What Brand of Home Networking Hardware Do You Trust?

[Jonny M]

This is a quick little survey to see which manufacturer of network hardware you would use time and time again, the kit you know you can buy without even needing to read reviews to see if it's good.

Don't think I've forgotten any major ones To qualify the manufacturer needs to make everything needed to make a simple home network, such as routers, WiFi or ethernet cards, access points or switches etc.

[Moby-Dick]

D Link kit is cheap but can be nasty - buffalo is great if you run everything with buffalo


For routers I'd rather have draytek ( or failing that Netgear )

[MiggyMan]

3com, Netgear and of course Buffalo.

3com
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Dispite actualy having problems with one model of switch at work (one and only problem) 3com still make about the best performance nic cards on earth.

Netgear
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Make lovley switches and very good wifi nic's (access points could be better).

Buffalo
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They pretty much are wifi personified

Linksys..... From personal experience id have to say.... Not if you paid me a shat load of cash

[BenW]

Only ever used Belkin and have had no problems

And of course there's a lifetime guarentee

[arsen]

netgear FS range of switches -> best ive ever had. belkin make good cables when ive run outta crimps n my own , 3com make good NIC's, same with netgear.. my realtek ones always seem to break

[Clstrphbc_donut]

Voted 3com, as my P4P800 has gigabit 3com lan. Have a D-Link DI-604 but its plain poo and gives random disconnects

[Howard]

You forgot SMC. Their stuff is great

[nichomach]

Voted for 3Com, but I'd trust their gear, Linksys, maybe SMC but not so much after my Barricade router bought the farm. D-Link for wired stuff (I still have an 804V router kicking around, very solid) but not for wireless.

[Jonny M]

Originally Posted by Howard

You forgot SMC. Their stuff is great

No I didn't

[Howard]

Originally Posted by Caged

No I didn't

I wasn't born yesterday

[Jonny M]

Originally Posted by From Howard's Profile

Birthday:
August 15, 2004

Explain that then

[Howard]

*Hangs head in shame

*Leaves

[Jiff Lemon]

3com are the daddies of networking.
Buffalo do great wireless.
belkin? Never forgiven for their Spamming router.
Dlink - Had some bad experiences, when is a modem not a modem? When it's Dlink modem.
Linksys - Can't comment, as I've never used, but not heard many bad things about them.
Netgear - No major issues here.
SMC - Haven't used since my trusty old 7004 barricade router, still going strong some 3 years on!
Speedtouch - Never forgiven for the frog.

[Apex]

3com/Dlink/SpeedTouch

Of thoes am on the speedtouch 530 adsl modem router and i love it. Not had one glitch with it since i got it.

[3dcandy]

3com all the way here