I would assume then, that cisco might just be sharing some software coders with linksys? Yes, they're not cisco radios, but they sure price some stuff as if they were. :P -- Alex Hartman Chief Engineer KVSC 88.1FM Chief Engineer KCLD 104.7FM On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, steve ulrich wrote: > not quite. > > linksys makes the consumer grade gear. there's a definite difference > in the caliber of the hardware and the software between the two > families. linksys is a wholly owned subsidiary of cisco that makes > consumer products. they share a logo. > > > On Jan 27, 2004, at 6:22 PM, Goober wrote: > > > Linksys is Cisco these days. > > > > -- > > Alex Hartman > > Chief Engineer KVSC 88.1FM > > Chief Engineer KCLD 104.7FM > > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Ted Rattei wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jan 16, 2004, at 2:08 PM, Leif Pihl wrote: > >> > >>> At the time we purchased my wife's laptop computer, we also purchased > >>> a 802.11b card for it. What we do not have is a base station to plug > >>> into our LAN. If I was purchasing a coffee maker, I'd know to go to > >>> the library, and photocopy some pages from a recent edition of > >>> "Consumer Reports" magazine. I'm sorry, but I just don't think that > >>> they're quick enough, or "up to speed" on the topic of Wi-Fi. So... > >>> > >>> - In _YOUR_ opinions, what resource (web page, magazine, etc.) > >>> should I go to for _UNBIASED_ Wi-Fi equipment reviews? > >> > >> Buy it and see how you like it. > >> > >> Everything else is someone's personal opinion, which will always be > >> biased. > >> > >> I personally like the Cisco gear (expensive), Apple's AirPort base > >> station (good admin tools if you use Mac OS X, Windows something or > >> other, and there is a Java program that will let other OSes config the > >> base station). Linksys and Netgear seem to of made some decent stuff > >> as well. > >> > >> Buy it, and if you don't like it, return it. > >> > >> cheers! > >> > >> Ted > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ted Rattei > >> tedr at rattei.org > >> 612-201-2393 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > >> Minnesota > >> http://www.tcwug.org > >> tcwug-list at tcwug.org > >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > -- > steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org > PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list