LinkSys Cheap but you Get what you pay for (General Comments on Networking)

Member Name: mrwhitei

Product:	General Comments on Networking
Date:	22/03/01 (230 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap if you are on a buget

Disadvantages: They dont work when transfering lots of data and they like to restart your computer without warning

I bought a new computer, to add to my home network. I had an old setup by using BNC (ie coaxial cable), this worked fine and i had my internet connection shared using a program called Sygate. Everything was fine until i realised that it was nearly impossible to find a PCI network card that had port for BNC. So I took a look at my bank account and decided that I could afford to buy more network cards. Again since I needed to change my network setup to RJ45 connectors and i have more than two PCs a Hub was also needed. So i went to PC World and had a look about. What caught my eye was a network starter kit made by LinkSys. This kit included two network cards and a five port hub. It only costed fifty five pounds which i thought was a bargain. I got home and put the network cards into my new machine and one of the other computers, set them all up and everything worked fine. Then when i tryied to copy files accross from the other computers the computer i was coping the files to restarted by itself without warning, the same thing happeden when i was having a relaxing game of Quake 2 with my friends. The other computer with the new Network card also did the same when I was doing the same actions.
I run the diagnostics program supplied on the disk that came with the Kit and while executing the diagnostics the computer restarted by itself once again.
Also like to say that WinME's ICS dosent work on the network either, and the program that i was using before to share my connection didnt work on the network anymore either.
In conclusion if you are going to buy a network card or Kit, be prepared to spend a little more than what you want to. Its worth it, im now stuck with a couple of Network cards that do nothing more than restart your computer for you.

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