I may have called it's death prematurely.

Today at lunch time I went to Canada computers and bought a brand new Linksys router, the EA4500.  I got home, re-checked the old router, still flashing like a Christmas tree. So unshrinkwrapped the new router. Put the CD into the player, and before putting hte new router up I started to untangle all the wires to unplug the power cord from the power bar.  I looked at the power supply that took forever to discharge and pondered if maybe NOW the router would work. And it did.  I've got it re-configured and back online with it.

 For removing the shrinkwrap there is at least a 5% restocking fee, and it's a nice router.  So I decided I was going to configure it this week-end. At least for tonight it's working. So I will have a backup router in case something goes wrong.

RIP WRT610N dual band router

So last night around 9:30, with no warning, my LinkSys WRT610N router just died.  Of course it died after the stores were closed.

So we spent last night pining for the internet.   Sure we have internet on our Androids, but typing on a bloody android is a PITA.

So today at lunch, I'm going to buy a router.  All I know is that it's going to be dual band. Beyond that... I have no clue.