D-Link or Linksys??

Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
g's), also good deals on the D-link
USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
reception on their wireless equipment??

"snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:10ianduqhggh006
@corp.supernews.com:

> Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
> Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
> g's), also good deals on the D-link
> USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
> all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
> reception on their wireless equipment??
>
>
>

Currently we have used both D-Link and Linksys.
The Linksys had problems with older firmware, but if you
use the latest firmware from their website it runs fine.
We have not had any problem with D-Link what-so-ever.

After using them both, I would say if Linksys has the latest firmware they
run about the same.

Clear as Mudd???


MJ


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"snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
> Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
> g's), also good deals on the D-link
> USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
> all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
> reception on their wireless equipment??

Both are good products, and I've used both with good results.

However, I suggest you don't mix them: the manufacturers have proprietary
features (speed boosters, etc.) that only work between cards from the same
company.

FWIW.

William

(Filter noise from my address for direct emails.)

I tried all the 30 MW hardware, with varying degrees of success. Have
since switched to 200 MW stuff from these folks:

http://www.senao.com.tw/english/prod...less01_all.asp

No comparison.

William Warren wrote:

> "snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
>>Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
>>g's), also good deals on the D-link
>>USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
>>all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
>>reception on their wireless equipment??
>
>
> Both are good products, and I've used both with good results.
>
> However, I suggest you don't mix them: the manufacturers have proprietary
> features (speed boosters, etc.) that only work between cards from the same
> company.
>
> FWIW.
>
> William
>
> (Filter noise from my address for direct emails.)
>
>

I've run both a linksys "g" wireless router and a dlink "b" wireless router.
Both did/do ok. The DLink was probably a little more powerful in terms of a
firewall.

Joe
"snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
> Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
> g's), also good deals on the D-link
> USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
> all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
> reception on their wireless equipment??
>
>

Joseph Sullivan wrote:

> I've run both a linksys "g" wireless router and a dlink "b" wireless router.
> Both did/do ok. The DLink was probably a little more powerful in terms of a
> firewall.
>
> Joe
> "snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
>>Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b and
>>g's), also good deals on the D-link
>>USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more with
>>all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
>>reception on their wireless equipment??

I have had less problems with D-link (also when the alimentation of my
AP broke, I got one new in three days), and in my opinion, DLink has
less problem to be in a multi-brand network.

In the end, it is a matter of personal taste / expereience, I would
say... Btw, for roughly the same equipment, D-Link is sometimes a bit
cheaper here in Switzerland.

Aphrael.
--
"La demande mondiale d’ordinateurs n’excédera pas cinq machines."
(Thomas Watson, Fondateur d'IBM, 1945)

> However, I suggest you don't mix them: the manufacturers have proprietary
> features (speed boosters, etc.) that only work between cards from the same
> company.

Unless you buy all of your products with one of those features (the same
each time), mixing or not won't make a difference. And the effect of
those boosters is not nearly as big as the numbers seem to indicate
(witness the wrt54gs's speedbooster "only" claims "upto 30%
higher throughput" while the chipset manufacturer originally advertised the
technology as 125Mbps (or some such ridiculously high number)).

D-link's channel bonding is even worse since it eats up more channels (and
can only be used in this mode on a single channel) and has thus more
problems of interference.

So unless you have particular needs for very high bandwidth between your
different home machines, I'd stick to 11g (or even 11b). It won't make any
difference w.r.t accessing the internet in any case.


Stefan

"Stefan Monnier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jwv8yc9c0an.fsf-monnier+(E-Mail Removed)...

> "William Warren" wrote:
> > However, I suggest you don't mix them: the manufacturers have
proprietary
> > features (speed boosters, etc.) that only work between cards from the
same
> > company.
>
> Unless you buy all of your products with one of those features (the same
> each time), mixing or not won't make a difference. And the effect of
> those boosters is not nearly as big as the numbers seem to indicate
> (witness the wrt54gs's speedbooster "only" claims "upto 30%
> higher throughput" while the chipset manufacturer originally advertised
the
> technology as 125Mbps (or some such ridiculously high number)).
>
> D-link's channel bonding is even worse since it eats up more channels (and
> can only be used in this mode on a single channel) and has thus more
> problems of interference.
>
> So unless you have particular needs for very high bandwidth between your
> different home machines, I'd stick to 11g (or even 11b). It won't make
any
> difference w.r.t accessing the internet in any case.

Stefan,

I agree, the speed boost isn't all I'd like. I was thinking more of things
like wireless repeaters, where e.g., Linksys products can be used to repeat
a signal, but only from other Linksys AP's. Your point is well taken: unless
there are special requirements, mixing isn't that big a deal, but all other
things being equal I still recommend using one brand.

FWIW. YMMV.

William

(Filter noise from my address for direct replies.)

"Airman Thunderbird" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Vfydncg2qM2ASrjcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I tried all the 30 MW hardware, with varying degrees of success. Have
> since switched to 200 MW stuff from these folks:
>
> http://www.senao.com.tw/english/prod...less01_all.asp
>
> No comparison.
>
> William Warren wrote:
>
> > "snow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Which routers and adapters are better?? D-Link or Linksys. On Best
> >>Buy there are some nice deals on the D-Link wireless routers ( both b
and
> >>g's), also good deals on the D-link
> >>USB wireless adapters. Linksys actually will cost about $$50-70 more
with
> >>all the rebates added in. Anyone have good luck with D-Link. How is
> >>reception on their wireless equipment??
> >
> >
> > Both are good products, and I've used both with good results.
> >
> > However, I suggest you don't mix them: the manufacturers have
proprietary
> > features (speed boosters, etc.) that only work between cards from the
same
> > company.
> >
> > FWIW.
> >
> > William
> >
> > (Filter noise from my address for direct emails.)
> >
> >

Where can you buy them?

--
Bob Alston

bobalston9 AT aol DOT com


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Bob Alston wrote:
> "Airman Thunderbird" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Vfydncg2qM2ASrjcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I tried all the 30 MW hardware, with varying degrees of success. Have
>>since switched to 200 MW stuff from these folks:
>>
>>http://www.senao.com.tw/english/prod...less01_all.asp
>>
>>No comparison.
>>
>>>
>
>
> Where can you buy them?
>