[CS-FSLUG] Best Wireless-N Routers

[Brian Cline]

I will never buy anything made Belkin again after dealing with consistantly
lost packets from the Belkin N1 Vision Wireless. I restart the router at
least once a day.


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> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:01:47 +0200
> From: Jon Glass <jonglass at usa.net>
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Best Wireless-N Routers
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Timothy Butler<tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
> > I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on Wireless N routers?
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> I'll just tell you two brands I avoid for anything--D-link and Belkin.
> Belkin advertised Mac compat. but it was only compat with OS9, and no
> X drivers for the router I bought on their web site (I also bought a
> Belkin USB wifi stick, and it had the _exact_ same problems--no X
> software!). The hardware felt cheap.
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> D-Link has given us nothing but problems. Between us and or coworkers
> and church, we have several we've bought, both wireless and wired, and
> every one has, in the end dropped connections, stopped forwarding DNS,
> and otherwise been unreliable. And no two are the same model, which is
> weirder. Just not trustworthy.
>
> We recently replaced the one at church for an N router with DSL, and
> we are loving it. It was a breeze to set up, has wonderful security
> features, has been flawless since we bought it, and cost a boatload of
> money--but we would gladly pay it again. In fact, I'm hoping my D-Link
> at home will die so I can buy a new Linksys. ;-) I think the one we
> have is the one you mentioned, but I'll have to go to church tobe
> sure.
>
> --
>  -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass at usa.net>
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> "I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack
> Nicklaus
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Brian-Robert Cline
Computer Programmer
Website: http://www.brcline.com

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