Re: WRT54G and 10Mb connection



William P.N. Smith wrote:
"Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
well, the power could go out during a flash

Yeah, so go buy a $50 UPS to protect your $5 value router.

The power could still go out. One of my clients had a $$$ UPS go bad. He lost
the entire system, disks and all. UPSs can fail just like the 'mains' company.
.



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