Qwest seems to have got it right this time

[carbonel]

The new router arrived (with built-in wireless capability, which means my previous wireless router has now become surplus), and after a quick call to Visi.com to configure it, I'm up and running at full speed again.

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[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I'd probably keep the old wireless router, were I you. The router we got from Qwest also has a built-in wireless capability, which turns out is frustratingly less capable than the old wireless router we got rid of when we got the router with built-in wireless...

[carbonel]

Thanks for the info. I'd been wondering about that. The old one is positively ancient, but it did work acceptably well.

(So does that mean I should keep you in mind as a possible recipient if the built-in one behaves itself?)

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say no if it was offered to me.

My experience is that signal strength on the first and third floors is spotty - sometimes it's good, sometimes it just goes away. Since multiple laptops have experienced this, I assume it's an issue with the wireless router rather than mizzlaurajean's laptop.

Additionally, mizzlaurajean is unhappy with the router because it requires rebooting much more frequently than the old wireless router did.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

What's the model of the new one? We got a Q1000.

It has some quirks and occasionally needs to be rebooted, but the built in wireless is far more powerful and consistent than any of the wireless devices I'd tried previously.

[carbonel]

Quest Actiontec PK5000.

This is my fourth wireless device. The first two were quirky and annoying and constantly needed to be rebooted. The third one just worked, which made me happy.

I haven't tried much with the new one, but my iPad sees it and loaded a test page satisfactorily.