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High-pitched Noise From Wireless Router...
Hallucinogen
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So, I have a Linksys WRT54GL and after 3-5 minutes of being turned on the toroid coil begins to vibrate at a pretty high frequency, about 16/17khz. It's really annoying. I'm not sure it's a defect as it has been reported by many people on the Linksys support forums on this and other models from them.
Apparently if I wait until I'm 50 I'll have lost my upper frequency sensitivity enough to not notice it. I don't think I'll wait that long. I might try an exchange but I bet I'll get the same issue with the new one.
So far I've tried putting it in an enclosed space, but I could still hear it/feel it in my ears. Next I tried dropping the power in Tomato but it only reduced the physical sensation/irritation slightly, and the sound actually becomes more audible because the frequency drops.
Has anyone had this issue and found a solution?
Apparently if I wait until I'm 50 I'll have lost my upper frequency sensitivity enough to not notice it. I don't think I'll wait that long. I might try an exchange but I bet I'll get the same issue with the new one.
So far I've tried putting it in an enclosed space, but I could still hear it/feel it in my ears. Next I tried dropping the power in Tomato but it only reduced the physical sensation/irritation slightly, and the sound actually becomes more audible because the frequency drops.
Has anyone had this issue and found a solution?
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Why doesn't anyone make good consumer level routers that last? It seems rather hit and miss, even if you buy the expensive stuff. I've tried DLink, Linksys, Apple, and now Asus. So far the longest lasting router I ever had was an ethernet-only router from DLink which lasted almost 3 years. Everything since then(which coincidentally have all been wireless) have had something wrong with them out of the box or in less than a year.
It's so f-ing annoying I'm thinking I'll just make a goddamn router from an old PC with Smoothwall or something. The problem is that I'd want it to be small, at least nano or pico ITX, which wouldn't be cheap, especially if I wanted wireless capabilities.
Maybe I'll just go mini ITX instead and make a server out of it as well.
Cheaper to make it with cheap parts, and as a side effect let it get replaced on a somewhat regular basis for more profit. Big businesses won't put up with this shit, thus their equipment is usually more expensive and not consumer-friendly, but long-lasting.
If you have the money, this is definitely the way to go. Or you could spend less time and find a Netscreen 5GT on ebay for less than $300. Then you just need a wireless access point and a switch if you have more than 3 computers. Not as cool as building your own, though.
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I've had that router for about three years and I
What's funny is Buffalo uses the same parts as Linksys. They are pretty much just an OEM rebrand.
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The stock firmware doesn't completely suck like that on Linksys routers (I run Tomato anyway), and that router has an onboard amplifier. "Same parts" is also something of a misstatement since I doubt the routers are likely to be using identical capacitors, resistors, diodes, etc or even the same board layout. Those are important in circuit design, you know.
Now if you were to say "some of their routers use the same CPU/wireless platform", that can be accurate since SoHo router manufacturers pick their chipsets from companies like Broadcom and Atheros. Linksys is also known for gimping their routers and otherwise fucking things up, see the WRT54G revisions after the 4th.
That said, the WRT54GL and the WHR-HP-G54 both use the BCM5352 platform, and the WL-520GU that Hallucinogen bought uses the same BCM5354 platform as the new WRT54Gs (the router we love to avoid).
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Oh goodie.
I think I'm going to return it then and either order the Buffalo or build my own. I think building my own is the best option at this point.
I'd just wait and see if it gives you a problem. If it does, then you can return it.