I do not recommend Netgear !!!!

[slaphead]

cisco involved so must be good stuff!

What's that old adage

"All that glitters is not gold"

Cisco - good name in shifting data around offices

- but this is a different market - (which rather ironically Linksys have an very good name in).

I can see I'll get flak for this - so I'll go get my new crash helmet on :lol:

~Mark

[TonyB]

I won't start talking about Cisco's superior security measures then :lol:

And as for Belkin - you must be lucky

there are many bits of kit that will do the job. You pays your money, you takes you chance.

[Ben]

belkin - think they work with magic - sometimes you have it - sometimes you don't

[slaphead]

I won't start talking about Cisco's superior security measures then :lol:

And as for Belkin - you must be lucky

there are many bits of kit that will do the job. You pays your money, you takes you chance.

I sincerely hope you don't start talking about Cisco and superior security measures - mainly because being an ignorant ludite I'd be asleep in seconds :lol: (I take it you've been on the Cisco course then?)

re Belkin and lucky mmmmm... - (I prefer to think of it as skill :rotflol: :roll:) more accurately - I have heard both good and bad about them - my personal experience is - very easy to set up - reasonably secure assuming you set it up right - and I've had no trouble - but hey - as you say you get what you pay for and Linksys have got a good name (with or without involvement from Cisco )

So I'm not disagreeing with you - just challenging brand assumptions :evil:


~Mark

[Ben]

Cisco are the daddies in the networking world.

To security - 128 bit encryption takes about 10 seconds to crack with downloadable software off the net - I would recommend 128 encrpytion and lock down by mac address. i.e. when all your wireless kit is logged in - enable mac filtering and add the connected devices - be mindfull that you might not own all of the connected kit - maybe your neighbours do !!!.

by restricting mac address - you are only allowing your own equipment.

[alexb]

by restricting mac address - you are only allowing your own equipment.

Until someone spoofs your mac addresses...

fact of it is wireless lans are not very secure

[Ben]

True - when I do detect wireless I get at least 4 to choose from.

When I was at my sister's in london we got about 6 and at least 3 had no security at all.

P.s - you've been quiet for a while mate.

[jonny_boy]

I have heard good things about Linksys, I personally use a Netgear wireless router and my dad uses a netgear non wireless router and we've never had problems, however, my colleague at work has experienced problems with them and apparantly they don't like it if you're a fair bit from the local exchange :? they really should fix that (and other things) if they want to stay in the market !

Their wireless cards are pretty appalling too

[duncan]

another vote for Linksys here

mind you I use Belkin PreN wireless network too and both work flawlessy with full security Mac address and 128 bit encryption.

I dodnt see many other netwroks around when I try to discover networks on my powerbook as i am a little way from other houses and normal wireless would not reach.

I can recommend the Pre-N though as i can now use the lappie anywhere in house/garage or garden at pretty much full strength... whereas normal wireless would drop out in the kitchen, be hopeless in the lounge, not a hope in the garden - so a waste a space. (on any of the 13 channels btw)

[alexb]

True - when I do detect wireless I get at least 4 to choose from.

When I was at my sister's in london we got about 6 and at least 3 had no security at all.

P.s - you've been quiet for a while mate.

And even if you don't broadcast your ssid it's still possible to find it out. There was a great article on Tom's Networking a while back about cracking WEP encryption, it's depressingly easy.

I've been working my arse off lately, mostly in Bristol. No proper network access in the office, no wireless in the hotel, it's crap!

Cheers,
Alex