there is no power. there is no light, there is no zuul.
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
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Vortex - Nov 11, 2009 5:21:25 pm PST #11629 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2009 6:29:46 pm PST #11630 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Ach, then. T'were best done quickly.
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2009 4:56:35 am PST #11631 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
This is what I use and it's been flawless [link]
It's good for Internet use, but if you do big data transfers between your own computers, then spending extra for a wireless N router is worth it. At a similar price you might as well go N too, but I haven't used any so I don't have any data to point you toward one.
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2009 5:09:50 am PST #11632 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Why do routers fail so often, anyway? Isn't the entire thing solid state? Shouldn't they last longer than, say, your television?
Jessica - Nov 12, 2009 5:12:41 am PST #11633 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've had my current router longer than my TV.
flea - Nov 12, 2009 5:23:03 am PST #11634 of 25501
information libertarian
I am pretty sure my television dates from before there were internet routers. (It was my husband's grandmother's, and she died several years before I met him in 1995).
Vortex - Nov 12, 2009 5:39:14 am PST #11635 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Why do routers fail so often, anyway? Isn't the entire thing solid state? Shouldn't they last longer than, say, your television?
Well, I've had this one for at least 4 years (possibly longer), and I got it from Ginger, so she'd used it for a while before that.
Ginger - Nov 12, 2009 5:43:50 am PST #11636 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My router and the CRT monitor that refused to die have been my longest lasting computer-related equipment. I wish I could find a printer that lasted that long.
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2009 5:57:27 am PST #11637 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Our Samsung SCX-4521F multifunction printer has been a rock, it works great, though the automatic document feeder can be finicky at times when running a lot of paper through.
My Athlon XP 1700+ and ASUS motherboard have also lasted forever. It was my computer for a couple of years, then a kid's computer for a year or so, and now is our DVR and has been running 24-7 for about 4 years.
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2009 6:43:58 am PST #11638 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Must just be my perception then? It seems like people complain about routers failing a lot.