Which one is better?

I see allot of people addressing issues with Linksys products. I will be
purchasing components for a wireless network and I have been using DLink
products for awhile. Are Linksys products better than DLink? Do they have
better security? Or is it that they are just cheaper?

POPS

"POPS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
[Linksys vs Dlink]

IME Dlink has a better feature set on paper, but they don't work
nearly as well. I install Linksys (WiFi) routers all the time for
clients, and they just work.

Linksys WRT54G(S)



<William P.N. Smith> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> "POPS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> [Linksys vs Dlink]
>
> IME Dlink has a better feature set on paper, but they don't work
> nearly as well. I install Linksys (WiFi) routers all the time for
> clients, and they just work.
>

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:40:24 -0600, POPS wrote:

> I see allot of people addressing issues with Linksys products. I will be
> purchasing components for a wireless network and I have been using DLink
> products for awhile. Are Linksys products better than DLink? Do they
> have better security? Or is it that they are just cheaper?

it's another case of product loyalty... if you buy one product and it
works first time, you stick with it. if it doesn't, you slag it off in
newsgroups :-)

they're all much of a muchness. the major players all offer the same stuff
when it comes to security (mac address filtering is my favourite). some
have a, er... more 'aesthetically pleasing' setup interface than others
but that's about it.

saying all that, it's linksys for me, after a bad initial experience with...

another brand.

"POPS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<t0SSd.27062$(E-Mail Removed)> ...
> I see allot of people addressing issues with Linksys products. I will be
> purchasing components for a wireless network and I have been using DLink
> products for awhile. Are Linksys products better than DLink? Do they have
> better security? Or is it that they are just cheaper?
>
> POPS

Linksys, DLink and Netgear products are good, but none of these
products are "perfect" in every way. I had a terrible time with a
Linksys router and my ISP, turned out I had to downgrade the Linksys
firmware.

Paul

"POPS" in message
> I see allot of people addressing issues with Linksys products. I will be
> purchasing components for a wireless network and I have been using DLink
> products for awhile. Are Linksys products better than DLink? Do they
have
> better security? Or is it that they are just cheaper?
>
> POPS

Oh -- that question might open a pandora box. LOL

I think you find more "griping" about Linksys because it is the most
commonly used brand for home SOHO networking consumers.

I also use primarily DLink, which (for the most part) has proved to work
just fine. The few issues I did encounter seem to also be prevalent with
Linksys hardware as well. My main reason for staying with one brand
(DLink) is mainly to be able to take advantage of the proprietary "turbo
modes". I think this is precicely why you find wireless routers (with
built-in AP's) to be less expensive than standalone AP's. Manufacturers
know that a router/AP is usually the first animal you purchase and want to
get you "branded" from the start.

Cheers!
-Eric