Poll: Netgear or Linksys

[optimistic]

Netgear or Linksys?

I'm talking about their products in general. Which do you prefer?

 

[Zim Hosein]

optimistic, I voted for Netgear because I once had trouble trying to setup a Linksys NIC on an AMD system. Once I replced the NIC w/ a Netgear FA311, and rebooted all was well. Hope this helps

 

[blstriker]

I like both a lot. I have more linksys stuff though. Part of it is how netgear often has the rj45 ports on the front of their hubs/switches/etc. But netgear stuff cased in metal. Linksys stuff is all plastic. I dunno, linksys I guess...

 

[Doh!]

If you're talking about a nic, whatever is the cheaper. For switches/routers, I prefer netgears. Personal preference really. I dont' think there is any significant performance difference between the two.

 

[optimistic]

I like Netgear because of the blue PCBs they use on their network cards (I'm just weird like that)

But according to this review the Linksys beats out Netgears FA310TX & FA311TX network cards.

 

[nnnyyy]

Netgear housings are nicer and more professional looking but I dont like the ports on front. Linksys looks more appealing but I dont like the cheap plastic casese.