Belkin Acquires Linksys From Cisco

[bearxor]

I'll agree Belkin's track record is horrid. The couldn't code firmware if their life depended on it. They're probably going to simply drop their line and slap "Belkin" on Linksys's current products.

Yeah, I'm thinking this is more of a name purchase than anything.

 

[Chess]

My WRT54G is still going strong after 9 years.

Mine for almost 10 years.. and tomato f/w is doing the damn thing LOL

 

[lupi]

This could be good. Linky kinda left to rot under cisco and if belkin even becomes 50% better they may make something decent enough to buy.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I'll agree Belkin's track record is horrid. The couldn't code firmware if their life depended on it. They're probably going to simply drop their line and slap "Belkin" on Linksys's current products.

Don't believe that is their plan. If anything, they'll want to keep the Linksys name as it's more well known than Belkin for network products.

I've found that Belkins new routers are pretty good. I get auto-notifications on firmware updates and the update process is painless.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I miss the old linksys router/switches. The ones that were stackable (as in, physically). Now their design is such crap. They tried to make them look cool, but their design is just not physically functional if you have lot of other equipment. I use all rackmount stuff now though, so I could not care less. 😛 Pfsense rackmount box for router/firewall, 24 port Dell switch, and Unify AP for wireless.

 

[TwiceOver]

Back when they announced the unit being sold off all I could think was "Anybody but Belkin, anybody but Belkin, ..."

Ugh.

 

[Ausm]

10 here
but
flaky lately:<

Mine died around the 9 year mark, kept dropping connection.

 

[The_Dude8]

Time to round up the WRT54G-TM's available on eBay.

is the WRT54B worth anything on ebay? lol

 

[TheSlamma]

ASUS Dark Knight FTW

 

[Eos]

My WRT54G is still going strong after 9 years.

My WRT54GL with DDWRT has been running solid for over six years.

 

[Engineer]

I've used many of both brands with no issues. Of course, I flash Tomato on them all (or I won't buy them) and they have all been rock solid. Also have an Asus RT-N16 and it's great too.