12580241);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12580241');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>After reading a lot of the comments in this section and this site overall, it is come to my attention that people sometimes dont think before they talk.<p>1. I dont care if you're IT/Network Admin etc for 20-50+ years. The fact is that you're having a problem you cannot fix, so you're calling for help, if you have that many years of experience, you should make your own product and stop complaining about companies who makes them.</p><p>2. If you take the time to maybe be nice and talk to \"anyone\" on the other end of the line, maybe they'll actually help you.</p><p>3. Any product will either break/fail one day, just depends on what/when. That's why there's customer/tech support. If everything works perfectly, all those \"people\" would not have a job, there wouldnt be customer/tech support department for you to call.</p><p>4. I hate it when people say, \"I get someone from India, that I cannot understand them\". Ever think that they cant understand you? They're just doing their job. On a different note about people complaining about \"outsourcing\" that companies hire, did you ever think that theres a reason why they went overseas? people in the US has no idea how good they got it til its gone. They rather pay someone min wage in India, who would work twice as hard vs a college kid who might just pee in your coffee. Maybe as a company they need to save money/downsize budgets so the company could go on another day.</p><p>5. I do/did work for customer service/tech support for many years myself, but at the same time I'm also a consumer for alot of products. When something does not work, I deal with it, whether it be 5 min or 5 hours of my time. If its broken and the company is willing to exchange it, GREAT! If I have to get a service call between 8-5pm, GREAT! If I need one right away and cant wait for an RMA, go to the store and buy another one, thats fine too. They're there to help for the most part, I've experienced bad customer/tech support myself, but I've been on that end of the phone, when you get 100's of customers calling everyday to complain, its kinda hard to keep a smile on your face, you can only try to move on to the next call, hoping its not another asshole/bitch that comes thru. Sure they're getting paid for answering calls and helping, but they're not there as a punching bag for your problems. I work for a cable company before and I hate when people see the the service is down and complains, \"what am i gonna do now?\" I suggested reading a book may help pass some time until we fix the problem, and if you want credit for the day, no problem! $0.39 has been credit back.</p><p>This site is been great to see the good/bad of the company.. but how come no one has stepped up to create a site that is anti-consumerist. Maybe we should read/see/write the everyday dumb/stupid/funny/idiotic thing that a customer does when he deals with a company, then you'll understand what it feels like to try and \"HELP\" people. These company are there to provide services/products  for you when you needed, but somehow something goes wrong, you feel like the whole world is coming down on you. but when it works great, who calls/writes to the company, \"Hey, great job!\".</p><p>If you don't like a product, don't buy it, move to another brand, if there's is no other brand, dont complain about it, be thankful that these companies out there spent MILLIONS to create something that could better your lifestyle. Don't say its a monopoly, if no one else provides it, it cant be a monopoly. Ever think why you have a choice between cable/telephone for ISP service but almost never have a choice in electric/gas/water company? thats monopoly, but you dont complain to them, cuz they can just shut you off, you NEED water, NEED gas, NEED electric, tv/internet/phone is a luxury, not necessity. Ever think why you pay water/electric/gas bills first and not tv/internet/phone?</p><p>This is more than my $0.02. I know I'm gonna get responses for this, but just want to give both sides of the story.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12580241, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12580501\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Pipes    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12580501\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T22:40:01-05:00\">May  4, 2009 10:40 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12580501);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12580501');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>This is sort of embarrassing because not only do I work for Cisco (the company that owns Linksys) but my job description is basically to make sure that our tech support is doing their job and that customers are happy with it.</p><p>Linksys, however, is still not \"really\" Cisco.  We make great products but our consumer division seems to be lacking.  It's definitely not where we make our money.  Nevertheless - I see I'm not the only one that's had nothing but great experiences with Linksys, even before I was a Cisco drone.  I have tried Netgear and D-Link and they were both TERRIBLE!  Belkin is decent for consumer gear, though...but I never had a problem with the Linksys.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12580501, 'Pipes')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12581277\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=468818\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=468818\">Illuminado</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12581277\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T23:18:24-05:00\">May  4, 2009 11:18 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12581277);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12581277');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Jumping on the Linksys is bad?  Bandwagon.  Having not 1... not 2... but 3 Linksys routers all connected via Client Bridge.  It's one of the best home networking products I own.  Granted tech support of any brand sucks.  But some will kick your ass.  I'd suggest googling for a solution before *gasp* call tech support.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12581277, 'Illuminado')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12581999\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12581999\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-04T23:46:00-05:00\">May  4, 2009 11:46 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12581999);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12581999');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Many of the shortcomings of a Linksys router can be removed by using third-party alternative firmware such as DD-WRT or Tomato.  Each requires a modicum of technical skill to install, but the benefits are great: increased stability, expanded features, and greater control over how the router functions.  