Re: UHF Radio

Michael C wrote:
> "jonz" <fj40@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:481e7f02$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>    must be *useful* absolute crap then ??? DOH.....
> 
> Well they are useful when they work. The problem is they have a really 
> really really bad habit of just plain stopping working. Either the power

> supply drops dead or the unit itself drops dead. I had a customer whose 
> dlink router died, I bought a linksys to replace it. When I was
installing 
> the linksys router I had to unplug their dlink wireless box from the
wall. 
> When I plugged the wireless back it it just didn't come back on. I had
to 
> charge them for a new wireless box as well and while they paid no
worries it 
> was very embaressing. I've had no end of dlink crap just stop working on
me. 
> Recently I had to unplug my dlink router from the wall and joked to my 
> girlfriend that there was a 50:50 chance of it working when I plugged it

> back in. It didn't work and I had to run down to jaycar to get a new
power 
> supply. I reckon I've sold 30 dlink products and easily 15 would have
died 
> within the first 2 years. Most of them die outside of warranty.
> 
> I sold a dlink router to a guy who says he's got 14 remote locations
which 
> all need to have the same dlink router so they can talk to each other.
With 
> 14 locations he likes to keep 3 or 4 routers spare for when they pop.
This 
> happens every 4 to 8 weeks.
> 
> Then you've got the problem that when they don't die they don't always
work 
> that well. I don't use wireless at home very often but when I do I
reckon 
> there's less than a 50% chance of getting a connection and that's when
I'm 5 
> feet from the box. I have to hard reset it and set everything up again 
> because it keeps corupting its settings. Now my dlink crap router has 
> stopped giving out IP addresses from time to time and needs to be turned
off 
> and on to get onto the internet.
> 
> Anyway, after all the ranting, my point is that it took a while to work
out 
> that dlink are crap because at first you think it's just standard
failures. 
> It takes a while to realise the eventually the vast majority of the
stuff 
> fails. What I'm trying to say is it's quite possible to have a lot of a 
> certain brand of equipement and know it's crap. That makes them the most

> qualified to comment IMO :-)

    hmmm, well i use an *ancient* 504g router, works fine.......but then 
i dont feel the need to push the envelope........

>>> Michael
>> -- 
>> Don`t be ***ist...........Broads hate that. 
> 
> 

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Don`t be ***ist...........Broads hate that.