Belkin buys Linksys home router business from Cisco, giving it 30% of the market

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:19 pm

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3912908/belkin-buys-linksys-home-router-unit-from-cisco

I hope this makes Belkin better because their products suck.

Err · Post by **Err** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:43 pm

DaMaN wrote:http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3912908/belkin-buys-linksys-home-router-unit-from-cisco

I hope this makes Belkin better because their products suck.

I've always hated trying to configure a Belkin. I hope they don't screw up the Linksys.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:15 pm

or cisco ! just talked about cisco routers tonight/might be buying new one this next week

just sold my Cisco router tonight infact and need to ship it out when i get back home tomorrow !

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:35 pm

Belkin routers suck. Linksys routers have started to suck lately and this will probably make them worse.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:17 am

Crazy Sauce.. Is Cisco just trying to get out of the home consumer biz or what? I may be switching to SonicWall for home next time I have to buy a new router..

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:34 pm

DaMaN wrote:http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/39129 ... from-cisco

I hope this makes Belkin better because their products suck.

Double negative = positive? Linksys routers are crap too.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:44 pm

This may have been the best thing Belkin has done. Assuming they drop their own line immediately and get some people over from Linksys. Though in the future, going to be quite wary of buying anything "Linksys" anymore.

I've been running Netgear for years, they've served be quite decently. My second choice though has been Linksys, probably just make it D-link now. I've heard good things about Trendnet, can anyone verify?

Also on the hate Belkin products club. The only thing they sell that is decent is cables, beyond that they suck. Their wireless adapters/routers have always been buggy pieces of shit. When someone asks me what is wrong with their router, the first question I ask is if they bought a Belkin, if they say yes, I'll say, "there you go".

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:57 pm

Belkin also makes rock solid interface cards. I've seen all kinds of issues on older PCs and modern USB hard drives. I carry Belkin PCI USB cards as a quick fix.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:12 am

Meh, their cards can be hit or miss too. Depends on which chips they go with, the Realtek ones work quite well.