What's up with Linksys?

[thewayne]

Most of you could probably care less about networking gear, but this is a little weird. A month or so ago I had to replace my cable modem, and it was Linksys. I replaced it with a Motorola, there really wasn't much of a selection here. Now it looks like my wireless router is flaking out, it also is Linksys. Here's the bit that I don't get: they're both designs that have come out since Cisco bought them. I probably would have bought the older style if they'd been available when I needed this gear, but they weren't. The old style is designed to stack nicely, these don't: especially now that I have two different brands.

The wireless router is a bit over two years old, the cable modem I bought in February!

This deserves a *GRRRRR*, this stuff isn't cheap and to have it crap out on you like this....!

Comments

[chirssly.livejournal.com]

I was going to say I don't have any problems with my Linksys router and Motorola DSL modem, but the router is two years old probably.

Have you considered trying one of the firmware hacks? I've never tried one, but I've heard good reviews on Lifehacker.