1/11 My linksys 8 port router to dsl/cable just died, the 3rd piece of
linksys equipment to fail on me in so many years. Anyone have
a good recommendation of a brand that won't die on me like this,
or is everthing just cheapie these days and you can't get a
decent router? This is for an office, so in the long run it's
much cheaper for us to pay $150 vs. $50 for a router. I need
an 8 port, no wireless.
\_ Did you try updating the firmware? I've had to upgrade
my Linksys firmware about 4 times. Then it works again.
\_ I had good luck with netgear's "metal casing" router.
\_ No, get an Mac Mini.
\_ Buy a cisco switch. It will cost 5X as much, but it won't break.
\_ Uh, a cisco switch doesn't exactly hook up to a cheapie
ADSL. A cisco switch hooks up to something like a frame relay
or a T1 minimum.
\_ Stand corrected, I called up cisco and apparently they do offer
ADSL routers. If it's $250 it's well worth it if it keeps the
network up.
\_ I get my ADSL router from my DSL provider, don't you?
Then I connect a simple netgear wireless router/switch
to it. Are you looking for something that does both?
\_ You mean the ADSL Bridge? When I had SDSL they gave me a
router, which included the bridge. The cheapie ADSL
deals give you a bridge only (aka "modem). If you
order the more expensive deal you get the router.
I didn't know the bridge was called the "router" also
since it doesn't "route" anything....
\_ I use netgear now, linksys is crap. -smurf
\_ Linksys has worked great for me. Now D-Link *is* crap. -not op
\_ Hmm, I've had NO luck with Linksys myself. Even the staff
people at the company I work at loathe Linksys, since they're
always having to work on the Linksys equipment that's been
deployed. -!smurf
\- my linksys wireless unit is also ass but not as ass as
the apple airport express, which is essentially unusable
from my powerbook. ok tnx. --psb |