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#110688 - 2003-12-19 07:41 PM OT: Wireless Routers
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Anyone have any comments/feedback/criticisms on the big name Wireless Routers out there - looking at Linksys, D-Link and SMC ... and big question - has anyone tried the Microsoft wireless routers ?
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#110689 - 2003-12-19 08:06 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Think you need one of these little guys Shawn. Wireless-G VPN Broadband Router
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#110690 - 2003-12-19 09:28 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	nice - but maybe a little overkill for what I need - just want to surf korg from my kitchen table watch it - me carrying a big sword !
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#110691 - 2003-12-19 09:37 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Wizard Wizard Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-12-05 Posts: 264 Loc: Bristol, England	A mate of mine put in a wireless hub recently, I'll try and contact him and ask his preference. It goes without saying - so I'll type it - make sure you secure it.! Oh, and me carry 2 flaming swords.! W _________________________ Wizard There's no place like 127.0.0.1 vb \| kix \| batch \| html \| cfm \| js \| english
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#110692 - 2003-12-19 09:42 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	thx - one of the bb guys was saying linksys had some firmware issues, but that is all behind them now. Some at work have warned me of wireless flakeyness ie - the link will just drop for no good reason and have to reset the router - that kinda thing.
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#110693 - 2003-12-19 10:08 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	I have a Linksys wireless router at home and it hasn't made any problems for what it's used, namely check Outlook email through a VPN connection over an 803.11b USB Wireless NIC (cute thing, see NetGear MA111 at http://www.netgear.com/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=173 ). _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#110694 - 2003-12-19 10:30 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	In regard to the flakiness and the firmware... at least for me, they were one and the same. The weird drop offs and resets disappeared once Linksys upgraded the firmware. I never had these problems with Linksys's 2.x and 3.x series wireless routers, just the 4.x series. Now though, the 4.x series are fine. I'm happy with it. _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#110695 - 2003-12-19 11:37 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Me got a NetGear MR814v2. Works fine for me!!! _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#110696 - 2003-12-20 01:04 AM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Got me one of those Netgear MR814's myself. Pretty nice. Now I can surf korg whilst on the crapper.
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#110697 - 2003-12-20 01:23 AM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	You painted a picture in my mind I did not want to see. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#110698 - 2003-12-20 02:03 AM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	roflmao - you guys are priceless.
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#110699 - 2003-12-20 04:57 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Wizard Wizard Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-12-05 Posts: 264 Loc: Bristol, England	This is a quote from my mate... " I have the netgear mr314 wireless 11 meg 8011b with combined 4 port router. My telewest modem connects straight in to the input, and I can network with the LAN rj45's or the wireless side. Data transfer through wireless is at best 700k and can fall off with distance, 100 meg on the lanes. You need the transmitter up high to give an umbrella signal over the house. Hope this helps. " This is UK based BTW. W _________________________ Wizard There's no place like 127.0.0.1 vb \| kix \| batch \| html \| cfm \| js \| english
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#110700 - 2003-12-20 05:13 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	I couldn't leave well enough alone Right after posting my last message, I "Upgraded" the firmware on my Linksys BEFW411S4 router to 1.50. Big Mistake. Random Disconnects, and slow as hell. This was the original problem, but was "fixed" by an earlier firmware. I even tried going back to the previous firmware... but no luck. My advice... stay away from this model. For more peoples grumblings: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,8669088~mode=flat;days=9999~start=0 If you read any of the posts from the link above, a few people said Linksys is actually providing an older product as the "fix" for their new product. Great, for stability, I have to give up any future upgrades. Urgh! _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#110701 - 2003-12-20 06:33 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	oh crap - i blame myself.
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#110702 - 2003-12-21 12:10 AM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	If you want better quality and are willing to pay for it, then Watchguard has pretty nice WLAN SOHO units (no G-standard yet though). _________________________ The tart is out there
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#110703 - 2003-12-21 12:20 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Well if Shawn would quit being cheap and treat himself and the family to a REAL solution he could spring for one of these. Cisco 1700 Series Cisco 1700 price - used
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#110704 - 2003-12-21 05:14 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	He can't help it... he's Scotch! _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#110705 - 2003-12-22 06:08 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	Les, As my grandmother use to say "Your not scotch you idiot, you drink scotch. Your Scottish!” Also, the scots are not cheap, they just have no money left after paying for booze. _________________________ Jack
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#110706 - 2003-12-22 06:13 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
Rocco Capra Rocco Capra Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 380 Loc: Mansfield Ohio	I have a dlink and it has worked perfect for me since I plugged it in. Since at work don't know model # off hand... _________________________ I Love this board!! -------------------- My DEV PC is running KIX 4.22 WINXP Pro
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#110707 - 2004-03-31 09:31 PM Re: OT: Wireless Routers
enzosimoni enzosimoni Fresh Scripter Registered: 2003-04-15 Posts: 31 Loc: VA,USA	Does anybody know how to disable wireless through a login script? Some of my users are starting to purchase wireless on their own, and of course they are not securing anything. Any ideas, solutions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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