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Cisco Rumored To Be Selling Linksys

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 16, 2012 @11:50PM from the buy-and-revive-the-linux-ones dept.

New submitter drdread66 writes "Cisco seems to be giving up on another technology acquisition. Hot on the heels of a full writedown for shuttering Flip Video, Cisco is now looking at another potentially huge loss from unloading Linksys."

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Firmware by cgt · 2012-12-17 00:01 · Score: 5, Informative

I'm glad they're suffering. They deserve to suffer for their decision to force their evil cloud firmware on people.
Re:Good move. by SJHillman · 2012-12-17 01:09 · Score: 5, Informative

I have a (refurbished) WRT150N, and have bought two others for parents/grandparents. With the stock firmware, they're everything you described. However, with DD-WRT, they've been some of the most reliable devices I've worked with, up to and including Cisco's enterprise hardware. I've had a similar experience with one of their newer models (E2000 or something? I forget the actual number) - ultimate crap with the stock firmware but excellent performance and reliability under DD-WRT.