On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 21:13, Jim wrote: > My mother-in-law just called cackling like a happy hen. I saw in the > BestBuy circular Sunday they had a 802.11b LinkSys 'kit' with both the > router and a card for $79 after rebates. > > What's scary is my father-in-law apparently purchased this AND set it > up without my help. :)
Good for them! Their LinkSys should be fine. I've set up *many* home and business wireless networks with many different brands (AT&T, Cisco, LinkSys, Dell, NetGear, etc) and have found that they are all basically the same, aside from some of the high power Cisco stuff. The main factor I've found is antenna placement and outside interference. I have a customer who has 4 laptops at home, but one of them is kicked off the wireless LAN if the cordless phone rings. Weird. I've had situations where I had to try a couple of different brands of WAPs before finding one that worked well in the particular situation. Every time the "right" tool for the job is usually different. I currently use a LinkSys that was left over from a project I did (it would not work in the customer's house, but a NetGear did) and it works fine in my house with no quirks or weirdness. If I were to make the mistake of condemning a certain brand from my personal experience, I'd say that Cisco (brand) WAPs are unreliable, I've seen the most failures out of a couple of $1600 Cisco WAPS that I installed (and replaced 3X) a few years ago. Of course, I'd be wrong, MY situation does not extend to the entire world, which of course I'm the center of. Sooo, if your parent's LinkSys does not work, I'd take it back and try a NetGear, if that doesn't work, try a DLink, and if that doesn't work... Just my venting plus $.02 --mike
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