cliveb;170789 Wrote: > I'm pretty sure that the RP614 was one of the various Netgear routers > that were guilty of causing NTP request storms at a US university. I > would sincerely hope that a firmware update has fixed that, but you > should do a bit of research first.
I'm pretty sure it was the version I have, RP614v1. From an end user's perspective, it was a very good router. Never had an issue with it, even if it did DoS Rutgers University ;-) but there was a firmware fix for that. The v1 is long gone anyway, it didn't have an SPI firewall. The new versions do. > FWIW, I have an NTL cable modem and use a Linksys BEFSR41, which is a > simple (wired-only) router that works fine. I've heard a lot of mentions of that router, it seems to be extremely common/popular in wired installations. > If you see no reason why you'd want wireless in the near future, I'd > hold off getting a wireless router, until whatever supercedes 11g gets > ratified. You can always add a wireless access point in the future when > the time comes. > > On the other hand, if you know you'll want wireless fairly soon, then a > wireless router is *much* cheaper than a wired router + separate access > point. Good point - in fact while the very wireless router chobbney asked about could be fast with very good range, it uses a "pre n" standard based on the 802.11n wireless networking draft standard. As with all "pre n" products, the draft could change sometime between now and next year when the standard is scheduled to be ratified. If it does change, you'd better hope the hardware is capable of the new standard, needing only a firmware change, or else this pre-n router may not fully work with true-n equipment. There are advantages to either approach. All-wired will definitely be cheaper and the router won't turn obsolete so quickly. The wired router market is rather static at this point. However chobbney, you may find some good deals on 802.11g wireless routers, provided you accept the fact that the wireless section may be obsolete before you turn it on. It's safe to say though that it won't be useless - 802.11g is now very common and you can safely expect new equipment will work with it for some years, although not as fast as the new 802.11n stuff coming. Of course, the true 802.11n equipment will probably be quite expensive at release time. And keep in mind the Squeezebox's needs are easily met by the current 802.11g - all the "n" equipment may do is increase the range. chobbney - if this is all Greek to you, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11g which has a nice chart near the beginning which summarizes speeds and ranges before the article gets very technical. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31677 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
