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Summary: Good product for the price
Review: I replaced a D-Link Di-604 with this router. Easy installation, took approximately 1 minute to configure after connection. D-Link required calls to tech support and locks up after idle periods, not the case with this router. I have not tried the print server so no comment. Highly recommend, especially at this price for home office.
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Summary: Easy as pie installation
Review: I replaced a D-Link Di-604 with this router. Easy installation, took approximately 1 minute to configure after connection. D-Link required calls to tech support and locks up after idle periods, not the case with this router. I have not tried the print server so no comment. Highly recommend, especially at this price for home office.
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Summary: Nice features, slowed down my connection
Review: I thought this router had a lot of cool features, I liked the ability to clone the mac address, and set up a print server. It worked pretty nicely.
But instead of the 1500kbps that my cable modem puts out by itself, my speed tests were around 1000kbps. I followed the directions and everything functioned properly, it was just slower. So I returned it.
Cool product, I just couldn't put up with the speed drop.
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Summary: better than the linksys router
Review: I've used the Linksys wireless router and before that the non-wirelss one. They were great, but this blows it away. First of all, it's faster. Noticeably faster - pages come up instantly instead of the quarter sec delay with the linksys router.Also, this thing's got all kinds of bells and whistles - the printer server for example, works great with my hp 5L. And it has dyndns.org support built-in. You can run a web server from a dynamic dns, and you don't have to set up the daemon to update your changing ip, this router does it for you! Yes, the instructions are sparse, but - it has the cdrom with a manual. I would give this thing 6 stars if I could
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Summary: 2 strikes and your out
Review: Replaced a DI-701 with this thing. I bought this router for ONE reason... The box said 10/100 on BOTH sides LAN & WAN. In MY configuration, I have it between my private LAN workstations and my public net access and servers, so I want 100 between workstations and servers. It did seem to xfer at more than 10mbps when it WORKED. The FIRST one I bought, after about 2 weeks, it started acting up, looking like it reset itself, but when that happened, no private machines could hit the public side. Needed a power-cycle to fix about every 8 hours. If I let it go on like that long enough (like overnight whilst sleeping--I know, what good sysadmin ever sleeps right?? lol), it would blow the whole LAN AND WAN, public AND private and NONE of my servers would then be accessible from ANYWHERE.
So I called Siemens, they said go ahead and exchange it where I bought it, so I did.
So here is the second one. Running great up until last Friday (about 6 months or so) when we had a power failure that was long enough to drain all the UPS backups, and the computers shutdown fine and all.
When the power came back on, the Power and PrintAct lights were green and the Status and Print Err lights red, (no printer hooked up to the printserver port) and with any comps hooked up to the switch ports, it would just continually cycle the lights through each port. NO ACCESS between ANY machines.
So now Im back on the 701 till I can find a GOOD KNOWN name brand (D-link, Linksys or 3com($$$ouch$$$) that has 100 on BOTH sides. BIC should buy Siemens and sell these things right along side their disposable razors and lighters. For $30, thats about what it is. I am NOT taking this one back. Im donating it to BFI for landfill use. The wall-wart power supply may come in handy somewhere though...lol "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".
SIEMENS: Stick to your DSL modems! You obviously cant make routers...
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Summary: 2 strikes and your out
Review: Replaced a DI-701 with this thing. I bought this router for ONE reason... The box said 10/100 on BOTH sides LAN & WAN. In MY configuration, I have it between my private LAN workstations and my public net access and servers, so I want 100 between workstations and servers. It did seem to xfer at more than 10mbps when it WORKED.The FIRST one I bought, after about 2 weeks, it started acting up, looking like it reset itself, but when that happened, no private machines could hit the public side. Needed a power-cycle to fix about every 8 hours. If I let it go on like that long enough (like overnight whilst sleeping--I know, what good sysadmin ever sleeps right?? lol), it would blow the whole LAN AND WAN, public AND private and NONE of my servers would then be accessible from ANYWHERE.
So I called Siemens, they said go ahead and exchange it where I bought it, so I did.
So here is the second one. Running great up until last Friday (about 6 months or so) when we had a power failure that was long enough to drain all the UPS backups, and the computers shutdown fine and all.
When the power came back on, the Power and PrintAct lights were green and the Status and Print Err lights red, (no printer hooked up to the printserver port) and with any comps hooked up to the switch ports, it would just continually cycle the lights through each port. NO ACCESS between ANY machines.
So now Im back on the 701 till I can find a GOOD KNOWN name brand (D-link, Linksys or 3com($$$ouch$$$) that has 100 on BOTH sides. BIC should buy Siemens and sell these things right along side their disposable razors and lighters. For $30, thats about what it is. I am NOT taking this one back. Im donating it to BFI for landfill use. The wall-wart power supply may come in handy somewhere though...lol "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".
SIEMENS: Stick to your DSL modems! You obviously cant make routers... <groan>
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Summary: Simple, basic hardware
Review: The only problem I've seen with this product is in the learning curve, but that's to be expected from a real 1st-time home networking newbie. The installation was simple and flawless, once I realized I had a couple bad CAT-5 cables. After that, it was easy. I've read about problems with this device and IM services. I run ICQ with no problems, so I'm not sure what that's all about. I run ADSL with 768 down, and there hasn't been any bottleneck in my network speed. There may be a slight delay in responsiveness, although that might only be my imagination...it's not significant in any case, if it's true. There is a LOT of information out there about how to configure routers for specific gaming situations, and setting up this router doesn't seem any more complicated than most others, but it will take a little bit of studying to figure it all out. The manufacturer's web site is very helpful, but you'll have to gain some moderate understanding of networking. I'm still in the process of setting it up so that I can host certain games on my computer (NWN to be exact), but if you're not planning on something like that, you won't have to worry about it. Every basic operation that most people will need is seamless and automatic. All in all, I had a very good experience with this router, and the VERY inexpensive price tag made it an excellent deal.
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Summary: Good router for the money,
Review: The Siemens SS2604 is a great 4-port ethernet router for the money. Compared to other routers made my D-link, Linksys, and Netgear, this one is priced to sell at around $...less. It works great, despite its sparse set-up instructions. The set-up is internet based - requiring the user to enter a specific address into a web browser. This brings up a set-up wizard which is very basic and probably isn't very helpful for people who are new to setting up networks. Still, it's not hard to get the right set-up going (reading the included CD-ROM manual maybe advisable). In my case, I run some firewall software in addition to the router, so I had to adjust a few more things before I got this router to work. I play a MMORPG on one PC and surf the net on the other using this router. I've had no problems whatsoever. If you're looking for a basic router with a print server as well, the SS2604 is a good deal.
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Summary: PS2 Problems
Review: This is a good cheap router, but if, like me, you purchased to be able to connect your PS2 to the world for online gaming, I would recommend another product. See, PS2 requires that certain packets of information be allowed through the firewall in order for the headset to function. Normally, you can just tell the router to allow these packets for the PS2, or you can use the DMZ host feature. However, changing this still did not allow the packets through. I talked to someone on the technical support team, and they said that they don't know what the problem is and that numerous people have had this problems. They said keep checking for a firmware update but they had no timetable for it's completion. So, if the DMZ host feature eliminates the firewall, why does the router still give me problems? The router does not apparently listen to how you set it up. Take that for what it's worth to you...
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Summary: This router ...
Review: though it is easy to install but it has problem with major online messenger programs. If you don't run those programs, it works fine but there might be some other hidden problems with the router. I just got rid of mine. Don't wanna waste too much time to debug the problem.
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