think twice about buying Linksys routers

[Aaron Doucette]

Speaking of which, I just purchased an ASUS RT-N16 to replace my aging
wrt54gl. I have heard great things, and the Tomato-USB devs(and devs of
other forks/firmwares) are using this.


On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On 06/07/12 07:21 AM, Colin McGregor wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:42 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> >> <
> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/132142-ciscos-cloud-vision-mandatory-monetized-and-killed-at-their-discretion
> >
> >> You now have to ceded control to Linksys' cloud service.
> >
> > I don't have an issue with buying Linksys hardware. I would have a
> > problem with running Linksys software. In other words, I wouldn't get
> > Linksys hardware that I can't reflash to something like Tomato Linux
> > :-) .
>
> That's a terrifically *bad* way to reward a company. That's like saying
> I don't like your software, but here, take my money anyways and continue
> making poor executive decisions, and software.. That's like staying in a
> bad relationship with someone when you know everything about them except
> their physical appearance is incompatible with you..
>
> Also, tomato runs on more than just Linksys.
>
> Jamon
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