Re: Are router CDs useless to techies, but Wireless adaptor CDs useful ?

On Dec 12, 11:48 pm, "Gaz" <gaz...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
jameshanle...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have set up a few wireless internet networks.. And noticed CDs for
wireless adaptors, and CDs for routers.

I have not tried CDs with routers.

Is it the case that the CDs with routers are just for non techie end
users to configure their routers with a wizard..

Whereas CDs with wireless adaptors are
- An alternative to the windows generic way of connecting (and some
people say that the software for the wireless adaptor is [sometimes]
better than windows)
- A way to ensure the thing gets detected full stop - if windows does
not detect it properly. It has the drivers for it.
It is not specifically for end users.

Third party wireless software seems to be awful overall, with some being
truly awful... XP sp2 wireless network connection does the job perfectly
well (apart from asking you to enter keys twice)

. Belkin have good opening hours, as do many ISPs.

I should hope so, considering the failure rate of their adsl modems and
their usb wireless sticks.


Well.. good makes and bad makes, good models and bad models, of
certain products. That`s another issue..


Belkin , I would differ with you a bit.. Things probably work in
seasons , maybe like hard drives.
Belkin may have produced some bad routers in the past. I have seen
some fine wireless belkins recently. And a thread or two praising
them for their quality and their customer care. Personally, I like
speedtouch for reliability..
I think makes which many people bash are a risk.
People recommend linksys but I and my techie friends have all had bad
experiences with them.
What makes are good and what aren`t is another issue though..
Even if things do work in seasons.. I buy speedtouch routers, pref
same model, a model i know works. Wired, 546. Maybe others are good
too.
My Printer is the same model of printer I bought almost 10 years ago.
(the worst it has even done is suck up more than one page. I like
HP. Unlike an Epson which I have got into a bloodbath with for its
refusal to work, and somebody else I know did too. Never bought Epson
again, even though i know a guy with an Epson that just works)
One has a good experience with one make, and buys it.
Most people recommend linksys so I wouldn`t take as gospel that one
make sucks as another is great.. And I wonder if it is different for
americans too.

But many users have Belkins at the moment (`cos they are selling in
the big shops) and the few users i have seen with them have not had
theirs crash.
I personally have had aweful experiences with Linksys (as have 2 other
british techies I have spoken to). Yet linksys is most often
recommended. Netgear may be better, but I had not such a good
experience with one, and an end user did not either. Speedtouch
(model 546 i think), bad GUI but I love its reliability, and a user I
know has it and has had no problems.. The british techie I spoke to
breathed fire against linksys as I did.. But recommended 3com

You can trash a make, but they have seasons.. I think Belkin Wireless
G router may be fine at the moment. But I stick with my speedtouch
wired router.. I don`t use wireless (Radiation - concern for unknowns
in health!)

A year or two ago I asked in a newsgroup about recommended PSUs,
everybody there recommended some make called Hyper or Hiper. They were
going at a good price. I bought about 5. It was a disaster. A
multimeter showed them to be bad.
When it comes to recommending reliable stuff.. I would have more trust
in the recommendations of techies who live near me and share my hatred
for linksys. If you hate the same things or run into the same
problems, you are probably on a similar path tech wise, and you`ll
probably find the same solutions work for you. For bashing, I will
accept anybody.. unless I have evidence to the contrary.
Of course Belkin have had a bad record with KVM switches.. But good on
cables.. And their wireless G routers seem fine. I had a good ps2
booster from them.

What makes , is a difficult area Many variables
Really a different topic..

.

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