[TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?

[James Brigman]

I'm starting to suspect that the Linksys products' only, fading
advantage is running OpenWRT....I tried a Belkin 4 port/wireless node,
setting it up for a family member, and was stunned at how refined the
setup was and how quickly I was able not only to get it set up, but to
secure it above it's out-of-the-box config. Range on only the single
tiny little rubber duck antenna was better than the Linksys WRT54...

I've never been a big fan of Belkin - always saw their stuff as "second
tier". But I needed something quickly, and it had to be cheap: it went
in to replace a failed WRT54 which simply died and went dark. Basic
troubleshooting showed the power supply still good but the unit itself
had failed. 

What's surprising is that the Belkin is a $35 product from Wal-Mart.
It's been running super for about a month - highly recommended if you
have to give a relative a home switch/wireless node and need to make
sure you aren't going back over and over to help with it. Very nice web
interface, refined and easy to use.

I've used NetGear products (FVS318, hubs, switches) and other than the I
(in)famous 5V power supply failures on one of their old 16 port
switches, their stuff seems pretty solid. I really like the old standby
blue steel cases. 

No interest in flame, I really don't care that much. But please DO tell
of both good and bad experiences like Tom has mentioned. 

JKB

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 23:16 -0500, Tom Roche wrote:
> Just a note for anyone who might be trying to setup DDNS: be somewhat
> skeptical of what you read @
> 
> https://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/hardware/
> 
> I noted that the page above says "DynDNS has tested and certified" the
> Linksys WRT54Gv5, and has not the Netgear WGR614v6. Given that I had
> access to one of each, I first tried to setup DDNS using the Linksys.
> However, the same day as I deployed the Linksys, I began getting abuse
> cutoffs from DynDNS due to over-frequent updates. So I took out the
> Netgear to check it out, discovered that it had a DDNS UI, configured
> and deployed. It has been trouble-free since then ... wrt DDNS,
> anyway :-)
> 
> HTH, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
>