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Emissary_Of_Pain

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Hey guys


I was looking to see if anyone has experience with this product or brand.


I was looking at getting the Linksys EA6700 ... ... Is this router/brand any good .... ... How does it compare to Asus and the other brands like TP-Link


Regards.
 
Emissary_Of_Pain said:
Hey guys


I was looking to see if anyone has experience with this product or brand.


I was looking at getting the Linksys EA6700 ... ... Is this router/brand any good .... ... How does it compare to Asus and the other brands like TP-Link


Regards.
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In my opinion Linksys have a really bad GUI for configuration, my friends Linksys could not show you your line statistics (not sure if it was a bug or not).

But I recommend this
 
Linksys
GOOD for reliable links/connections
BAD for diving deep for info.

TP-LINK
used to be TERRIBLE CHEAP JUNK, seems they have upped their game in recent months.
 
I have a TP-link TL-MR3420 router and it's great. I don't know about there older stuff but there new stuff is easy to use and I've had no problems.
 
Iroiro said:
I have a TP-link TL-MR3420 router and it's great. I don't know about there older stuff but there new stuff is easy to use and I've had no problems.
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I have that same router... it works well.
I also had a custom driver written for my wireless modem, by their engineering dept. Took 2 days.
 
Rickster said:
In my opinion Linksys have a really bad GUI for configuration, my friends Linksys could not show you your line statistics (not sure if it was a bug or not).

But I recommend this
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You can download Tomato Firmware for that: works like a charm on mine
 
Tomato Firmware ??


I can get the following 2 TP-Link routers:

TD-W8980: R1199
TL-AC1750: R1350


Which should I take ?



I am such a noob when it comes to this ... so all help is greatly appreciated...
 
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Emissary_Of_Pain said:
Tomato Firmware ??


I can get the following 2 TP-Link routers:

TD-W8980: R1199
TL-AC1750: R1350


Which should I take ?



I am such a noob when it comes to this ... so all help is greatly appreciated...
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All depends on your need. Only a router or must it provide connection to your ADLS/3G? (do you have a separate modem)
 
hsmnel said:
All depends on your need. Only a router or must it provide connection to your ADLS/3G? (do you have a separate modem)
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I require it to be an all in one solution for my ADSL ... so it needs to connect my ADSL and my LAN.

2 computers via cable, about 6 wireless devices and 1 or 2 external drives.

Must support 10mbps lines and higher (future proofing)
 
Normally the Linksys pages are just hidden but you can find them with a few Google's.

Linksys is basically the consumer branch of Cisco and Cisco runs the internet so you can't really go wrong there.

But on the flip side I can also tell you that a R250 router from the Chinese (Tenda) will work just as well, but it has a terrible Engrish interface.


Most of these things run the exact same hardware at the end of the day.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Normally the Linksys pages are just hidden but you can find them with a few Google's.

Linksys is basically the consumer branch of Cisco and Cisco runs the internet so you can't really go wrong there.

But on the flip side I can also tell you that a R250 router from the Chinese (Tenda) will work just as well, but it has a terrible Engrish interface.


Most of these things run the exact same hardware at the end of the day.
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Negative. They're owned by Belkin these days. Linksys hasn't been particularly good quality for a long time...
 
So far it looks like I will be getting the TD-W8980


What exactly is the tomato firmware people keep recommending i get ?



Also, should I be looking at a router that has a processor and memory ?
 
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I was pleasantly surprised by my TP-Link. Replaced a Billion that wouldn't play nice with a Mac on the wireless and that had a fondness for resetting the connection randomly. The TP-Link has been flawless and with a much better UI and more extensive feature set.
 
I use a d-link router (dsl 2750u) and it works for me... My first d-link (dsl 2640u) lasted me 4 years and I sold it and to my knowledge its still going strong! Best part is I spent less than R800 on my routers. Get a mid range one so that you don't feel the pinch if it gets struck by lightning.
 
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