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Interoperability Tests of Draft 802.11n Routers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the play-nice-with-the-other-routers dept.

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech has done interoperability testing of five wireless routers from Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link, and Netgear — along with their matched NICs. Results (summarized in a color-coded table) are very mixed, with several of the products not talking to one another at all. From the review: 'Netgear's RangeMax NEXT devices dominated in the throughput race, but interoperability was a mixed bag...Stick to a single brand and a single product line...Don't expect all of your existing clients to work with the new hardware. If some don't, you may have to pony up for some new wireless equipment. No one ever said early adoption was cheap.'"

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  1. Question: DHCP and LAN side DNS w/ routers by sinan · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      I have a LAN side caching DNS which also serves the "in house computer names".
      The only router that I've been able to configure with a LAN side DNS address (192.168.200.9 in this case) for DHCP is a Linksys.
      Has anyone had any success configuring any of these routers with a LAN side DNS for DHCP configuration?

      Thanx

  2. If you are gonna do it, do it right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Note: Anonymous L8m3r's parent goat.cx pumpkin post probably modded to -1/troll. I'm sure this will be modded down -1/offtopic soon enough. Hopefully I'll get some sympathy +1/funny's to make up for it.

    Dear L8m3r:

    Goat.cx is so last year.

    If you are gonna do it, do it right.

    Of course, there is the pre-Pumpkin original, but I'm not gonna dishonor /. by posting that here. You are a geek, find it yourself.