D-Link, you're fired!

I felt like I was getting flaky behavior from the D-Link router. I wonder if that is true or not. Anyway, I now have a LinkSys.

Some of the flaky behavior included the fact that sometimes when copying files over the LAN, the copy would not complete because the destination was no longer accessible. Hello! The other computer is in the next room! I could walk over and carry the data myself..! One of the other flaky behavior was that about every 3 days, my ReplayTV units would complain about not being able to access the Internet. I did not know for sure whether this was caused by the router or not, but every since using LinkSys, I have not been receiving those messages anymore.

However, one thing about the LinkSys which I don't like is that you cannot set of static IP address based on the MAC address. Grrrrr... Anyway, I have found HyperWRT, so perhaps this third-party firmware provides this capability. I am looking forward to trying it out.

Update: My first attempt did not work. Will need to try again. Another limitation of LinkSys is a fixed number of ports which can be forwarded. Too limited for my needs.