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But then why should I prefer Netgear over some Chinese no-name device that costs a fraction and does exactly the same while also never getting updates? Where do
by iforgotpassword 6y ago
But then why should I prefer Netgear over some Chinese no-name device that costs a fraction and does exactly the same while also never getting updates? Where does that extra money go to? But like op said, nowadays I just check OpenWRT compatibility when it comes to buying a home router, a well supported device usually receives updates for a good decade.
(Anecdotally I've had three Netgear devices in my life and all of them caused severe problems. Enough for me to have them on my personal blacklist for life.)
- throw0101a 6y agoYou can go with Asus with has monthly/quarterly updates, as well as folks like Merlin (and others) who use the open source components to roll their own binaries. There's code in there besides the kernel that could have (security) bugs and backdoors.
- greyhair 6y agoI was looking for the ASUS plug before I posted my own. My router history is Linksys -> Netear -> ASUS. Unless ASUS botches something badly, my next router will also be ASUS.
- randomhacker123 6y agoThe extra money goes into marketing to tell you that they are the best vendor. The hardware design and manufacture is outsourced to different vendors, in this case to Foxconn. See here: http://en.techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Netgear_R7000 http://en.techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Netgear_R7000 The software engineering is probably also outsourced mostly.