Cisco Powns everybody

nimbis1nimbis1 Royal Oak, Mi
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
Well to all the Netacad students of cisco have fun with your tests because the curriculum version 3 it sucks so much and the test sometimes dont mach the chapters and they just went down hill for the NETACAD Program. They really need to re-eval there curriculum and tests!!!! :banghead:

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    You forgot quite a few vendors on that list :D

    Also, you don't mention any kind of usage. I would buy from different vendors depending on the use of the network equipment. I would buy from one vendor for a home network, another for a normal small office LAN, a different for a datacenter routing setup, and another for the LAN closet in a multi-story building of a major corporation.

    Oh, and welcome to short-media :)

    //edit: Oh, and Linksys and Cisco are the same company
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Anyone other than D-Link to be honest. They have no idea what they are doing.

    NS
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited December 2003
    Netgear. I couldnt get 2 Linksys routers to work and no suggestions from anyone here would help either. It also dropped my roommates from games as well. No problem with either netgear.
  • nimbis1nimbis1 Royal Oak, Mi
    edited December 2003
    primesuspect had this to say
    You forgot quite a few vendors on that list :D

    Also, you don't mention any kind of usage. I would buy from different vendors depending on the use of the network equipment. I would buy from one vendor for a home network, another for a normal small office LAN, a different for a datacenter routing setup, and another for the LAN closet in a multi-story building of a major corporation.

    Oh, and welcome to short-media :)

    //edit: Oh, and Linksys and Cisco are the same company
    But they are too different products ones for more business use and one is for more home use and personaly i would put cisco in my house!!! but its soo exspensive
  • nimbis1nimbis1 Royal Oak, Mi
    edited December 2003
    mmonnin had this to say
    Netgear. I couldnt get 2 Linksys routers to work and no suggestions from anyone here would help either. It also dropped my roommates from games as well. No problem with either netgear.
    Linksys is good router but sometime with your connection you have to setup the router a certin way and you need to know what connection you use(dsl,cable,t1,etc.) if dsl do you use authentication (PPPoE,or connection just uses obtain an IP Address automatically) you might need to contact your isp for more information about your internet connection.

    also what linksys routers do u have??
  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited December 2003
    Netacad... I took that.. :D
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I took that aswell, but only got up to module 9 as in year 2 none of my work modules fit with it, so I couldn't complete it. Not happy :(

    NS
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    D-Link works for small-business & home users.

    Their network cards, routers, switches and network bridges perform well and are a great bargain for someone looking to setup a network for cheap.

    Personally, I use a D-Link DFE-816 to keep my home network running ($8.00 CDN for a 16-port 10/100 switch... I wasn't turning it down).
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I wont buy from D-Link again in a hurry after the screwups with their DSL-5XX series of routers which they STILL haven't fixed. They released a firmware which basically crashed the router every 5 minutes, they then uploaded a different firmware to their site, except the FTP didnt work anyway, and when they fixed it the file was currupted. So basically anyone with one of these routers is stuck on a super old firmware due to the complete incompitence of D-Link...

    NS
  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited December 2003
    I've had one incident with Linksys home routers, and that was human user fault. We were trying to connect two routers, and eventually found out it wasn't working because both were set to gateway and both had identical IPs. (doh)

    Otherwise, I have NEVER had a problem from a Linksys that didn't take 5 minutes to fix.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    My DLink router works flawlessly, as does the DLink PCMCIA wireless card I bought for it. It maintains a 22Mb/s connection throughout my entire house, which is impressive. I've got a number of their cheap PCI 10/100 NICs, and they all work fine, too.

    My Linksys stuff has been no trouble either, though.

    My dad swears by Netgear, and for the most part, their stuff seems pretty good.

    3Com stuff has it's ups and downs. It's great once it's set up, but for anyone using win9x (my grandparent's business' network is almost 100% win95/NT Server 4 based) the stuff is a bitch to set up.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Now that Ciscos OWNS linksys, indeed Cicso powns everybody.

    John.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Brian, what would you recommend for a hard-wired but NAT firewalled small office LAN of less than 5 high-speed boxes max with two-three online max at any one time??? This will be a Cat5E network. Yes, primary use of router will be as a Cable gateway. I am trending toward a Linksys, myself.

    John.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I agree. Linksys 8port gigabit (leaves a bit of room for an upgrade path) is around ~$200

    I've also had good success with Netgear soho products. Their intro-level 12 port rackmount 10/100 switches are around $189 and they are very snappy.
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I have a Netgear RT314 Gateway Router, just a simple little 4port 10/100 switch and router dealie, cost me like $170 a couple years ago, probably the best piece of computer equipment that I've ever bought because I often forget its even there, just sits there doing its job, routing packets to various PCs around the house and out the cable :D very reliable, have had no problems.

    and here's my fav featured, just went into the little system status thing

    WAN Uptime: 1215:41:57

    would be longer but I had to unplug it and plug it into my new UPS about...1215hours ago
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Ok, will look. Has anyone had any bad things to say from theri own experience about the Netgear RP614??? Other than that it does not port forward, and since I will not be using the DMZ that does not matter that using it opens the LAN to port forwards that are used by the DMZ. I have seen it for about $45.00-$50.00 before $10.00 rebate, including shipping. It is either that, or a Linksys BEFSX41, for now. Any feedback or preferences other than those mentioned already??? I do not need an 8-port and will be doubtless getting gigabit once in a shop, but not now. It is overkill for a cable connect, and I rarely need to surf and transfer data in the LAN at once so a router\gateway\switch will do for now-- gateway will eliminate 90% of need to transfer data from computer to computer except very rarely, anyhow.

    John.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited December 2003
    for home lan.. cisco is to overpriced imho. Ive had issues with all of them. Linksys network cards.. dlink, fubar router, however the replacement works perfectly other than dlink has no clue how a DMZ is supposed to work as I can never get them to work. the last ive never heard of...


    Gobbles
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Gobs:

    Orinoco is lucent's wireless brand. It's actually pretty top notch gear for WiFi..
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Working tech support at a fairly large ISP, I have more problems with linksys routers than any other....scratch that, Zoom routers suck.

    Dlink is great for home user. Netgear is mediocore. Linksys, blahhhh.

    Thats going by about 1000 calls now of experience on routers, and only routers.

    kthx
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Orinoco.

    /me drools in technolust
  • Josh-Josh- Royal Oak, MI
    edited December 2003
    Have always used linksys routers, and they've always worked just fine for me :)
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