bamafamily Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hey All,, Trying to deal with my cable company and their underachieving speeds...I am in the process of trying some new hardware to see if that helps/hinders the problem. I currently have a Motrola SB4100 hooked up to a Linksys WRT54G modem. I was thinking of replacing the SB4100 with either his bigger brother (SB5100) or a Linksys BEFCMU10. Circuit City is running a special that when price matched with Walmart brings the SB5100 down to $34.99 after rebate... Just wondering what your opinions were?? or if there was a better one than that out ther?? thx bama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 either would be fine.. i would go with the 5100 because your ISP is using Motorola to begin with.. so if it works for you they might cover the cost.. Not likely but it is worth a try... WRT54G you might want to see if there is a newer version of the firmware available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamafamily Posted February 8, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 currently running Hyperwrt on my Linksys..(2.0b4) Have not installed the latest 2.0 version that was just released yesterday.... http://www.hyperdrive.be/hyperwrt/index.php?page=home-page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 I have had both. I am currently using the Motorola... but the Linksys was my all time favorite. mine was a "BEFCMU10 ver. 2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 If you're using Comcast: Modem Modem Max Download Brand Model (Mbps) ----------------------------------------- Motorola SB3100 4.9 Motorola SB4100 4.9 Terayon ECM615 3.8 Terayon ECM715 4.4 Thompson (RCA) DCW615 5.4 /quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hctim Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 i had the rca it restart alot but it was way way faster dunno why like downloading something off windows.com i was gettting 400KBs all the time got the 5100 and then my downloads were like 150KBs to 300KBS people said bugs on the upload but i think there was a bug with download also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted February 12, 2005 CID Share Posted February 12, 2005 I using: -Cable Modem BEFCMU10 Ver2 -Wireless-G Broadband Router with Speedbooster (WRT54GS) I Never EVA EVA EVA had trouble with Linksys products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted February 14, 2005 CID Share Posted February 14, 2005 I using: -Cable Modem BEFCMU10 Ver2 -Wireless-G Broadband Router with Speedbooster (WRT54GS) I Never EVA EVA EVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted February 14, 2005 CID Share Posted February 14, 2005 SB5100 has never failed me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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