Wireless Routers
I've bought three
wireless routers in the past couple of months. They are from three
different manufacturers. They are all four
port wire switches with 802.11b wireless access points built in. Here
are my results.
Old non-wireless NetGear
: This router, “The Iron Horse” as I like to call it, has
a metallic case and as performed
flawlessly for years. If I didn't need a wireless router, I
would not be trying to make something else work.
Wireless
NetGear : This router has one of the best interfaces for
maintenance. The trouble is, the wireless portion of the router dies
after about fifteen minutes of use. No matter what
I do I have to recycle the router to make the wireless connecter kick
in. I'm currently using this router because I get the best
Overnet numbers through it.
Wireless
Linksys : This router has a crappy
interface for maintenance. It also lost it's memory every
twenty four hours and required a complete reprogramming. This is
typical of Linksys equipment. They all suck. Now that they are owned
by Cisco, I believe Cisco sucks too. if it
is smaller than a refrigerator from Cisco,
don't trust it. Josh asked to try this router out. I tried to warn
him.
Wireless D-Link : This router has a nice interface.
Every about thirty seconds the wire side of
the router disconnected for about half a second.
This makes Overnet run at about three kilobits for
download speed. That is very bad. it is
like slamming the door shut on the computer's fingers at it is trying
to do it's job.
Summary :
Wireless routers Suck.
Mr. Deeds
I was
watching Mr. Deeds while typing this up. The scene came around where
Deeds asks every one what they wanted to be when they grew up. People
said Firefighter, veterinarian, and cool
stuff like that. I wanted to be self sufficient. I wanted to depend
on no one. I wanted to work for a living and support myself without
help. I suppose I am exactly what I wanted to be.
Best use of P2P
All the stupid gaming
sites have delays on their free downloads unless you pay them for the
no delay Bastards. I've found that I look at the file name and size,
then fire up Overnet to get the download. It is faster than waiting
through the artificial delay. Sometimes the delay is over an hour for
the download to start. I understand the need to make money. There is
no right to make money in the United States.
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