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Matthew O.

Matthew O.

Joined on 09/25/06

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Most Favorable Review

So far a good router for a small office

Cisco Small Business RV082 Dual WAN VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV082 Dual WAN VPN Router

Pros: Fairly easy to setup. Works reliably and easily a handles a network with 15-20 PCs.

Cons: Had to tweak the security settings to get everything working properly.

Most Critical Review

These are not holding up too well

Linksys WUSB54G Wireless-G Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g USB 1.1/2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
Linksys WUSB54G Wireless-G Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g USB 1.1/2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: It works decent when it works.

Cons: The average unit life appears to be about a year. Reliability degrades over time and the units eventually die.

Overall Review: We have about a dozen of these in our office. The first few we bought seemed to work great, so we bought this same model for the rest of the office. A few of the additional units we bought would have issues either loosing their connection to the router, or the computer would loose its connection to wireless adapter. This would happen hourly for some of the adapters. Four or five of the units have completely died after about a year. I am still trying alternatives to see if there is something better on the market. Why is it that there is an endless variety of mediocre to super cheap products for this purpose, but nobody makes a bulletproof Cadillac model for a higher cost? I would rather have a piece of hardware I can plug in and forget about than something I am constantly troubleshooting and then having to replace in a year.

Ok drives

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Reasonable cost, and easy to get up and running.

Cons: Had one drive fail in a RAID 5 array after about 9 months. The other two appear to be going strong.

Overall Review: I don't know if I would use one of these as a stand alone drive with a failure rate of 1:3 in 9 months.

This works great

IOGEAR GCS634U MiniView USB KVM Switch with audio and cables
IOGEAR GCS634U MiniView USB KVM Switch with audio and cables

Pros: Does what it is supposed to do. I have this set up with three different PCs and had no problems with the operation.

Cons: None.

They work!

Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G

Pros: I installed these in 13 different Dell computers and only had one computer not work.

Cons: It did not work in one Dell Vostro 200 mini tower. However, we have four other Dell Vostro 200 mini towers that it seems to work fine in. There may be a bios issue or a problem with the motherboard in that machine, as the RAM seemed fine when tested in another machine.

Works fine

Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G

Pros: Works fine after installation in Dell Dimension with windows XP.

Cons: None.