nicketynick wrote: > The linksys WRT54g does seem to be one of the more reliable, although > there have been a number of problem postings with it as well, IIRC, > probably related to F/W updates either at SD or at Linksys. And > therein lies the grist of the idea - if Slim would tell us (and > possibly provide us with) their 'primary test platform', if you will, > then we could be better assured of not running into problems as time > goes on.
All of the WRT54G/GS problems I've seen were eventually traced to user error, except with the WRT54G v5's first firmware version. I agree that Slim should perhaps make their test platform public. But note that they have many models of routers that they're testing now - when I offered my SMC2804WBRP-G they said they already had one and even knew about the different part numbers for the router. So Slim do want to make sure their device works with all routers and are testing as many as they can. > I guess the major problem with this idea is what happens when the next > generation of wireless standard (n) comes along, but from what I've > read, that could be a quite a few years yet. The initial and most serious problem is with some of the early "pre-N" MIMO routers knocking competing networks off the air. See http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-256-ProdID-WPNT834-10.php So the 802.11n era may be one of a wireless arms race between you and your neighbors. -- ___________________________________ Mark Lanctot ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
