Originally Posted by vaughan
What brand router did you purchase Lagu? I have been having problems with my Netgear RP614 recently. I just ordered a Linksys BEFSR41 4 ports DSL/Cable router for AUD85. I have had two Netgear routers and both only lasted about 2 years each, maybe its planned obsolescence.
The only other computer part I've been less than happy with was the lousy Sony Trinitron Multiscan15sfII monitor that cost be AUD750 and lasted all of 18 months. When I took it in for service when it went all red tinged the tech said they only last a year or so. I said I only used it about 12 hours a day and he said they are designed for occasional use in an iffice, max 8 hrs a day M-F so if I had 12 hrs for 18 months that's about its lifetime. By comparison, my Rank Arena colour TV circa 1978 is still going strong in 2005.
I'll never buy another Sony.