Anything to gain by moving from WRT54G to 54GS?

I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
now have access to a WRT54GS version
4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?

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Yeechang Lee wrote:
> I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
> time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
> now have access to a WRT54GS version
> 4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
> WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
> my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
> SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
> SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
> advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?

That is totally correct, you would gain absolutely nothing by changing....

However, you wouldn't be much of a consumer if you didn't buy something that
will do absolutely nothing for you (cept cause trouble), and support the
economy by spending money wastefully.. If you don't waste money on the
newest things that are being advertised, you run the risk of being called
"frugal"...

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>However, you wouldn't be much of a consumer if you didn't buy something that
>will do absolutely nothing for you (cept cause trouble), and support the
>economy by spending money wastefully.

Yeah, let's all jump on the MIMO/Pre-N/Draft-N/Real-N bandwagon! 8*)

Oh, wait, buy the GS first. 8*)

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:34:09 -0400, "Peter Pan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Yeechang Lee wrote:
: > I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
: > time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
: > now have access to a WRT54GS version
: > 4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
: > WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
: > my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
: > SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
: > SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
: > advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?
:
: That is totally correct, you would gain absolutely nothing by changing....
:
: However, you wouldn't be much of a consumer if you didn't buy something that
: will do absolutely nothing for you (cept cause trouble), and support the
: economy by spending money wastefully.. If you don't waste money on the
: newest things that are being advertised, you run the risk of being called
: "frugal"...

or even "miserly".

Robert Coe wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:34:09 -0400, "Peter Pan"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : Yeechang Lee wrote:
> : > I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
> : > time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
> : > now have access to a WRT54GS version
> : > 4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
> : > WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
> : > my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
> : > SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
> : > SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
> : > advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?
> :
> : That is totally correct, you would gain absolutely nothing by changing....
> :
> : However, you wouldn't be much of a consumer if you didn't buy something that
> : will do absolutely nothing for you (cept cause trouble), and support the
> : economy by spending money wastefully.. If you don't waste money on the
> : newest things that are being advertised, you run the risk of being called
> : "frugal"...
>
> or even "miserly".

Luddites

Mike

On 22 Jul 2006 03:30:19 GMT, Yeechang Lee <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
>time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
>now have access to a WRT54GS version
>4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
>WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
>my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
>SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
>SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
>advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?
On 22 Jul 2006 03:30:19 GMT, Yeechang Lee <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I've used a WRT54G for about two years, and for almost all of that
>time I've run third-party firmware (currently DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final). I
>now have access to a WRT54GS version
>4.0. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G> tells me that my
>WRT54GS doesn't have any more RAM or flash and isn't any faster than
>my WRT54G, and that the only additional hardware feature is the 54GS's
>SpeedBoost, which I can't use anyway because I don't have any Linksys
>SpeedBoost-compliant wireless cards. Thus, there's no particular
>advantage in swapping out the 54G for the 54GS. Is this correct?

I experienced 5 months of frustration trying to get my wireless system
working using Linksys router and adapter (same model as above). I
was finally told the problem was a conflict between the MS and the
Linksys Adapter Utility. One phone tech then told me that the 54GS
version resolves the conflict, which annoyed me because they had
apparently known of the conflict and were already working on a
solution while I was going through all this.

However, I did not go that route. I switched to the MS (WZC).

Having not used my laptop for a couple months, I have today discovered
that my laptop and desktop are no longer networked. I could scream! I
recently upgraded my NIS -- could that be the problem? Could the
switch to WZC have caused the problem?

I started to use the Network Wizard but stopped right away, because I
don't even know if I'm supposed to check the box for the 1394
connection (mine is connected) or the Local Area connection (mine says
it's unplugged).

I have the MS firewall turned off. Can anyone point me to the
starting place to get my two computers networked?

