At 07:14 PM -0500 02/06/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Dan C wrote: >>The early software that came loaded in the LinkSys routers was quite >>buggy. Their DHCP implementation was poor, so it wouldn't reliably >>hand out local LAN ip assignments. There were some packet corruption >>problems. And two slow Macs ftp'ing thru it would cause it to lock >>it up. Supposedly the latest software fixes these problems. >> >>I personally don't often recommend LinkSys boxes. Compared other >>home-office routers, they're slow and limited.
>Must have been REALLY old Linksys stuff. I bought my first Linksys wired >router about 4 or five years ago. I got the wireless one about 6 months ago. >Never have had a problem with either, and they are fast. I routinely get 1.5+ >Meg/sec. Glad to hear you're having success with them. I ran our tests in March 2000. We had real 3 Mbps service from Comcast@Home, not 1.5 Mb. In a single-stream environment the LinkSys box was able to sustain about 1.2 Mbps. It then degraded quickly when we fired up a stream from the 2nd Mac. - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
