Actually it looks like linksys routers are not as reliable as they used to be. WE had some good ones -- the latest has been bad. We haven't replaced it only because DH is good at making it behave. And Dh has done some looking around. there are a lot of complaints.
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beth b - Oct 26, 2009 10:17:48 am PDT #11512 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
le nubian - Oct 26, 2009 10:24:03 am PDT #11513 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I appreciate the linksys comments. time I look around a bit when I get a new router.
tiggy - Oct 26, 2009 10:34:33 am PDT #11514 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
i'm thirding or fourthing the comment about Linksys being kind of shoddy. we had to replace two or three at my parents' house in about a 5 year span. the last time we went Netgear and they've had no problems out of it.
javachik - Oct 26, 2009 10:55:14 am PDT #11515 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
My boyfriend has nothing but problems with his Linksys, and I have had nothing but ease with my Netgear.
le nubian - Oct 26, 2009 11:09:23 am PDT #11516 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so clearly I'm the lucky son of a gun with linksys.
Gris - Oct 26, 2009 11:11:17 am PDT #11517 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I have used Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, and Apple Airport routers with mixed success all around. At the moment I'm using an Airport Extreme (with a printer and 1TB drive attached for network sharing/Time Machine) and it seems to be doing the best job of any I've used, but my parents have had really good luck with their Linksys, too.
I don't think I trust any brand more or less than any other. I think of the whole thing as more or less a lottery.
NoiseDesign - Oct 26, 2009 12:02:03 pm PDT #11518 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I had good luck with Linksys in the past, but yeah, their recent stuff has not worked for me.
Currently the home network employs two models of Airport Extreme and a D-Link dual band system. They have all been pretty solid. The D-Link especially so, it hasn't hiccuped a single time that I'm aware of.
In my rental inventory I have a few Netgear 802.11g routers that get pulled in and out of racks all the time and they have been nice and reliable as well.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2009 1:37:28 pm PDT #11519 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like my Linksys with DDWRT on top. I've had one catastrophicish failure, but a full reset solved it. Was a pain, though.
Atropa - Oct 27, 2009 10:18:58 am PDT #11520 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do a bulk rename of files in a folder on a Mac? Pete is going crazy trying to figure this out.
amych - Oct 27, 2009 10:21:44 am PDT #11521 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Automator has a Rename Items thingie that's fairly good.