Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Aug 29 02:21:41 CDT 2013
High end routers are just about all Cisco but the price reflects this quality. If a cheap router does five years that is good...though the software in them gives much to be desired and can tend to be buggy which doesn't help. There are some very good OSS software packages, depending on the router version, that can allow you to program your cheap router just like a high end one. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:00:56 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Home Network Setup I'm assuming wireless. I honestly have a hard time with this. I have so many bad experiences with new wireless routers that I stick with the old ones as long as I can. Latest fiasco - the highest cost Cisco/LinkSys consumer model $200. First one lasted 15 minutes and died. Had to wait for a warranty replacement. Installing it was just a pain. Works good now and has extremely high trough put but man, can't say it was worth it. Could've run a lot of wire in the time it took to do that. Trendnet NetGear Dlink Intellinet Etc. Just haven't found a company that produces good reliable routers anymore. Netgear was on a role a few years ago but then took a turn for the worse. So after all that whining ;-) It comes down to - throughput performance vs reliability - not sure how to do that. The Cisco model is very fast. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:08 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Home Network Setup On 2013-08-28 5:49 PM, John R Bartow wrote: > I'm assuming you have a standard consumer grade router Speaking of routers, ours is old, what's a good way of determining if upgrading would improve performance? PB _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com