  vipermCarpe DiemPremium
join:2002-07-09
Winchester, CA | NOOOOOOO belkin sucks ASS! NOOOOOOO belkin sucks ASS! | |
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| AmmlerPremium
join:2005-04-19
Pittsburgh, PA | Bye Bye Linksys.
I am an adamant Linksys buyer......No more.
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| |  newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1 | Re: NOOOOOOO belkin sucks ASS! said by Ammler:Bye Bye Linksys.
I am an adamant Linksys buyer......No more.
2nd that ... | |
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| | | Belkin is the WORST net gear manufacturer. So new we can chose between the unquality of D-link, Belkin, and Netgear. | |
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| | Why BELKIN Why Belkin they are horrible with their home networking equipment. | |
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 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
 ·Comcast
 ·Verizon Broadban..
| Apple Routers While I have owned Linksys routers in the past, I have had the best performance from Apple routers.
Comcast tried and failed to unload their junky gateway but compared to an Apple router, that is like comparing public transportation to a corvette. | |
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 mobOn the next level..Premium
join:2000-10-07 | Belkin sucks Belkin is crap. I'm going to buy a few routers now while they are still not utter shit. | |
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| | What About VOIP Stuff? Linksys bought Sipura before Cisco bought Linksys. Linksys phones and ATAs have started looking more and more like Cisco stuff. Any idea where this unit is going/staying? | |
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| | | Re: What About VOIP Stuff? Those guys started Obihai, and you see how good that product is... | |
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join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC | Re: What About VOIP Stuff? The product is great. The web interface is horrible. That's the problem with consumer electronics makers. Either the interface is great and the hardware is crap or the hardware is crap and the interface is pretty. | |
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join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI | Re: What About VOIP Stuff? Did you say that right? I love my Obihai! | |
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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | WRT-54G Probably one of the best Linksys routers was the WRT-54G that became open source. I run Tomato on mine and it is fantastic. I wish they supported 802.11n and/or 802.11ac.
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|  MoracCat god
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1
·Comcast
| Re: WRT-54G I have the LinkSys E3000 (802.11n) which I run TomatoUSB on and it works fine.
I'll say though that the WRT-54G was probably the last "best designed" router from Linksys. Newer routers removed the external antenna because external antennas are apparently an eyesore. As a result the range on my E3000 is not as good as my older WRT54GL.
Tech companies should not choose looks over functionality.
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join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | Hope I'm still hopeful that they will be operating independently. | |
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join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | perfect one crap company buys out another. Kinda like Windstream buying Paetec | |
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| | ASUS / PFSense ASUS makes the best routers right now. However I'm only using them as WAP's after setting up PFSense as my home router. I'll never switch to a traditional home router ever again. PFSense is fantastic. | |
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| | | Re: ASUS / PFSense I agree with you on this one. Asus do have a few firmware bugs, but all of their products run 3rd party firmware, incase the bugs affect you 
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|  Optimus2357Premium
join:2010-11-21
West Warwick, RI
kudos:1 | +1
Love my RT-N666U. Way I see it, if their good good enough for my Mobo, its good enough for my router. They actually care about the internal parts and not just what feature set they include. Buffalo is decent too, but just their dd-wrt line. | |
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| Blech! Ugh! Belkin is to electronics as Yugo is to transportation.  This is sad news.
Still have a WRT-54G v2 in service here, but dumped the stock Linksys firmware years ago. It's currently running toastman Tomato and chugging along like a champ. | |
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| bshellyPremium
join:2002-02-17
Conover, NC | Re: Blech! I'm thinking about connecting back up my WRT54G v1.1 just to get some better 2.4 range in and outside my home. My WRT600n just doesn't seem to have the oomph!
I am admittedly a Linksys Router hoarder. Goodwill had a Linksys E2500 and WRT110 for $5 ea. Had to pick them up just to keep in my spare collection. I love a great deal. | |
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| Markie
join:2003-07-26
Kalispell, MT | Yugo's weren't actually nearly that bad... Owners were failing to even get oil changes on the things since they were so cheap, they attracted buying who didn't put as much love into their investment. Even those who did failed to do more major work like timing belt changes - leading to engines destroyed that way. Also, the engine design required midgrade fuel (89 Octane min).
