Why always LinkSys or NetGear routers?

[2Whyzzi]

I don't use 3Com, Dlink, or Linksys. I use OpenBSD .

I had to do something with my K6-2 500. Although Pentium 150MHz would cut it for routing hardware, its not that much fun of a AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP/PERL/PYTHON -- not that I can programme, really) platform.

Unless you count the fact that it has a 3Com 905b in it

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
just curious: did linksys improved after being acquired by Cisco?

Well, Linksys is always not bad

Good question. IMO, there won't be much of a change since the leadership of Linksys is still running exactly the same way they always have. Only difference is Cisco owns them now.
If anyone notices an improvement or worse, a loss of quality from the current standards, I would love to hear about it.

Dave

[Novdid]

I have a Netgear router, and I'm very happy with it haven't given me any trouble the last couple of years(2.5yrs).

[Chucky Cheese]

Router

I have a Cisco 806 SOHO router...I love it!! Never had any luck with a Linksys(..I have had 2).

cc

[Marshmallowman]

Quite happy with my dlink 804, bought it second hand and it has worked like charm once I updated the firmware...

[leech]

I have a Trendnet switch (haven't had any problems with it, except that occasionally when I get a power surge, I have to unplug it and plug it back in to reset something internally.

Other than that I have 3com NIC's throughout my network and don't have any problem (except once again, I had a power flux and then Windows wouldn't detect the card! Just claimed it was an Ethernet Controller. I popped it out of the PC, put in a Linksys NIC and that one worked, then I put the 'toasted' 3Com one in my PC and it worked flawlessly, go figure. I knew it wasn't the PCI slot either, because I put the linksys one in the same slot.) High-oddness....

Leech

[Chrono_Wanderer]

btw... I have a US Robotics 8000. Its not that good as far as the router configuration goes. Kinda plain... not as flexible as Linksys I saw used by most of my friends. If I am to buy one again, I will get linksys... just to give it a shot.

well, so far Linksys looks ok after the switchover. Still going strong. (At least the name)

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by Helevitia
Good question. IMO, there won't be much of a change since the leadership of Linksys is still running exactly the same way they always have. Only difference is Cisco owns them now.
If anyone notices an improvement of worse, a loss of quality form the current standards, I would love to hear about it.

Dave

If I see any problems I'll forward them, but since I haven't had any trouble in all the years I've been using Linksys products.....

Dr. Mordrid

[Kooldino]

I have a Linksys router...it actually locked on me for probably the first time the other day, but other than that, it's good.

[Ribbit]

Hmm... our ADSL link is a Netgear DG814. Not a bad piece of equipment, except that traceroute doesn't work through it.

My sister's DG814 has been very problematic - it doesn't seem to want to connect during the day. Very odd. I ended up putting Kerio Personal Firewall on her machine and putting her back on her otherwise horribly unsafe Intel USB modem.

We've also got a Netgear 8-port 10/100 switch, and I hate it. Two machines connected to it with 100Mbit cards only seem to get about 15Mb/s between them. Worse, equipment connected to it always seems to 'fall off the network' - like the switch just forgets it's there. A quick network cable unplug/replug fixes it, but it's a pain.

Can anyone recommend a decent 10/100 switch? I'll need to get another one soon.

[Belwarrior]

Guess i am the only one here using SMC stuff .. they are not bad actually.. just that the linux doesnt have driver for it... but then SMC provides their own linux driver.. so no problems so far.

[Dr Mordrid]

I have an 8 port Linksys that works very nicely;

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=31&prid=36

I'll be switching over to a gigabit network soon though.

Dr. Mordrid

[knirfie]

i have a U.S.Robotics 8000 and it works fine, never had any problems with doing the stuff i wanted to do, though i have to say i do prefer clarkconnect

[Liquid Snake]

Neither. My DSL router is a Netopia R7200. Pretty good piece of equipment. The only problem I've had with it is that it crashes or locks up whenever I send out a lot of pings. The only time this happens is when I refresh the server list in ASE (a game server browser) and there are more than 1000 servers. Various firmware versions have improved this, but none have ever fixed it completely.

I also have a Netgear DS108 8-port hub. It's connected to my Netopia router. Nothing special, but it works. Four of the machines on my network have Linksys LNE100TX cards. They all work fine. My server has a 3Com 3C905C card that works fine as well.

Speaking of Cisco...I had a chance to get a Cisco 831 router for $250 a couple of months back. Would've been a nice improvement from my Netopia and also a nice opportunity to experiment with the IOS for my CCNA class I decided to pass since I would've also needed to get some kind of DSL modem. My router has a SDSL module integrated, so it connects directly to the line.

[GNEP]

Happy with my Linksys BEFSR41 here - does what it says on the tin without complaining and was cheap