07-07-2004, 05:13 PM
I've had three LinkSys routers, two being ok, and one being very poor. I've since purchased two D-Link routers, one being good, and one being very good. I'm currently using the 'very good' one.
My experience with LinkSys is like this:
- DMZ doesn't work as it should, and if you require DMZ capability, you're going to run into connectivity problems, or partial connections, or both, depending on your firmware.
- Upgrading your firmware is easy, but finding a stable version is quite the task. I rued the day I upgraded from my stable version, looking for something MORE stable... (actually, it was a security issue that forced me to upgrade).
- Latency issues. Two of the three I've dealt with weren't as good as they should have been, speed wise. The third stopped functioning all together. Using the modem directly was much faster than using it through the router.
- Customer service was pretty good.
- Port Forwarding and Filtering isn't as flexible as it should be (D-Link is better in this regard).
My third LinkSys router was a 1-port, and I tried to upgrade the firmware one last time, and it crapped on me. It's done, kaputsky, finito. It just sits there, blinking at me, taunting me, saying, "you'll never get a reliable internet connection out of me!". Thankfully, I picked up a D-Link router, one for me, and one for my brother. This little puppy has been functioning properly without incident for a good while now, and it was, for the most part, easily configurable. I routed ports and set filters etc, without too much hassle. I liked the the LinkSys interface better, but my new D-Link's hardware is clearly superior.
My experience with LinkSys is like this:
- DMZ doesn't work as it should, and if you require DMZ capability, you're going to run into connectivity problems, or partial connections, or both, depending on your firmware.
- Upgrading your firmware is easy, but finding a stable version is quite the task. I rued the day I upgraded from my stable version, looking for something MORE stable... (actually, it was a security issue that forced me to upgrade).
- Latency issues. Two of the three I've dealt with weren't as good as they should have been, speed wise. The third stopped functioning all together. Using the modem directly was much faster than using it through the router.
- Customer service was pretty good.
- Port Forwarding and Filtering isn't as flexible as it should be (D-Link is better in this regard).
My third LinkSys router was a 1-port, and I tried to upgrade the firmware one last time, and it crapped on me. It's done, kaputsky, finito. It just sits there, blinking at me, taunting me, saying, "you'll never get a reliable internet connection out of me!". Thankfully, I picked up a D-Link router, one for me, and one for my brother. This little puppy has been functioning properly without incident for a good while now, and it was, for the most part, easily configurable. I routed ports and set filters etc, without too much hassle. I liked the the LinkSys interface better, but my new D-Link's hardware is clearly superior.
"Yay! We did it!"
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*