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aaron17 wrote:What kind?
maj. tom wrote:you often get a DHCP addressing problem from the router likely because the ISP modem connection boots up first and gives the router the same LAN IP address (192.168.0.1) as the default for the router causing a conflict. This is why most public wifi never works and cannot assign a device ip address because they never reboot the blasted router when power fails.
Yeepp basically the problem there....maj. tom wrote:1st of all, what wrong with the Flow built-in router? You have the white Connect-Box right? I use it and it works fine, never had a dropped connection, and have decent coverage. The cable modem reboots faster than the wifi router, and that often means a manual hard reboot on your router. The Flow Connect-box has software that solves this issue. Older routers don't have this and you often get a DHCP addressing problem from the router likely because the ISP modem connection boots up first and gives the router the same LAN IP address (192.168.0.1) as the default for the router causing a conflict. This is why most public wifi never works and cannot assign a device ip address because they never reboot the blasted router when power fails. It can help if you change the ip address range on your router to something like 10.0.0.1, but don't count on it too much.
2nd, update the firmware on your Linksys device. Find the device in Linksys support, do some reading, and if you brick it that's your business.
3rd, get a UPS and use the battery backup plugs for your critical hardware. If the Flow cable down, then call Flow, the UPS can't help you.
When I first aquired flow a few years ago.. they provided me with the wireless box. For me the wifi was dropping constantly.Flow said this box does give trouble and the wired box connected to an external wifi router works better. It did. But recently flow acting up....on their end....and then power cuts ...which means the problem of a long hardbooting instead of a simple automatic boot.maj. tom wrote:1st of all, what wrong with the Flow built-in router? You have the white Connect-Box right? I use it and it works fine, never had a dropped connection, and have decent coverage. The cable modem reboots faster than the wifi router, and that often means a manual hard reboot on your router. The Flow Connect-box has software that solves this issue. Older routers don't have this and you often get a DHCP addressing problem from the router likely because the ISP modem connection boots up first and gives the router the same LAN IP address (192.168.0.1) as the default for the router causing a conflict. This is why most public wifi never works and cannot assign a device ip address because they never reboot the blasted router when power fails. It can help if you change the ip address range on your router to something like 10.0.0.1, but don't count on it too much.
2nd, update the firmware on your Linksys device. Find the device in Linksys support, do some reading, and if you brick it that's your business.
3rd, get a UPS and use the battery backup plugs for your critical hardware. If the Flow cable down, then call Flow, the UPS can't help you.
Ok i will do that.. thxmaj. tom wrote:Neither Tomato nor DD-WRT has support for the Linksys WRT120N. Checking the Linksys support page, that router is old, last firmware released in 2012. The hardware was released 2009. That's 10 years!
So Aaron, call Flow and tell them your internet giving trouble, that the speed only dropping randomly. Tell them that you have the old modem, and want to upgrade to the new white Connect-Box modem. They will send someone and upgrade it for free. Mine was upgraded for free. Tell them what I telling u here eh, don't give them a set of sad story about your router. That should solve your issues. You're using outdated hardware.
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