I've got an old Linksys WRT54GS router running the Tomato firmware, and I don't have to reboot it more than a few times a year.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12581999, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12586570\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=204501\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-204501-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=204501\">Devar</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12586570\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T03:11:21-05:00\">May  5, 2009  3:11 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12586570);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12586570');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I bought a Linksys WAG54GP2 a few years ago on the advice of a friend. After working great for about 6 months it suddenly started being unreliable, crashing, etc. I returned it under warranty RMA. The replacement was a new version of the router, after working fine for a few months it too started exhibiting the same problems.</p><p>Never bought or will buy a linksys router again.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12586570, 'Devar')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12586832\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">linoth    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12586832\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T03:23:53-05:00\">May  5, 2009  3:23 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12586832);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12586832');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I've had a WRT54GL running solid for 3 years now.  Thanks to a power outage, my current uptime is 228 days.  However, the D-Link 524 I had prior to my Linksys was a cheap piece of junk.</p><br /><p>With routers, I've found the market is much like automakers.  You have people that worship one brand and revile others.  Personally, I've had no trouble with Linksys hardware.  Ever.  YMMV.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12586832, 'linoth')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12594653\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=463010\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=463010\">grimdeath9740</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12594653\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T15:26:12-05:00\">May  5, 2009  3:26 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12594653);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12594653');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>weird, maybe im just lucky but ive been using a basic linksys wireless router for at least 4 years no issue.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12594653, 'grimdeath9740')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12595799\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12595799\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T16:04:20-05:00\">May  5, 2009  4:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12595799);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12595799');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I've owned Linksys routers for years and the only time I had a problem was the first time I tried to set up the wireless connection. I called Tech Support and yes, the guy was from India but he was very friendly, knowledgeable and most importantly, I could understand him!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12595799, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12598239\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=396018\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=396018\">Yurei</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12598239\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T17:23:56-05:00\">May  5, 2009  5:23 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12598239);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12598239');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>But.... what's wrong with linkysis routers? I've used them for years and they've always been the best. I had several die within a 6 month period at my work from various different brands because the owner was too cheap to buy a half decent router. I don't like the stuff netgear and whatnot puts out.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12598239, 'Yurei')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-12605081\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12605081\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-05T20:38:11-05:00\">May  5, 2009  8:38 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12605081);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12605081');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I used to do Linksys tech support!  It was outsourced to a horrible company called CallTech in Columbus, Ohio.  This was in oh, 2002 or so.  I was hired as tech support for some calling card company, and then was told we also do tech support for the Linksys router but that we \"hardly ever got any calls\" for Linksys so not to really worry about it.  We got absolutely NO TRAINING.  At the time, I didn't even know what a router was.  They just told us to go to the Linksys general website and try and use that to help the customer.  I dreaded when people would call in with Linksys questions because I couldn't help them!  The supervisors would always beg off when you asked them for help.  I started telling people the truth, and suggesting that maybe they return their Linksys and get a different brand of router, one that had actual tech support.  Then I quit!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12605081, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-12639026\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=427538\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=427538\">res1i3js</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/05/linksys-linksucks.html#comment-12639026\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-05-06T23:06:52-05:00\">May  6, 2009 11:06 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(12639026);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=12639026');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Irony:</p><br /><p>I took a call from a customer who has the same router.. Same issue. 1 mbps. His router was 30 feet away and the only thing between them was a 5 Ghrz phone and a wall. It was consistently 1 mbps!</p><br /><p>Luckily we resolved the issue with a simple firmware upgrade and changing the wide channel from 5 (default) to 9.</p><br /><p>Hope that helps who ever else has this issue, it did for my customer it seems. (I hope)</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(12639026, 'res1i3js')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>");