Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

[Gerry Hull]

Or, Buy a used Cisco router on Ebay for around the same price, and get much
more
functionality (though much harder to configure).  I have a 1720 and it does
everything I
want and more.

Gerry

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chip Marshall <chip at 2bithacker.net>
> wrote:
> > Personally, I've never had any problems with my two WRT54G units ...
>
>  I could tell war stories for any given brand.
>
>  For pretty much everything in this product space (NetGear, LinkSys,
> D-Link, Belkin, etc.), they're cheaply designed and cheaply
> manufactured, using cheap parts, and they make tons of them.  The Law
> of Really Large Numbers means that not only will you always be able to
> find someone who has had trouble with any given brand, you'll always
> be able to find someone who has had trouble with all of them.  They've
> all had bad production runs.  They've all turned out unusually bad
> designs.  There is usually little design team continuity, so past
> performance is of little help, either.
>
>  In short, don't expect great quality from a $50 router.  Personally,
> I recommend buying the unit you find most aesthetically pleasing.
> That's probably the most reliable thing to shop for.  ;-)
>
> -- Ben
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