WRT120n - negative reviews

happen to be in Walmart today,
and saw a big display of these cisco/linksys WRT120n routers .

Just looked on Amazon for reviews - and mostly negative -
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B0028N6VNW


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"ps56k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> happen to be in Walmart today,
> and saw a big display of these cisco/linksys WRT120n routers .
>
> Just looked on Amazon for reviews - and mostly negative -
> http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B0028N6VNW
>
guess the newer Linksys (cisco) stuff is trashed -
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B000Z3U1P6

too bad - grew up on the Cisco 2501 and later the WRT54xx at home

"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:49:45 -0500, "ps56k"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>happen to be in Walmart today,
>>and saw a big display of these cisco/linksys WRT120n routers .
>>
>>Just looked on Amazon for reviews - and mostly negative -
>>http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B0028N6VNW
>
> I read through the latest 4 pages of reviews. About half were
> complaining about either Linksys support or warranty policies in
> dealing with failures or oddities. Some were experiencing a rather
> wide and inconsistent list of symptoms (failure, disconnects,
> performance, jitter, etc) that I'm having a difficult time believing
> that one product could have all those symtoms. However, a few users
> mentioned that they updated to the latest firmware so I don't think
> they were clueless. Dunno.
>
> SmallNetBuilder also doesn't like the WRT120N
> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/30900-linksys-cisco-wrt120n-reviewed>
> as reviews 1 year ago.
>
> I haven't played with one so I can't offer any anecdotes or
> experience.
> --

yeah - I was gonna grab one for my son's dorm room - but didn't -

It could be anything....
even something as weird as the actual RJ45 connector to the WAN...
With so many tinker toys to line up and all be working together,
I hate troubleshooting devices that have random probs...

I have a Linksys WAP54G sitting 6ft away -
and the signal icon on my laptop sometimes goes from 54 to 48 to 36 !

"ps56k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "ps56k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:i4k8u0$svd$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> happen to be in Walmart today,
>> and saw a big display of these cisco/linksys WRT120n routers .
>>
>> Just looked on Amazon for reviews - and mostly negative -
>> http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B0028N6VNW
>>
> guess the newer Linksys (cisco) stuff is trashed -
> http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-.../dp/B000Z3U1P6
>
> too bad - grew up on the Cisco 2501 and later the WRT54xx at home
>

wonder if any of the newer Linksys / cisco flat profile units are any good ?
WRT120, WRT160, E1000, E2000, E3000

Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, ps56k
chose the tried and tested strategy of:

> I have a Linksys WAP54G sitting 6ft away -
> and the signal icon on my laptop sometimes goes from 54 to 48 to 36 !

It depends what that signal icon represents. If it takes account of the
noise as well, it's entirely possible that something else in the vicinity is
broadcasting enough 'noise' to cause the signal quality perceived by your
wireless adaptor to fluctuate even if you're not doing anything.

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Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, alexd
chose the tried and tested strategy of:

> Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, ps56k
> chose the tried and tested strategy of:
>
>> I have a Linksys WAP54G sitting 6ft away -
>> and the signal icon on my laptop sometimes goes from 54 to 48 to 36 !
>
> It depends what that signal icon represents.

ZOMG I can't believe I didn't recognise that as being Mbps. Right. Anyway,
the speed is dependant upon the quality of the link, so the point stands.

So, why aren't the steps in speed a little more granular as with other rate
adaptive systems [eg ADSL]?

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