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:30:56 -0400, MOB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>I experienced 5 months of frustration trying to get my wireless system
>working using Linksys router and adapter (same model as above). I
>was finally told the problem was a conflict between the MS and the
>Linksys Adapter Utility. One phone tech then told me that the 54GS
>version resolves the conflict, which annoyed me because they had
>apparently known of the conflict and were already working on a
>solution while I was going through all this.
>
>However, I did not go that route. I switched to the MS (WZC).
>
>Having not used my laptop for a couple months, I have today discovered
>that my laptop and desktop are no longer networked. I could scream! I
>recently upgraded my NIS -- could that be the problem? Could the
>switch to WZC have caused the problem?
>
>I started to use the Network Wizard but stopped right away, because I
>don't even know if I'm supposed to check the box for the 1394
>connection (mine is connected) or the Local Area connection (mine says
>it's unplugged).
>
>I have the MS firewall turned off. Can anyone point me to the
>starting place to get my two computers networked?

What is the exact symptom of your problem? Try turning off all security
as a troubleshooting starting point.

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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:55:54 GMT, John Navas
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:30:56 -0400, MOB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
><(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>>I experienced 5 months of frustration trying to get my wireless system
>>working using Linksys router and adapter (same model as above). I
>>was finally told the problem was a conflict between the MS and the
>>Linksys Adapter Utility. One phone tech then told me that the 54GS
>>version resolves the conflict, which annoyed me because they had
>>apparently known of the conflict and were already working on a
>>solution while I was going through all this.
>>
>>However, I did not go that route. I switched to the MS (WZC).
>>
>>Having not used my laptop for a couple months, I have today discovered
>>that my laptop and desktop are no longer networked. I could scream! I
>>recently upgraded my NIS -- could that be the problem? Could the
>>switch to WZC have caused the problem?
>>
>>I started to use the Network Wizard but stopped right away, because I
>>don't even know if I'm supposed to check the box for the 1394
>>connection (mine is connected) or the Local Area connection (mine says
>>it's unplugged).
>>
>>I have the MS firewall turned off. Can anyone point me to the
>>starting place to get my two computers networked?
>
>What is the exact symptom of your problem? Try turning off all security
>as a troubleshooting starting point.


I turned off NIS and NAV, checked My Network Places and my desktop and
laptop are no longer networked, as they were up till a few months ago.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:04:26 -0400, MOB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:55:54 GMT, John Navas
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:30:56 -0400, MOB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>><(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>
>>>I experienced 5 months of frustration trying to get my wireless system
>>>working using Linksys router and adapter (same model as above). I
>>>was finally told the problem was a conflict between the MS and the
>>>Linksys Adapter Utility. One phone tech then told me that the 54GS
>>>version resolves the conflict, which annoyed me because they had
>>>apparently known of the conflict and were already working on a
>>>solution while I was going through all this.
>>>
>>>However, I did not go that route. I switched to the MS (WZC).
>>>
>>>Having not used my laptop for a couple months, I have today discovered
>>>that my laptop and desktop are no longer networked. I could scream! I
>>>recently upgraded my NIS -- could that be the problem? Could the
>>>switch to WZC have caused the problem?
>>>
>>>I started to use the Network Wizard but stopped right away, because I
>>>don't even know if I'm supposed to check the box for the 1394
>>>connection (mine is connected) or the Local Area connection (mine says
>>>it's unplugged).
>>>
>>>I have the MS firewall turned off. Can anyone point me to the
>>>starting place to get my two computers networked?
>>
>>What is the exact symptom of your problem? Try turning off all security
>>as a troubleshooting starting point.
>
>
>I turned off NIS and NAV, checked My Network Places and my desktop and
>laptop are no longer networked, as they were up till a few months ago.

Both of my computers are XP PRO.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:04:26 -0400, MOB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:55:54 GMT, John Navas
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>What is the exact symptom of your problem? Try turning off all security
>>as a troubleshooting starting point.
>
>I turned off NIS and NAV, checked My Network Places and my desktop and

In the wireless router as well.

>laptop are no longer networked, as they were up till a few months ago.

I need the "exact symptom" of the problem. "Doctor, it hurts," isn't
enough to go on.

What does "no longer networked" mean? Are the computers visible to each
other? SharedDocs folders? Can they ping each other? Is it just other
shares that aren't visible? etc.

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