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At least according to the article, he didn't like the option. > After venting on Twitter, I got a variety of responses including that I should install the open
by soylentcola 10y ago
At least according to the article, he didn't like the option.
> After venting on Twitter, I got a variety of responses including that I should install the open source dd-wrt firmware or that I should buy a power adaptor that can automatically cycle the power every night. No, no, a hundred times no to both - if I buy a product then I expect it to work as advertised and not need to implement hacks to keep it alive.
It's his prerogative of course but I'd definitely have tried a quick software fix like this before going out and buying $2k worth of all new gear. Maybe it would've solved the issues and maybe it wouldn't but in terms of time and money sunk into it, I think trying out the improved firmware would've been the logical step before moving on to new hardware.
But then again everyone has a different level of aversion to different things so maybe his aversion to messing with open firmware was as strong as my aversion to buying more stuff. In the end, the blog post was about his solution and it's still good info to have.
- no_wizard 10y agoThis is a completely good point and exposes that I did not read the post close enough so sorry about that. These are excellent points