tetsuo
01-03-2007, 08:35 PM
This is not so much a review as a heads up of sorts.
It has to do with a Hawking HWR54G router
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=hawking+HWR54G&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
and a Linksys WRT54G router
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124010
I got the Hawking as a starter router, low price, good reviews. Quick setup (though somewhat confusing settings for an inexperienced user such as me) and fairly constant signal.
Then, because of the not-so-well-planned location where I put it, it was knocked off of a little table a couple of times, down onto the wall/floorboard heater we have. I noticed something wrong when my shared files were not accessible for my roommate. Then I checked it, and it was on the wall heater. I moved it, and it ceased to operate. My fault...though IMO the heater's low heat should not have warped (melted) the plastic
SO I had to get a new router, and didn't want to wait FOUR WHOLE DAYS for a Newegg delivery. Went to Wal-mart, and bought the Linksys. I paid five dollars less for it at Wal-mart than Neweggs current price of 54.99. The first thing I noticed is that it feels cheap. Sort of flimsy plastic, and the antennae feel like toy-parts. The setup was at about the same difficulty level (not hard even for a noob), but actually using the interface at 192.168.1.1 was much more intuitive. The main thing though, and why I'm writing this impromptu review is that it is much faster than the Hawking was, connecting to pages on the net much faster than the Hawking, though both are rated at 54G. That alone is worth paying double the price of the Hawking.
For what it is worth, I was/am using these with a Gigabyte Aircruiser wireless card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839121008
and the signal travels maybe 30 feet from the Linksys and through the floor to my computer.
It has to do with a Hawking HWR54G router
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=hawking+HWR54G&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
and a Linksys WRT54G router
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124010
I got the Hawking as a starter router, low price, good reviews. Quick setup (though somewhat confusing settings for an inexperienced user such as me) and fairly constant signal.
Then, because of the not-so-well-planned location where I put it, it was knocked off of a little table a couple of times, down onto the wall/floorboard heater we have. I noticed something wrong when my shared files were not accessible for my roommate. Then I checked it, and it was on the wall heater. I moved it, and it ceased to operate. My fault...though IMO the heater's low heat should not have warped (melted) the plastic
SO I had to get a new router, and didn't want to wait FOUR WHOLE DAYS for a Newegg delivery. Went to Wal-mart, and bought the Linksys. I paid five dollars less for it at Wal-mart than Neweggs current price of 54.99. The first thing I noticed is that it feels cheap. Sort of flimsy plastic, and the antennae feel like toy-parts. The setup was at about the same difficulty level (not hard even for a noob), but actually using the interface at 192.168.1.1 was much more intuitive. The main thing though, and why I'm writing this impromptu review is that it is much faster than the Hawking was, connecting to pages on the net much faster than the Hawking, though both are rated at 54G. That alone is worth paying double the price of the Hawking.
For what it is worth, I was/am using these with a Gigabyte Aircruiser wireless card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839121008
and the signal travels maybe 30 feet from the Linksys and through the floor to my computer.