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From: jch on 25 Apr 2010 21:30
Joel wrote:
> Char Jackson <none(a)none.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:22:40 -0500, Joel <Joel(a)NoSpam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> atec7 7 <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote:
>>>
>>>> AnthonyL wrote:
>>>>> Further to my recent posting of "Wireless connection driving me
>>>>> crazy" my supplier has special offers on:
>>>>>
>>>>> Linksys by Cisco WAG120N Wireless N150 ADSL Modem Router
>>>>> NETGEAR DG834G v5 Wireless-G ADSL Modem Router
>>>>>
>>>>> This is small office/home use, 2 or 3 connections. Max broadband
>>>>> speed available is 1Mb/s.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be buying two units, one will be primarily a router and the
>>>>> other will primarily be an AP, but it suits for redundancy
>>>>> purposes to have two identical units.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any opinions of which one's to go for? Should I be concerned at
>>>>> the lack of external aerial on the Linksys? I primarily want
>>>>> reliability of connection.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>
>>>> Buffalo if you can find one
>>>> comes with wrt std
>>>
>>> May be other Buffalo but I don't think I can recommend my Buffalo.
>>> My Buffalo works pretty well, no problem with connecting to any
>>> remoted system. But the only problem that it can only be able to
>>> connect to SINGLE wireless system.
>>
>> You're *still* having that problem?
>
> Yup! I still have the same problem from day one which was some years
> ago. I am thinking about replacing it with the LinkSys WRT160N then I
> read quite afew people saying that Linksys firmware is so bad, and
> recommand using the 3rd party firmware etc..
>
> And I don't know much about wireless router, or I don't know anything
> about 3rd party firmware so I still stuck with the Buffalo.
>
> My question would be is it Linksys WRT160N ok with the default
> firmware? If I have to replace with 3rd party firmware then how
> difficult? I do upgrade firmware on other hardware like DSLR camera,
> cellphone, GPS etc.. but don't have much idea about the wireless
> router.


My Zyxel router bit the dust and I just within the last 3 weeks bought a
Linksys 160NL to take its place as the main router in my home network. I
also have a WRT54G v5.1 with DDWRT firmware acting as a wireless bridge
communicating to the 160NL to network a DVR and Xbox. The 160NL seems to
function well as the main router. I'm running its stock firmware right now
which is adequate. I have nearly a dozen DHCP assignments based on MAC, a
half dozen schedules to control access time for my kids' computers and
iTouch, and I have programmed several ports to forward for applications such
as emule, my xbox, and the DVR. I run WPA2 security on all wireless devices
and I'm in the G mode. All of this on the stock 160NL firmware. I may or
may not go to DDWRT in the future. If it isn't broken....



From: Aaron Leonard on 29 Apr 2010 16:45
~ while the name has changed from linksys to linksys by cisco, you can still
~ go to the linksys website (www.linksys.com and get redirected to
~ linksysbycisco, and that redirects you to the cisco site, click on home
~ products, no wrt stuff, only e-series - several different models)
~
~ to be clear, they (manufacterer) still supports them, but don't sell em
~ anymore
~
~ ps there is NO company named linksys anymore, hasnt been for a few
~ months.... so there is no company by that name that makes sells any models
~ whatsoever, cant sell higher end models cuz they don't exist anymore...
~ absolutely/positively anything named linksys is old product from a no longer
~ existing company... cisco bought them and they went out of biz on dec
~ 31st....

Linksys was acquired by Cisco way back in 2003.

There is most definitely still a Linksys brand; see http://home.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/linksys/.
Here are the Linksys products that are currently sold:
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/products/more-linksys-products_stcVVcatId552009VVviewcat.htm.

Additionally there is a new brand, Valet (http://home.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/valet/)
(Not to mention the "big Cisco" brand products,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/index.html#~all-prod).

Hth,

Aaron
From: Peter Pan on 30 Apr 2010 22:31
"Aaron Leonard" <Aaron(a)Cisco.COM> wrote in message
news:rarjt5h3pbd8i8rbf488sfjj0nhp5evp4l(a)4ax.com...
>~ while the name has changed from linksys to linksys by cisco, you can
>still
> ~ go to the linksys website (www.linksys.com and get redirected to
> ~ linksysbycisco, and that redirects you to the cisco site, click on home
> ~ products, no wrt stuff, only e-series - several different models)
> ~
> ~ to be clear, they (manufacterer) still supports them, but don't sell em
> ~ anymore
> ~
> ~ ps there is NO company named linksys anymore, hasnt been for a few
> ~ months.... so there is no company by that name that makes sells any
> models
> ~ whatsoever, cant sell higher end models cuz they don't exist anymore...
> ~ absolutely/positively anything named linksys is old product from a no
> longer
> ~ existing company... cisco bought them and they went out of biz on dec
> ~ 31st....
>
> Linksys was acquired by Cisco way back in 2003.
>
> There is most definitely still a Linksys brand; see
> http://home.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/linksys/.
> Here are the Linksys products that are currently sold:
> http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/products/more-linksys-products_stcVVcatId552009VVviewcat.htm.
>
> Additionally there is a new brand, Valet
> (http://home.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/valet/)
> (Not to mention the "big Cisco" brand products,
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/index.html#~all-prod).
>
> Hth,
>
> Aaron


you may want to actually READ what is written, not confuse people/make stuff
up....

written "ps there is NO company named linksys anymore,"
your reply "There is most definitely still a Linksys brand"

notice you use the term "BRAND"... a brand is not a company... a brand can
be made/marketed by any company....

funny one i ran across was Yum! they now own taco bell, kfc, pizza hut,
etc... they used to be companies, but are now just brands owned/administered
by yum! ..... hmm i'm getting hungry.....

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