OT: Linksys 610n listed as Tom's Hardware 2010 Recommended Buy

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:17:09PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:34:54AM -0400, Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/802.11n-wireless-router-access-point,2605-20.html
> > 
> > Best Buy has it for $150, so yes it's pricey.
> 
> Featurewise it seems similar to the Dlink DIR-825.
> 
> I have not tried a 610n, but other linksys routers have always been very
> hot, which the dlink certainly isn't.
> 
> The DIR-825 is a 680MHz MIPS.  The 610n is a 300MHz MIPS.  The DIR-825 is
> atheros based.  The 610n is broadcom.  I personally will not buy stuff
> with broadcom chips in it if I can avoid it.  They really seem to hate
> open source and customers in general.

Also openwrt lists the DIR-825 as supported.  The 610n is a work in
progress.  Broadcom stuff seems to always be a work in progress due to
the reverse engineering work always required on their chips.

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Len Sorensen
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