Cisco to kill off Linksys brand

Cisco has announced that it will be getting rid of the Linksys brand after
months of integrating products from both companies.

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pers...-linksys-brand


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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Cisco has announced that it will be getting rid of the Linksys brand after
> months of integrating products from both companies.
>
> http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pers...-linksys-brand
>
>
> --
No need for Cisco to move in to the household market considering it is so
small compared to their other markets. That is unless their corporate side
is slowly failing. My ISP claims that they use Cisco equipment and it is
always going off or has faults, so maybe it's just not very reliable.

John wrote:
> "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Cisco has announced that it will be getting rid of the Linksys brand after
>> months of integrating products from both companies.
>>
>> http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pers...-linksys-brand
>>
>>
>> --
> No need for Cisco to move in to the household market considering it is so
> small compared to their other markets. That is unless their corporate side
> is slowly failing. My ISP claims that they use Cisco equipment and it is
> always going off or has faults, so maybe it's just not very reliable.
>
>
Depends on brand perception - the Linksys name sits well alongside
Netgear and Belkin etc. as low-end networking stuff in the minds of the
'PC-World' type shoppers so it's a fairly bold move to drop the name.

Whether Joe (or Joanna) Punter will pop in to a store and buy a Cisco
ADSL router for home use will depend on how well the brand can place
itself in that marketplace.

On a personal level, I have always found Linksys kit to be 'OK' for the
low end, but the power supplies had a tendency to fail after about 18
months.

I have to agree though that Cisco kit at some levels is very expensive
for the feature set and the Company seems to get away with a hefty
name-tag premium.

"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On a personal level, I have always found Linksys kit to be 'OK' for the
> low end, but the power supplies had a tendency to fail after about 18
> months.

I've found Linksys kit very unreliable: of the comparatively small number of
Linksys routers or access points that I've entered (most of my customers
have Netgear), almost every one has failed in a bizarre way: an access point
which kept losing its Ethernet link to the (non-wireless) router and
eventually its power-supply failed; a router which lost the ability to route
(the router got an IP address from the ISP and allowed Ethernet and wireless
LAN access, but wouldn't route between the two); another router which kept
losing the ability to communicate between wireless and Ethernet LAN,
although both could access the internet and PCs connected by Ethernet could
talk to each other.

I think I've only seen one dead Netgear, out of probably 50 that I've
installed or configured, and that was dead on arrival: following a reboot it
would work for a few minutes and then it would go wild - lights displayed at
random like Blackpool Illuminations.

In my mind, Linksys is an unreliable brand, though this *may* be unfair.
Maybe other people have found the same thing and Cisco want to distance
themselves from this reputation.

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Cisco has announced that it will be getting rid of the Linksys brand
>> after months of integrating products from both companies.
>>
>> http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pers...-linksys-brand
>>
>>
>> --
> No need for Cisco to move in to the household market considering it is so
> small compared to their other markets. That is unless their corporate
> side is slowly failing. My ISP claims that they use Cisco equipment and
> it is always going off or has faults, so maybe it's just not very
> reliable.

We often install basic Cisco routers and I don't think we've ever had a
failure. They just work. That's why they're so expensive.

Rob

Rob Walker wrote:
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> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in
>> message news:k%Qqi.6108$(E-Mail Removed) k...
>>> Cisco has announced that it will be getting rid of the Linksys brand
>>> after months of integrating products from both companies.
>>>
>>> http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pers...-linksys-brand
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>> No need for Cisco to move in to the household market considering it is
>> so small compared to their other markets. That is unless their
>> corporate side is slowly failing. My ISP claims that they use Cisco
>> equipment and it is always going off or has faults, so maybe it's just
>> not very reliable.
>
> We often install basic Cisco routers and I don't think we've ever had a
> failure. They just work. That's why they're so expensive.
>
> Rob

Fair enough - it all comes down to personal experience. I'm, a great fan
of the Draytek kit - some of my sites have an uptime approaching 2 years
and were probably only rebooted after a firmware update.

