linksys from cisco: stay away from it
Mar. 26th, 2010 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Got a wireless router, started installing it (I'm a plain user)
Like the choices: "do you want to install our protection right now, first month free, or you already have an account?"
But whatever, I was not going to pay them for "protection" racket anyway.
Next I was they were installing "parental control", without asking me.
So I tried to stop it (it downloads ~200 meg of "parental control" shit).
No way. It did not allow me to go to livejournal or to our realtor's web site.
Okay, turned it on, etc.
But seems like it had infected my hosts file, having set their own ip for livejournal.com etc.
I am not a network guy, I'm a humble programmer. But I think I'll clean up this shit.
But imagine the damage they make in regular users' computers.
Yes, I called them; I had one question - how do I remove their "parental control"; they said first I have to answer their long questionaire. I said no, I can give you my name and cell phone number, and you tell me how to turn off your "parental control". They just turned on music on the phone.
So what next? I'll go ahead return it to Fry's, and tell everyone willing to listen: stay away from this shit.
Like the choices: "do you want to install our protection right now, first month free, or you already have an account?"
But whatever, I was not going to pay them for "protection" racket anyway.
Next I was they were installing "parental control", without asking me.
So I tried to stop it (it downloads ~200 meg of "parental control" shit).
No way. It did not allow me to go to livejournal or to our realtor's web site.
Okay, turned it on, etc.
But seems like it had infected my hosts file, having set their own ip for livejournal.com etc.
I am not a network guy, I'm a humble programmer. But I think I'll clean up this shit.
But imagine the damage they make in regular users' computers.
Yes, I called them; I had one question - how do I remove their "parental control"; they said first I have to answer their long questionaire. I said no, I can give you my name and cell phone number, and you tell me how to turn off your "parental control". They just turned on music on the phone.
So what next? I'll go ahead return it to Fry's, and tell everyone willing to listen: stay away from this shit.
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Date: 2010-03-27 08:30 am (UTC)US Robotics вис, когда ослище работало, за год так и не починили. Старенький нетгир, ещё с телнетом, мне отдать пришлось, а новый пришёл с придурошным веб-интерфейсом, сконфигурить так и не удалось. Только линксис заработал нормально сразу. Я не помню, я с линуксом внутри взял, или нет.
Про "accelerating pace of life". Любовь бежит по проводам.
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Date: 2010-03-27 12:28 pm (UTC)Это же роутер - зачем там ставить на комп. всякую гадость? У меня, например, на компе и так дичайший зоопарк - новой фигни не надо.
Роутер конфигурится с веб интерфейса, а те дурацкие диски, что с ним дают, сразу выбрасываются.
Т.е. - для проводного интернету просто втыкаются кабеля и оно должно работать. Для беспроводного нужно сначала подключить через кабель и настроить беспроводную сетку (через веб интерфейс), а дальше всё работает.
IMHO, фигня со всякими защитами и т.д. и т.п. у всех производителей. На дисках к Netgear был большой список всякого хламу нарисован - как они ставятся, я не проверял, т.к. сразу в ведро сунул ;)
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Date: 2010-03-27 03:45 pm (UTC)Работает...
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Date: 2010-03-27 02:50 pm (UTC)Я, правда, кажется, так и не вставил :) Теперь вот убеждаюсь, что правильно сделал. Раутер работает отлично.
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Date: 2010-03-27 04:50 pm (UTC)I am through my... 10th? All are fully configurable through web interface (usually http://192.168.1.0 or http://192.168.1.1, check for default user/pass in the manual or just google it)
I repeat: you don't need ANY stuff from mfg CD that comes with your SOHO router.
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