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Primis1

join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI

Cisco....

...is the worst thing to ever happen to Linksys.

Back nefore they acquired them I swore by Linksys. Then after acquisition their firmware began to turn to crap, and nowadays I not only don't recommend Linksys to people, I explicitly tell them to NOT go with Linksys.

Cisco needs to wake up to this. They took a once-respected name and screwed it up big-time by tinkering where no tinkering needed to be done.


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said by Primis1 See Profile :

Cisco needs to wake up to this. They took a once-respected name and screwed it up big-time by tinkering where no tinkering needed to be done.
Yeah, and they did that to Linksys too!
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blueeyesm

join:2003-09-05
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said by Primis1 See Profile :

... tinkering where no tinkering needed to be done.
This is quite humourous considering the thread is lossely based open source firmware - tinkering.

Seriously tho - it's a shame these companies do not open up to allow a user-developed, open firmware area within the product, so that users can customize a product. Or better yet - why not make that a feature on mid-range to higher priced networking equipment? It's obvious one of the successes in this project was the open-source community's response to the idea of opening up the firmware. It improved, corrected, and added to, the product - for free.
So the box might have to cost more money - at least they would make a bit extra on a 'feature'.


jsimmons
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said by Primis1 See Profile :

Back before they [Cisco] acquired them I swore by Linksys. Then after acquisition their firmware began to turn to crap, and nowadays I not only don't recommend Linksys to people, I explicitly tell them to NOT go with Linksys.

Cisco needs to wake up to this. They took a once-respected name and screwed it up big-time by tinkering where no tinkering needed to be done.
I've experienced problems with Linksys, Belkin, D-Link, Netgear, ZyXELL, and more. Believe me... When it comes to getting updates to firmware out, and responding to user pressure when serious flaws are found, Linksys is far better (and quicker) than most.
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Deathsadvoca

join:2003-08-20
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If cisco put half the amount of time into developing there linksys brand as they do with there commercial routers they would actually be decent.

AquaBlaze
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said by blueeyesm See Profile :

Seriously tho - it's a shame these companies do not open up to allow a user-developed, open firmware area within the product, so that users can customize a product.
True...but I think I might get upset if I start seeing "Pimp My Router" on the TV Guide in the near future.

stridr69

join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA
ROTFLOL!!!!
I can see it now...w/a 56" Plasma screen showing the current "online" status.
Nice take there, Aquablaze..
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