From: John Navas on
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:49 -0700, in
<cdcm36prbjo2ct9c73roq3p15suqi1f6a5(a)4ax.com>, John Navas
<spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:24:19 -0500, in
><i1f8ip$4oc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "ps56k"
><pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote:
>
>>Our son is heading off to UW-Madison
>>and making a list of things to bring.
>>Their internal network web page has suggestions for WAP
>>and they list DI-614 and WRT54G....
>>We have all Linksys stuff at home and it's been ok.
>>Any thoughts for a dorm room ?
>
>Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT build 12533.

Just deployed DD-WRT build 13525 (12-28-09) for a client,
and it's looking very good, significantly better than 12533.

The problem with most low-end wireless routers is that
they are unstable and unreliable under the kind of heavy load
that kids tend to put on them. DD-WRT fixes that problem.

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