On Monday, January 22, 2007 @ 9:02 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2007/01/22 20:32 (GMT-0600) Greg Wallace apparently typed:\n
I just purchased a Belkin 4 port router and the built-in firewall in it is leaking like a sieve (constantly getting intrusions). I had always used
Did you try updating to the latest firmware?
Yes, even though it wasn't actually an upgrade (there have been no upgrades to the firmware on this router, so I just re-installed the one that came with the box).
Linksys, but they just don't seem to last very long in my experience. So,
DLink & Linksys around here come with 1 year warranties. Belkin comes with 5. Netgear comes with 3.
3 Years beats one year, so that's definitely a plus for Netgear over DLink.
I'm looking for alternatives. I like IOGEAR equipment, but they don't make wired routers and I'd just as soon not go wireless right now (personal choice). In doing some browsing, I found out that Netgear and D-Link both make wired routers. Anyone had experience with either of these? Anyone have another alternative brand to recommend?
"My" last router purchase was a Netgear wireless. "I" bought it by proxy about 2 weeks ago. My neighbor had been using W98 with Zone Alarm. It was heavily afflicted with the M$ popup disease. I sent him to the stores with cell phone in hand, and when he described the right one to me I said buy that one. It came with a normal wired router complement of 5 ports: 1 for the modem, and 4 for the rest of the wired network. The wireless component is disabled by default. The M$ installer, whatever it was installing, recommended an immediate firmware upgrade, which I did via one click to download, then opening the browser to open a connection to the unit to upload it.
The last 2 routers I actually bought are Netgear. I used the 4-port first about 2 years before buying the FVS318 with 8 ports to replace it. That happened nearly 2 years ago now. Or maybe it was 3 then 2. Anyway, the old is my backup in case a problem develops with the new.
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John Anderson mentioned that active ftp wasn't supported on his Netgear. I really don't know the difference between the two. My assumption is that limitation wouldn't cause me any inconvenience. Thanks, Greg Wallace -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org