Mortimer wrote:
> "Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46ac6f02$0$31726$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On a personal level, I have always found Linksys kit to be 'OK' for the
>> low end, but the power supplies had a tendency to fail after about 18
>> months.
>
> I've found Linksys kit very unreliable: of the comparatively small number of
> Linksys routers or access points that I've entered (most of my customers
> have Netgear), almost every one has failed in a bizarre way: an access point
> which kept losing its Ethernet link to the (non-wireless) router and
> eventually its power-supply failed; a router which lost the ability to route
> (the router got an IP address from the ISP and allowed Ethernet and wireless
> LAN access, but wouldn't route between the two); another router which kept
> losing the ability to communicate between wireless and Ethernet LAN,
> although both could access the internet and PCs connected by Ethernet could
> talk to each other.
>
> I think I've only seen one dead Netgear, out of probably 50 that I've
> installed or configured, and that was dead on arrival: following a reboot it
> would work for a few minutes and then it would go wild - lights displayed at
> random like Blackpool Illuminations.
>
> In my mind, Linksys is an unreliable brand, though this *may* be unfair.
> Maybe other people have found the same thing and Cisco want to distance
> themselves from this reputation.
>
>
>

I think I've had about 4 Linksys PSU failures out of about 10 installs
within the last 2 years. I've only installed a couple of Netgears - all
working fine.

We use the above for home workers. Our main sites get Draytek kit.

D-Link I wouldn't touch - I don't use them in my current job, but before
that I had 6 ADSL routers in the field that they were a constant PITA -
always losing their settings. The current 5V switch mode PSU being used
by D-Link (we have some powered USB hubs and desktop switches in one
office) have a tendency to die when unplugged or switched off/on

Ironically, I had to do a 'rush job' a year ago and the Draytek kit
hadn't arrived so I bought 5 Safecom 'cheapie' ADSL routers and they
worked faultlessly - they are now being used by home workers and the
units cost about £13 each!

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:12:13 +0100, "Mortimer" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>"Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:46ac6f02$0$31726$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> On a personal level, I have always found Linksys kit to be 'OK' for the
>> low end, but the power supplies had a tendency to fail after about 18
>> months.
>
>I've found Linksys kit very unreliable: of the comparatively small number of
>Linksys routers or access points that I've entered (most of my customers
>have Netgear), almost every one has failed in a bizarre way: an access point
>which kept losing its Ethernet link to the (non-wireless) router and
>eventually its power-supply failed; a router which lost the ability to route
>(the router got an IP address from the ISP and allowed Ethernet and wireless
>LAN access, but wouldn't route between the two); another router which kept
>losing the ability to communicate between wireless and Ethernet LAN,
>although both could access the internet and PCs connected by Ethernet could
>talk to each other.
>
>I think I've only seen one dead Netgear, out of probably 50 that I've
>installed or configured, and that was dead on arrival: following a reboot it
>would work for a few minutes and then it would go wild - lights displayed at
>random like Blackpool Illuminations.
>
>In my mind, Linksys is an unreliable brand, though this *may* be unfair.
>Maybe other people have found the same thing and Cisco want to distance
>themselves from this reputation.
>
I have attributed some of the above failures to dying power supplies.
I have an access point here that has been sent back twice as dead when
really it was just the PSU. It now has a new SMPSU but a home built
and over specced one, shouldn't die now.
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Linker3000 wrote:

> Ironically, I had to do a 'rush job' a year ago and the Draytek kit
> hadn't arrived so I bought 5 Safecom 'cheapie' ADSL routers and they
> worked faultlessly - they are now being used by home workers and the
> units cost about £13 each!

I've used a similar number of those routers for friends and family. Likewise,
faultless performance.

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Linker3000 wrote:
> Mortimer wrote:
>> "Linker3000" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:46ac6f02$0$31726$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On a personal level, I have always found Linksys kit to be 'OK' for the
>>> low end, but the power supplies had a tendency to fail after about 18
>>> months.
>>
> I think I've had about 4 Linksys PSU failures out of about 10 installs
> within the last 2 years. I've only installed a couple of Netgears - all
> working fine.
>
> We use the above for home workers. Our main sites get Draytek kit.
>
> D-Link I wouldn't touch - I don't use them in my current job, but before
> that I had 6 ADSL routers in the field that they were a constant PITA -
> always losing their settings. The current 5V switch mode PSU being used
> by D-Link (we have some powered USB hubs and desktop switches in one
> office) have a tendency to die when unplugged or switched off/on
>
> Ironically, I had to do a 'rush job' a year ago and the Draytek kit
> hadn't arrived so I bought 5 Safecom 'cheapie' ADSL routers and they
> worked faultlessly - they are now being used by home workers and the
> units cost about £13 each!

I have had similar experiences with d-link. The loss of settings is one of
the most frustrating failures, as it usually requires an onsite visit.

Gaz