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AntiFreze

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I like the Buffalo, but as a commenter on newegg said:

"Cons: If you do not know much about networking or firmware alterations DO NOT buy this product, instead buy a Linksys and hope for the best! Else, BUY this and get a knowledgeable friend to do the prep work for you! Trying to do something yourself without proper knowledge only ends in frustration! You've been warned!"

I don't know too much. I can set up WPA/WPA2 passwords, forward ports, hardcode DNS settings, and upgrade the firmware, but thats about it... Would the ASUS be better suited for me?
 
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dawza

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You sound like you know plenty enough to configure the Buffalo. The interface is somewhat different from the standard Linksys and Netgear stuff, but certainly nothing a little experimentation and googling cannot take care of.

In any event, I would not allow a single (asinine, in this case) comment on Newegg to push me away from an outstanding product.
 
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BriGy86

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I just glanced at the products and I would go with the Asus. According to the site it looks like it does WPA2 where as the buffalo does not. Although you may be able to flash it with 3rd party firmware.

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After looking at them more I would still go with the Asus. Unless you can point something out that I'm missing JackMDS.
 
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narzy

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Flash with DD-WRT or Tomato and it will solve those issues. If you are not planning to use a 3rd party firmware I would stay away from the Asus device as it has a poorly implemented web interface.
 
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BriGy86

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Originally posted by: narzy
Flash with DD-WRT or Tomato and it will solve those issues. If you are not planning to use a 3rd party firmware I would stay away from the Asus device as it has a poorly implemented web interface.
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Touche. Those are the kind of answers that aren't on the product specs.
 
JackMDS

JackMDS

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The Buffalo does WPA2 (WPA+AES)_.

Originally posted by: BriGy86
After looking at them more I would still go with the Asus. Unless you can point something out that I'm missing JackMDS.
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Yap you are missing a lot.

The Buffalo is the only Entry level sub $100 Wireless Router that has a superb Wireless.

It has an High Power RF output of about 80mW as oppose to the Linksys and others that hover around 33mW. Its native Antenna is High gain too.

Originally posted by: AntiFreze
I like the Buffalo, but as a commenter on newegg said:

"Cons: If you do not know much about networking or firmware alterations DO NOT buy this product,
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Well, if you are a person that drives a Ford Escort and afraid to get a BMW because the Speedometer and the the Indicator Lights look and set in a different way, then stick with the Escort (Or get a Linksys ;) ).
 
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BriGy86

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hmm. On my router I can choose WPA with either TKIP or AES. Then I can choose WPA2 with either AES or AES+TKIP.
 
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BriGy86

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So on my router it doesn't matter whether you use WPA with AES or WPA2 with AES. How nice of Linksys to provide those identical options.
 
JackMDS

JackMDS

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Originally posted by: BriGy86
So on my router it doesn't matter whether you use WPA with AES or WPA2 with AES. How nice of Linksys to provide those identical options.
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Corp. do not care any more about providing technology and services. There main effort is just find ways to "con" the public out of as much as possible money.

The Current technological economy is based in cheap manufacturing of goods in china, and support through 800 numbers in India.

The American Corp side see their job mainly as marketing these goods to us (including false and misinformation).

Economy like this can not prevail for more than a decade, and that is one of the reason why it is collapsing.

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DSL Hyper, Super, Speed, get it today, x10 more than Dialup (that means that 510Mb/sec. is Hyper Speed).

I get solicitation letters like this every day. That is what Verizon spent their money on. They sent it to millions of people in NYC because they have terrible trouble providing FIOS in a big city, and FIOS is basically not available in most of the buildings in NYC.

So the idea is that maybe you are Not aware of the speed of Time Warner Cable Internet and you would fall into their scheme.

When all their revenue would go down the tubes because of their schemes they probably would apply for a Bail Out.

LOL, I am still waiting to see Wireless that can do 1200feet indoor.
 
JackMDS

JackMDS

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Originally posted by: BriGy86
that reminds me of this
http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...-data-cap-argument.ars

I think there was a commercial recently bashing Comcasts speed boost but I don't remember what company it was.
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Many of you are young and are Not familiar with the old western movies. Many of these movies use to have a classical scene in which a family leaving on a single cross road in the middle of Nowhere and making their leaving from creating and nursing a huge Mud pond in the middle of the Road. Any passing by use to get stuck in the Mud, and the family was more the happy to provide (with the proper charge) a "Push out of the Mud" service.

That old practice (as well as many similar schemes) were outlawed when we became a civilized nation.

It was outlawed, but did not go away. The only thing that you need to do is to Incorporate, then any scheme is legal for support/sacrifice to the all mighty ""Corporate God"".

I am strong believer in Capitalism. However we do not have any more Capitalistic Economy.

Slowly, slowly, in the last Decade, it changed into the old "Medieval European Feudalism", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism[/b]
 
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BriGy86

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Originally posted by: JackMDS
Originally posted by: BriGy86
that reminds me of this
http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...-data-cap-argument.ars

I think there was a commercial recently bashing Comcasts speed boost but I don't remember what company it was.
Click to expand...

Many of you are young and are Not familiar with the old western movies. many of these movies use to have a classical scene of a family leaving on a single cross road in the middle of Nowhere and making their leaving from creating and nursing a huge Mud pond in the middle of the Road. Any passing by use to get stuck in the Mud, and the family was more the happy to provide (with the proper charge) a "Push out of the Mud" service.

That old practice (as well as many similar scheme) were outlawed when we became a civilized nation.

It was outlawed, but did not go away. The only thing that you need to do is to Incorporate, then any scheme is legal for support/sacrifice to the all mighty ""Corporate God"".

I am strong believer in Capitalism. However we do not have any more Capitalistic Economy.

Slowly, slowly, in the last Decade, it changed into the old "Medieval European Feudalism", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism[/b]
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I've always wondered what to equate DRM to. Now I know. Some good personal examples are the velvet revolver CD's or Silvertide. If you run them on your computer it installs a driver that prevents you from ripping the CD through the media player.

But if you disable autorun so the driver can't install, you are able to rip them just fine. Another example of something that gets put there just to make things difficult.
 
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