pfarrell;411257 Wrote: > MrSinatra wrote: > > did u read the article? it talks about both, and the L version > isn't > > looked upon much more glowingly. > > Yes, and I think you misread it. Its also an old article.
you think -*i* "misread it"?- now THATS funny, considering you said it wasn't even talked about in the article! and its "old?" i think the more important question is, is it accurate? as someone who does a bit of P2P i would say its accurate, even today. pfarrell;411257 Wrote: > > The L version, with stock firmware, passes more tests. > The jest of the article is that the firmware in the non-L version is > terribly buggy. they weren't impressed with the L version fw either, overall. pfarrell;411257 Wrote: > > There is a chance that more recent firmware is better. But if you plan > to use DD-WRT or Tomato or other open source firmware, the stock stuff > makes zero difference. > of course, but there are also constraints of the actual hardware used. the fw can only go so far. don't get me wrong, if i had this router i'd go 3rd party fw for sure, i'd just be worried it still couldn't do P2P to the level i'd want it to, among other things. pfarrell;411257 Wrote: > > No one has said that the WRT54GL is a perfect, high performance > router, > its just cheap and flexible. And with alternative firmware, lots of > folks swear by it. > > The WRT54GL is not the solution if you are driving the network hard, > but > very few homes do that. Most homes in the US have broadband > connections > that can't load a network hard. I have a fast, and expensive cable > modem > connection, and it does only 15mbs on a good day. That's hardly a > load. > > If you are doing mission critical stuff that drives the network to its > knees, get a real router. For the rest of us, its fine. IMHO > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/ i agree with most of that, but for gamers or P2P people the router can make a difference. there's also how much load you put on your internal network, (as opposed to your ISP), and i judge a router by how well it does that too, especially the wireless part since i use a lot of wireless devices. i also haven't done a price comparison, so i don't know how much more, if anything, this router would be than what i consider to be a "good" router. that difference in cost, if any, should be figured into the decision. chances are he will be happy with his purchase, esp if he uses tomato or something like that. but that doesn't mean the article is in any way, inaccurate or faulty or misleading. its just something to be aware of. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 (my home) / sbr (parent's home) / sbc (my home) - w/sc 7.3.3b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid - d-link dir-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61869 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
