Comments on: CompUSA’s $30 house-brand router looks like a rare bargain https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-165 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:49:34 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-165 AFAIK AOL uses a proprietary scheme, just like they use FLAP and P3 for dialup. So conventional PPPoE router/modem might not work. If you have an ethernet out on the aol modem it could work by performing NAT with the router, and let the modem do the PPPoE or whatever is required.

One downside of AOL BB is caps on mtu and receive window.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-164 Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:51:12 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-164 I just got the CompUSA’s $30 cable/DSL router/4-port switch. For my mother-inlawI’m not sure not sure how to get the web site working to set it up? She has aol dsl will it still work? please email me at retodd4fun@hotmail.com thanks todd

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-173 Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:13:56 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-173 comment: Your welcome to open a free email account ( web based or POP3) at http://sobe.no-ip.com:3000

BUT I also bought the compusa 4 port 10/100 router and was very impressed with its plug and play mode.

Also most everything was self explanitory. I never looked at the manual.

Anyway with the new viruses going around 32.blaster and some other worms I decided to see if their might be a firmware upgrade.

Much to my suprise I could not find above MRS-6104 V1.69 [Assumming I have even found a product number]

In google.com it sent me to a chinese site with similar design so I assumed I was there and the firmware version remained still 1.69

One thing I like about my d-link is that the firmware is upgraded once in a while. I wonder if they will ever upgrade or did they design the firmware in such a way as it is aok still?

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-172 Sat, 07 Jun 2003 02:14:51 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-172 Hey, I have one of these. It was so cheap I had to just get it. I’ve had it about a month or so. Works like a charm. What else can you say about something that just works? It’s the things that don’t work that always get lots of comments. 🙂

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-171 Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:44:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-171 Well, I suspect I’ll be fine then. I won’t be running over 1024×768, and my display is an NEC 15″ LCD flat panel which runs at a 60 Hz vertical refresh rate (though I know it isn’t really correct to talk about a “refresh rate” on an LCD panel 😉 Your FE950 would show problems in that setup much sooner than my LCD.

After reading some reviews on eopinions.com and Amazon, I may end up with something less expensive than the Belkin SOHO. Like the Linksys KVM2KIT (which got a good review on Amazon.com) or the Belkin F1DJ102P-B.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-170 Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:43:28 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-170 I’ve got a Belkin myself, and it’s pretty good, but I don’t know that I would swear it doesn’t give any degradation. The higher your display resolution, the more likely you’ll see it.

What I will say is I’ve run 1024×768 displays over my Belkin without any noticeable degradation, and the cables I used weren’t anything special (Fellowes KVM cables, so they’re decent quality but not premium by any stretch of the imagination). And that’s with an NEC FE950 monitor, so I had a decent monitor in the equation.

I never tried running anything higher than that through them though.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/compusas-30-house-brand-router-looks-like-a-rare-bargain-2/#comment-176 Thu, 29 May 2003 13:26:12 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1041#comment-176 Well, I don’t have any comments about this device – since I already have a Linksys equivalent that work bought for me so I could use VPN.

However, I am looking for input into good quality KVM switches. The Belkin Omniview SOHO line looks good, and one co-worker has suggested them. My main concern is that I don’t see any degradation of the quality of my video display the way I’ve seen on to many older KVM switches at work. The Belkins claim good video quality if used with their “coaxial” video cable sets, but I haven’t seen any in action.

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