[NTLUG:Discuss] What happened to Linksys?? BEFSR81v3 is junk

[terry]

clayramsey1 at comcast.net wrote:
> and I just bought a Linksys 802.11g WAP/router.....
> 
> thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks.  <grin>
> 
Well, they probably all have their problems.  Wireless devices are 
pretty complicated and sensitive devices.  They have ethernet network 
interfaces, they have transmitters and receivers, web servers and other 
software driven functions (firewall, NAT, DHCP.. etc ) that are or can 
be problematic, they require periodic firmware upgrades, all sorts of 
stuff that can go haywire.

I will concede one thing about linksys though, that Cisco has caused 
degradation to their wireless product line.  It appears they've made 
numerous changes to just about all the wireless devices, hardware and 
software, and not for the good.

I've got one of their bridges and it's worked fine for about a year, but 
comparing it to recently bought ones, I "wouldn't trade it for the 
world".  The new ones have different web based gui interface, more 
complicated and for no reason.  The signal readings are stupidly off, 
it shows zero percent signal strength when it's still doing reliable 
communications, so that tells you right there that it's not accurate. 
(They've made the reports more stingy, but inaccurate for sure because 
it's impossible to have zero percent signal strength and still be 
receiving a signal.)  The transmitter appears to be weaker too, I think 
the radios are different, (Cisco makes radios, linksys does not, (they 
were made by third party) ).  And, well, that's about it so far.

I also have a Wireless access point and the wan port is dead, [after one 
year of good service].  I too am still using it, (as a wireless hub).


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> 
>>The continuing story.... 
>>
>>To test my theory of auto neg being the primary suspect, I inserted 
>>a Linksys (shudder) 10/100 cheapy switch in between my cable modem 
>>and the Linksys router... and guess what?? That fixed the performance 
>>issue. ARGHHH!!! 
>>
>>Now... I'm going to blame Cisco, because the only time I've 
>>ever seen a device mess up on auto neg. was with Cisco switches 
>>and routers (the high end kind). Granted, others have stated 
>>that Linksys is junk (like my subject says), but I never had 
>>a problem like this until I bought a new "Cisco" labeled 
>>Linksys device. 
>>
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