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05dyna
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:47    Post subject: Linksys Forum/Community decommissioned Reply with quote
for those that may have used it

https://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=318589
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:40    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, went downhill fast. Cannot allow customers to express opinions about routers with no firmware support.

Let's face it, zero expression. http://web.archive.org/web/20210710152115/https://community.linksys.com/s/

"We are adding some more cool stuff to make the community experience better for you."

"We are truly sorry to delay the excitement but please bear with us." That escalated quickly.

http://chadster766.com/forums/index.php
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:25    Post subject: Reply with quote
So to clarify, Linksys stopped supporting their WRT wireless AC series of routers such as the infamous WRT1900ac series, WRT32x series, and WRT32xGaming, WRTetc and a bunch of people got angry and started leaving some angry messages on the forums.

Or linksys just suddenly decide to close up the forums site without.

I remember reading it in the past. A bit surprising to me to see this.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
Linksys also shutdownd their support hotline a few months ago. And some users complained about receiving Spam on their "linksys only" mail adresses.
Maybe this is related?

Lets face it.
Cisco Linksys is gone.
Belkin Linksys was bought by Foxconn.
Quality on their end went down the drain after Belkin aquired them.

You want to contact them? Facebook, Twitter and a contact formular / link to recycle bin.

"Customers please do not get in contact with us, as you already payed your product and we cease to do anything after this".
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:44    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah it's true, like the "decommissioned" part when I tried to go back to it. Support by social media...
Knew it was coming, I'm not sure if he is still a contractor with them anymore, but Chadster766 (who was the primary answerer to questions, especially with hard ones and also has his own builds for the WRT series) set up a site to help support the people they left behind.
http://chadster766.com/forums/

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