8port switch/router.... decisions decisions

RedTalon19 · 03-12-2002, 04:49 PM

well i've been looking into getting an 8 port switch/hub for myself for a while and i decided to get a router while i was at it, you know go all the way while i'm at it....

there's the linksys here or the smc barricade here

cant decide which one would be best for me. the linksys just looks so damn nice but the smc has a built in print server. i guess i could just network the printer but then that computer always has to be turned on.... which isnt a problem with my computer but still.....

cristoff · 03-12-2002, 06:05 PM

the linksys work great... but i am not sure about the smc.. never used it before...

mkosem · 03-15-2002, 02:24 PM

SMC has been around forever, you can trust their hardware.

--Matt

superart · 04-10-2002, 06:22 AM

is the SMC firewall as good as the linksys?

EMC2 · 04-12-2002, 07:13 PM

Here's a good place for test info on routers

I personally prefer the newer Linksys for the cost.

However, if security is your biggest issue and you want the best firewall in the router, then I would say a SonicWall... but they are $$$$.

warp_zero · 07-16-2002, 11:37 AM

Hardware routers suck! You need to have your router cabable of runing Seti@Home!

/me watches his router crash

RedTalon19 · 07-31-2002, 05:11 PM

yeah well i got the linksys one cuz i got it for only $120 and it works great except for the random resetting problem i keep having... i dont even have to setup any special forwarding for my ftp site

03-12-2002, 04:49 PM	#1
RedTalon19 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: PA Posts: 96	8port switch/router.... decisions decisions well i've been looking into getting an 8 port switch/hub for myself for a while and i decided to get a router while i was at it, you know go all the way while i'm at it.... there's the linksys here or the smc barricade here cant decide which one would be best for me. the linksys just looks so damn nice but the smc has a built in print server. i guess i could just network the printer but then that computer always has to be turned on.... which isnt a problem with my computer but still..... __________________ i am myself not anybody else and thats who i am and not who you are so dont be like me because i am myself.

03-12-2002, 06:05 PM	#2
cristoff Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Posts: 185	the linksys work great... but i am not sure about the smc.. never used it before... __________________ fr33t3chi3

03-15-2002, 02:24 PM	#3
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	SMC has been around forever, you can trust their hardware. --Matt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

04-10-2002, 06:22 AM	#4
superart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: FL Posts: 787	is the SMC firewall as good as the linksys? __________________ When you do things right, people won't be sure youv'e done anything at all. Looking to buy/trade for used Deep Fryer and Vacume Pack Sealer.

07-16-2002, 11:37 AM	#6
warp_zero Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: A.D. 2101 Posts: 65	Hardware routers suck! You need to have your router cabable of runing Seti@Home! /me watches his router crash __________________ sub_light@yahoo.com long live TRAAM-II

04-12-2002, 07:13 PM	#5
EMC2 Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dark Side of the Moon Posts: 365	Here's a good place for test info on routers I personally prefer the newer Linksys for the cost. However, if security is your biggest issue and you want the best firewall in the router, then I would say a SonicWall... but they are $$$$.

07-31-2002, 05:11 PM	#7
RedTalon19 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: PA Posts: 96	yeah well i got the linksys one cuz i got it for only $120 and it works great except for the random resetting problem i keep having... i dont even have to setup any special forwarding for my ftp site __________________ i am myself not anybody else and thats who i am and not who you are so dont be like me because i am myself.

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