Re: Linksys - sucks?

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From: billyw (b_at_brainless.net)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:14:52 -0000

my main experience these days has been using dlink.
most dlink sites have country/region specific firmware and they advise
against using another regions.
what i've found tho in the case of the dlink di-614+ is that the US firmware
is far more stable than the UK version..
with respect to wireless.
most issues i've had is with wireless not working correctly, or bombing out
after a few hours, requiring a reboot.
As for netgear.. i'd say 50% of the sites that use me and have had netgear
have had issues with them.

"Paul Bishop" <SBSNewsgroup@IT-XP.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23x1E6L18EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I always have to take a deep breath and cross my fingers before buying
>routers.
>
> I have setup a great many in my time and I have to say that Linksys was my
> favorite, but I have had alot of faulty units recently - mainly problems
> with wireless connections stopping until i restart the router.
>
> I would be very grateful if people could share there experiences with
> wired or wireless routers as when you get a dud it causes alot of wasted
> time and causes me to loose money.
>
> For me so far
> =========
> Linksys - Great routers but let down by wireless networking faults (3
> Faulty - 2 worked perfectly)
> Netgear - No problems personally (1 wired and 1 wireless both worked fine)
> D-Link - Not used in over a year
> 3Com - Good so far - 2 wireless ADSL routers setup with no problems
> US Robotics - Not too bad, had problems with routers need to be restarted
> but later firmware updates seem to fix the problems
>
> If you need a router for an AOL connection - Linksys, Netgear and 3Com can
> be made to work by changing the MTU from 1500 to 1400, 3Com however do not
> let you adjust this property. Netgear's support will apparnetly help you
> with AOL but Linksys apparently do not (word of mouth so not 100%)
>
> I don't know if this will help people out - I am about to install 2 net
> 3com routers but I have heard other people complaining about flaky ADSL
> connections with these :S If anyone has any firm tips please let me know
>
> "billyw" <b@brainless.net> wrote in message
> news:%23qvKTC18EHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> for me i use d-link.. even though i'm a linksys partner.
>> that said i've had problems with dlink kit as well..
>> for this low end stuff the only one i actively stear clear of is netgear.
>> in my experience horrible kit. the box it comes in is of more use.
>>
>>
>> "Clay Gerrard" <clayg@gvtc.com> wrote in message
>> news:O6qT$%2308EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>I just got a WRT55AG ver.2, and port fowarding keeps breaking. It will
>>>work for anywhere from 10mins-18hrs - and then stop forwarding port 25 to
>>>the server. In the service console for the router if I viewed the port
>>>forwarding page while the router was broken the router would say it was
>>>forwading port 25 to "undefined.undefined.undefined.[3]" - instead of
>>>192.168.1.[3]. Most of the time I had to reset the modem (and loose all
>>>my config settings) to fix it - and again it would work for just about
>>>anywhere betwen 10mins-18hrs (or so).
>>>
>>> I've only had it installed 3 days and its been a huge pain. I already
>>> had the latest firmware available (v1.10) for the WRT55AG ver.2 - there
>>> is a v1.20 for the WRT55AG ver.1, but the firmware updater on my router
>>> wouldn't accept it. I even tried reloading the firmware 1.10 downloaded
>>> from Linksys' site. I was desperate, this has to be a firmware version
>>> on the router right? I can't think of any good reason for the router to
>>> show "undefined" on the port forwarding page.
>>>
>>> I talked to Rashid at Linksys tech support and he really wasn't much
>>> help, ultimately he just told me to return it. But because I purchased
>>> it in the last 30 days I couldn't return it to linksys - I have to go
>>> back to my vendor.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had problems with Linksys? I had a little BESFR41 - and
>>> I loved it. I was happy to stick with Linksys, now I'm not so sure.
>>>
>>> Who do you all like?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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