SPAM: FW: SPAM: RE: [SLE] Need Router Recommendation
On Tuesday, October 10, 2006 @ 3:30 PM, I typed:
On Tuesday, October 10, 2006 @ 2:41 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
?On 06/10/10 14:16 (GMT-0500) Greg Wallace apparently typed:
I've just lost my router. There was a power outage here and the power went on and off 2 or three times. Apparently, that did in my router, even though it was behind a surge protector.
Common surge supressors are mickey mouse junk that need to be replace every 6 months or so. The surge supression built into a UPS is much more reliable.
It is/was a Linksys RV042. That's the second Linksys router I've lost in the past 5 years. Maybe 2 1/2 years is about average for a router, I have no idea. Anyway, I see a log of negative press on this site regarding Linksys products and I think I'd like to try switching brands. I know there is some other brand that has been highly recommended, but I just can't remember what that brand was. Anyway, could someone give me a router recommendation (along with a good place to make an online purchase, if possible)?
Here in the US, Linksys and DLink routers have 1 year warranties, Netgear has 3 year, and Belkin has 5 year. I only found out about Belkin after my last Netgear purchase, probably from newegg.com (long ago). If I need another, assuming the warranties don't change, it will be Belkin.
Thanks for the recommendation. I believe it was Netgear that I'd heard so much about. The 5 year warranty for the Belkin sounds good. The only thing is, I seem to have heard some negative things about Belkin. I myself had a Belkin keyboard and it went South on my within about a year, as I recall. I can live without the router for a while, so I'm going to go looking on the Web for a good place to but one on-line. Thanks for the info.
Greg Wallace
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere. Greg Wallace
On 06/10/10 16:05 (GMT-0500) Greg Wallace apparently typed:
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere.
Different manufacturers and vendors have differing ideas of the meaning of lifetime. One example I found with RAM is "life of the PC", where they defined PC life as 5 years and refused to honor RAM warranty beyond 5 years. So, read that fine print. -- "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
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I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere. I'm cynical, so I generally regard those guarantees as being for the
On 10/10/06 15:05, Greg Wallace wrote: lifetime of the unit (however long that is), rather than the lifetime of the purchaser ;-) Cynicism aside, I do not know what consumer protection exists in the USA or Europe, but in Canada, such a statement would generally be regarded under consumer law as guaranteeing the unit for as long as it is owned by the original purchaser. You could not, however, expect any such guarantee to extend to equipment exposed to surges on the power lead and/or network connection.
On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 16:05 -0500, Greg Wallace wrote:
On Tuesday, October 10, 2006 @ 3:30 PM, I typed:
On Tuesday, October 10, 2006 @ 2:41 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
?On 06/10/10 14:16 (GMT-0500) Greg Wallace apparently typed:
I've just lost my router. There was a power outage here and the power went on and off 2 or three times. Apparently, that did in my router, even though it was behind a surge protector.
Common surge supressors are mickey mouse junk that need to be replace every 6 months or so. The surge supression built into a UPS is much more reliable.
It is/was a Linksys RV042. That's the second Linksys router I've lost in the past 5 years. Maybe 2 1/2 years is about average for a router, I have no idea. Anyway, I see a log of negative press on this site regarding Linksys products and I think I'd like to try switching brands. I know there is some other brand that has been highly recommended, but I just can't remember what that brand was. Anyway, could someone give me a router recommendation (along with a good place to make an online purchase, if possible)?
Here in the US, Linksys and DLink routers have 1 year warranties, Netgear has 3 year, and Belkin has 5 year. I only found out about Belkin after my last Netgear purchase, probably from newegg.com (long ago). If I need another, assuming the warranties don't change, it will be Belkin.
Thanks for the recommendation. I believe it was Netgear that I'd heard so much about. The 5 year warranty for the Belkin sounds good. The only thing is, I seem to have heard some negative things about Belkin. I myself had a Belkin keyboard and it went South on my within about a year, as I recall. I can live without the router for a while, so I'm going to go looking on the Web for a good place to but one on-line. Thanks for the info.
Greg Wallace
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere.
Well that beats SMC by a long shot. :(
Greg Wallace schreef:
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere.
I actually bought a Belkin router with lifetime warranty and the first thing I asked was whether that would be my life or that of the router. :-) But no, really, as long as you keep the sales slip, remember where you put it and the retailer you bought it stays in business it looks like that is really true. My guess is that they are betting that in five years time no one would want a router of yesteryear. Best regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704
On Wednesday 11 October 2006 11:29, Jos van Kan wrote:
Greg Wallace schreef:
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere.
I actually bought a Belkin router with lifetime warranty and the first thing I asked was whether that would be my life or that of the router. :-) But no, really, as long as you keep the sales slip, remember where you put it and the retailer you bought it stays in business it looks like that is really true. My guess is that they are betting that in five years time no one would want a router of yesteryear.
Best regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704
The official legal definition is that the 'lifetime' is the lifetime of the Galapagos giant tortoise, or of the bristle-cone pine, whichever should be longer. The chief difficulty that has occurred in getting these (otherwise highly attractive) warranties honoured is that the companies concerned often hide behind the fact that they do not specify which individual tortoise or tree is meant. In the confused search for the right reptile they often slip away, leaving the customer stranded. -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk
Greg Wallace wrote:
I went to the Belkin Web Site and it says the warranty on their routers is LIFETIME! Now find that a little hard to believe. There has to be some fine print on that somewhere.
"Lifetime" means the warranty lasts as long as the router does. ;-)
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