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0 pointscalinet69y ago0 comments

I could be lighting a fire by saying this, but I've been using AirPorts for 5 years and haven't had a single issue.

Is the issue just that the non-Apple-customer market didn't have a good analogue?

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> I've been using AirPorts for 5 years and haven't had a single issue.

And I've had Airports that just dropped things--all the time, randomly.

The Airports were a very mixed bag and would go from being excellent to piles of dogsh*t and back again with software upgrades let alone hardware cycles.

threeseed9y ago

I use a Belkin with no issues. If WiFi drop outs were such a major issue all of the major vendors would have released products years ago.

This very much has the feeling of a "marketing" product designed to trick people into thinking it will solve internet speeds. When really the issue is the ADSL connection.

honkhonkpants9y ago

If you are using a Belkin and you aren't constantly monitoring it for security updates then it is behind on the security updates. That is the problem with mass market wifi gear. Before I got my OnHub I was either upgrading the firmware on my Asus, or power cycling it because it had crashed again, at least monthly. I've had my OnHub for about a year and I haven't even seen it once since I installed it.

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