Fed the required fuel (slightly more expensive), and maintained properly, they were decent little cars if you kept your expectations reasonable. | |
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| | | | Yugo GV I had a Yugo GV Paid $150000 USD It was my first car. no synchronous gearbox, but I added air and am/fm casette. I had it for 86,000 miles and i only had to replace the clutch and alternator as the major issues. always put in high test petrol.
lovely car. | |
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| |  Cisco/linksys was akin to sprint/nexhell
As another poster pointed out the x-Sipura VOIP systems, would seem to be a better match at Cisco, but again the culture clash is an issue..
So are they in the consumer side and headed to crapkin?
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Cisco/linksys was akin to sprint/nexhell I never understood why Cisco ever bought Linksys at all to begin with. The two companies never clashed markets except at the very low end of small business(where mom&pop operations usually just ran consumer grade equipment.)
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join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA
 ·Windstream
| Absolutely awful This sucks not only for the basic router/wap parts but for their nicer gear too. I bought a Linksys SR2048 (managed 48 port GbE with 4 mini-gbic) 6 years ago and I doubt Belkin could ever turn out such a piece of hardware even today.
All Belkin is good at is producing overpriced cables for sale at Best Buy & OfficeMax -- you know, the $20 USB cables and the gold plated "for better signal transfer" HDMI cables.
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jst3751Premium
join:2004-07-08
Rowland Heights, CA | Cisco ruined Linksys, left overs bought by Belkin When Cisco bought Linksys, the qulity of the Linksys products went south fast. I used to buy Linksys switches and print servers exclusivily but products produced after the buyout lasted maybe a year.
Belkin KVM gear is great. But now maybe Linksys is a step child that goes to the highest bidder. | |
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Really bad quality!
Too bad Cisco couldn't have spun Linksys off as an independent entity. | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Linksys already went down the drain So I'm not too worried about this one... | |
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| | Belkin buying Linksys. Not good. Best Buy may have had a heads up on this as I have noticed Asus routers in the local stores. As bad as Best Buy is they would not want to have fewer supplies competing to be on the shelves. | |
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·Insight Communic..
| Damit Here I was hoping with their recent moves design wise they would just fold the Linksys brand into Cisco and called it Cisco Connected Home or something. Now I gotta go back to pay out the ass for Cisco quality stuff vs hoping it would trickle down to Linksys. | |
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join:2002-06-19
The Dungeon | Bye Bye LinkSys Guess I need to go to Fry's and stock up on equipment that mostly works. Belkin, rather burn $100 bills in the fireplace to heat the house.
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| | To those of you saying Belkin sucks..... I used to have a D-link wireless G router and had to reset it at least 3 times a week because it would always lose connection. I upgraded to a Belkin N+ and have to reset it no more than once every 2 months. I always get super good speeds with it and have literally NO problems with it with the exception of having to reset it once every couple of months, if even that. I've gone 3-4 months without having to reset it. They sure don't suck for me! Why does everyone put them down like that?
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|  shdesignsPowered By Infinite Improbabilty DrivePremium
join:2000-12-01
Stone Mountain, GA | Re: To those of you saying Belkin sucks..... said by fonzbear2000:I used to have a D-link wireless G router and had to reset it at least 3 times a week because it would always lose connection. I upgraded to a Belkin N+ and have to reset it no more than once every 2 months.[clip] They sure don't suck for me! Why does everyone put them down like that?
Because you went from the worst brand (D-Stink) to the second worst. 
I never need to reset my router (pfsense box). The XyXel that came with my DSL ran for 9 years and I never had to reset it.
You should never have to reset a decent router.
Belken makes labels. Most of their stuff is outsourced and they stick their label on it. Just hope it works as I hear their tech support almost non-existent.
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| | | | Re: To those of you saying Belkin sucks..... said by shdesigns:said by fonzbear2000:I used to have a D-link wireless G router and had to reset it at least 3 times a week because it would always lose connection. I upgraded to a Belkin N+ and have to reset it no more than once every 2 months.[clip] They sure don't suck for me! Why does everyone put them down like that?
Because you went from the worst brand (D-Stink) to the second worst. I never need to reset my router (pfsense box). The XyXel that came with my DSL ran for 9 years and I never had to reset it. You should never have to reset a decent router. Belken makes labels. Most of their stuff is outsourced and they stick their label on it. Just hope it works as I hear their tech support almost non-existent. Can you recommend an N+ router for under $100 that I would never have to reset?
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|  tuarisYou Clicked on the Apple
join:2001-10-19
Naples, FL | I only need to reset my m0n0wall router once every year, and that's only to do a firmware upgrade. | |
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