[clue-tech] CompUSA wireless

[Angelo Bertolli]

Hex Star wrote:

> Note that D-Link has quite a bad reputation, and IMO their products 
> are so bad that I really feel they should not even be in the 
> networking business...if you bought their D-Link wireless USB adapter 
> I'd return it for a refund asap and buy an alternative USB wireless 
> adapter such as a Linksys one, why (or even better, a Belkin wireless 
> bridge)? Simple, the driver for the USB adapter is one I've had first 
> hand experience with, I've tried their driver both on MacOS X and 
> Windows XP, both OSes for which they claim compatibility with however 
> on neither of those OSes did their driver ever keep the USB adapter 
> working for more then 2 minutes at which point sometimes taking the 
> adapter out and plugging it back in would make it work for another 2 
> minutes and more often I would have to restart for the dang thing to 
> work again...I called D-Link and the support was of no help other then 
> they begged me not to return the D-Link device for a refund and tried 
> to bribe me with free lifetime support (and that would do me good when 
> I don't have a working device and they have no solution how? ;-) 
> )...so I returned it, purchased a Belkin wireless bridge and am happy 
> ever since. Also note that a friend of mine who also purchased the 
> D-Link USB device had the same experience, and in addition I was at a 
> computer camp who used a D-Link router to power one of the 
> classrooms...the thing failed almost instantly and every time had to 
> be reconfigured and rebooted just to fail again. So to sum it all up, 
> just stay clear away from D-Link networking products.

I've had a different experience--I've had better success with D-Link 
than Belkin.  I pretty much hate Belkin now.  But it probably has to do 
with when and how I buy my stuff.  I usually buy stuff on the cheap and 
don't mind if that means I need to use ndiswrapper to run it.  I 
personally like my d-link router's interface and options better than the 
linksys my parents spent a lot more money on.  I don't know what model 
they have though.