04-19-2010, 03:39 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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i bought this a few years ago and have been super happy with it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162134
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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04-19-2010, 04:59 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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thats the same conclusion i came to 3 years ago when i was in the market. at the time, when i was reading about dd wrt, buffalo was preferred over linksys. obviously linksys has the name recogition and mass availability, but not many people dislike their buffalo purchase it seems.
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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04-19-2010, 05:19 PM
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Had an idea!
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Yeah I just ordered that one above.
Whatever Cisco is doing with Linksys not a lot of people are pleased with it. Then again, Linksys is a router that you buy at Walmart which probably explains why it sucks.
I'll try this one out. See if its any good.
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04-20-2010, 03:08 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Originally Posted by Azure
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Am I reading that right? It's wireless N but for a wired connection, it's only 10/100?
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04-20-2010, 03:17 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Am I reading that right? It's wireless N but for a wired connection, it's only 10/100?
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Yeah.
They have a router one step above that which uses 10/100/1000.
Its about $110.
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04-20-2010, 03:18 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Your Internet connection is greater than 100Mbit?
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04-20-2010, 03:19 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Does this router do bandwidth prioritization? One feature I got my current router for, and which it no longer actually works doing, is to set the priority of different packets so that I can play games while having a torrent running in the background (for example) without having a slowdown.
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04-20-2010, 03:21 PM
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Had an idea!
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QoS?
I'd assume it has some kind of feature. I'll look into it when I get it. I know DDWRT has features for it, and I'm gonna flash this router with DDWRT.
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04-20-2010, 03:29 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Yeah QoS stuff.. the higher one (the one with Gigabit) says it has it for playing media.
Hm, I might have to look into one of these.
Buffalo isn't a name I usually associate with high quality, I've always thought of them more along the lines of Trendnet, but I might have to take a look at this.
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04-20-2010, 04:07 PM
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Had an idea!
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Well I know its better than Linksys.
If you want QoS stuff, DDWRT has a great interface for it. Buffalo is releasing 3 routers in June/July with DDWRT pre-loaded on them. The one I bought is one of them so I want to find out if the router is worth it.
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04-20-2010, 04:11 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Well a great interface is good, but you still need the processing power and good code to actually be able to do it effectively. But if it does and the router is good otherwise I'll check it out. I'm tired of my D-Link too.
I've always had good success with Linksys though.
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04-20-2010, 04:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Does this router do bandwidth prioritization? One feature I got my current router for, and which it no longer actually works doing, is to set the priority of different packets so that I can play games while having a torrent running in the background (for example) without having a slowdown.
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d-link gamer lounge?
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04-20-2010, 04:39 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Yeah, it worked awesome when I got it, but a firmware update I made for some PS3 something or other I think messed up the other part, so now that QoS stuff doesn't work. I've tried all kinds of suggestions but it just seems that some options are mutually exclusive (change a setting and thing A works but B doesn't, change back and it reverses).
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04-20-2010, 09:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Really glad I didn't update mine then. I was considering doing but figured I wasn't having any problems so why tempt fate?
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04-21-2010, 02:47 PM
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My face is a bum!
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I don't understand the hate for "Lynksys by Cisco" I've bought one of these for myself and suggest a couple other people do the same and it's been the best router any of us have ever owned. I had nothing but problems with probably 3 routers before my current one.
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04-21-2010, 05:36 PM
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Had an idea!
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No hate really. I've sold or worked with 20 of them the past year and some are great, some go to crap really fast.
The only reason I'm really switching is because the Buffalo routers are better for DDWRT.
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04-21-2010, 05:45 PM
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My face is a bum!
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^So since I made everyone buy the exact same model as me I just happened to luck out with a good one? I'm glad. Nothing worse than continually having to go downstairs to pull the power to your router. Ugh.
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04-21-2010, 05:50 PM
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Had an idea!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hulkrogan
^So since I made everyone buy the exact same model as me I just happened to luck out with a good one? I'm glad. Nothing worse than continually having to go downstairs to pull the power to your router. Ugh.
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Hey I'm not saying that they're all bad. For the normal home user they're probably fine.
But I've had enough problems with them that I'm looking at a different brand now.
Besides, a Buffalo router that is comparable in price to the 160n has a faster processor and more memory.
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