Looked into a very slow hardware database from Suse but got no information on the router offered by my ISP. They are working with Compex and advising to use the "NP15-D " Could somebody with a fast connection and the knowhow where to look for find out if this router is working satisfactory with Suse? It seems to work for my ISP ;-)
Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Looked into a very slow hardware database from Suse but got no information on the router offered by my ISP. They are working with Compex and advising to use the "NP15-D " Could somebody with a fast connection and the knowhow where to look for find out if this router is working satisfactory with Suse? It seems to work for my ISP ;-)
Any cable/adsl ethernet router will work with any linux distribution. Compatibility is not an issue. fx
On Thursday 28 April 2005 03:00, FX Fraipont wrote:
Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Looked into a very slow hardware database from Suse but got no information on the router offered by my ISP. They are working with Compex and advising to use the "NP15-D " Could somebody with a fast connection and the knowhow where to look for find out if this router is working satisfactory with Suse? It seems to work for my ISP ;-)
Any cable/adsl ethernet router will work with any linux distribution. Compatibility is not an issue.
So the decision to buy may be just a question of price?
Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Thursday 28 April 2005 03:00, FX Fraipont wrote:
Any cable/adsl ethernet router will work with any linux distribution. Compatibility is not an issue.
So the decision to buy may be just a question of price?
Not exactly. As cheaply made as modern electronics now are, warranty is no small consideration. Some routers have 1 year warranties, while others have 3 or 5, with little or no price difference from the 1 year junk. Some router setup software behaves badly or not at all unless you use Internet Exploder, thought AFAIK they all have a telnet setup option that doesn't care what OS you use. Support can also matter. Check their web site. Does it work OK in your favorite browser? Will their firmware upgrades install without first unpacking in a windoze environment? I've only ever bought 2 routers. The first was Netgear, and the 2nd was Netgear. They both still work. I usually do their setup with Mozilla, but telnet works too. OTOH: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=245833,254842 -- "Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
Felix Miata wrote:
Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
So the decision to buy may be just a question of price?
Not exactly. As cheaply made as modern electronics now are, warranty is no small consideration. Some routers have 1 year warranties, while others have 3 or 5, with little or no price difference from the 1 year junk. Some router setup software behaves badly or not at all unless you use Internet Exploder, thought AFAIK they all have a telnet setup option that doesn't care what OS you use. Support can also matter. Check their web site. Does it work OK in your favorite browser? Will their firmware upgrades install without first unpacking in a windoze environment?
I beg to differ. I've had two cheap routers (one Billion, one Sitecom) and I've never had a problem. I've never heard of a router (or a hub or a switch for that matter)among my friends and relatives breaking down. They all seem to be very simple pieces of hardware. The setup is always very similar, you access the router through your browser, whether you use Windows, Mac or Linux; there's (almost) always a dhcp server / firewall and other goodies. I would however do things differently if I bought a wireless router, where price and performance usually go hand in hand. I would stick with reputable brands like Linksys or Netgear, among others. My own 2 € cents. Fx
FX Fraipont wrote:
I beg to differ. I've had two cheap routers (one Billion, one Sitecom) and I've never had a problem. I've never heard of a router (or a hub or a switch for that matter)among my friends and relatives breaking down.
You apparently don't live in the lightning capital of the world, as I do, where power problems eat everything, including expensive UPS units. For the small extra a model with a warranty may cost, it's really a no brainer to go for the long warranty rather than excessively risk yet another difficult troubleshooting problem to get through. -- "Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
On Friday 29 April 2005 03:01, Felix Miata wrote:
FX Fraipont wrote:
I beg to differ. I've had two cheap routers (one Billion, one Sitecom) and I've never had a problem. I've never heard of a router (or a hub or a switch for that matter)among my friends and relatives breaking down.
You apparently don't live in the lightning capital of the world, as I do, where power problems eat everything, including expensive UPS units. For the small extra a model with a warranty may cost, it's really a no brainer to go for the long warranty rather than excessively risk yet another difficult troubleshooting problem to get through.
Dear Felix, Thanks for the info about guarantee. The best I could get here in Indonesia was one year though. Do not know where you live but the place where I live, Bogor, Indonesia is said to be in the Guineas List of records as the place with the most lightnings per year ;-).
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