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It's infuriating that this is necessary -- now that printers are pretty optional and those of us that need one have settled on Brother laser-printers, consumer
by Pxtl 4y ago
It's infuriating that this is necessary -- now that printers are pretty optional and those of us that need one have settled on Brother laser-printers, consumer routers are now the 21st century home appliance of "holy shit why is this the worst device I own?"
I have a home network powered by Asus routers, but that's only after years of trial-and-error with other brands (Netgear, Linksys, TP-Link). The fact that Asus is the "crappy inconsistent B-minus grade devices" company normally and that's way above average in routers is a massive step forwards.
The extended features are a joke and I have to reset the routers maybe once a year at worst but they're the first solid home internet connection I've ever had.
If I have to go through the mayhem again, I'll be cribbing from guides like this, but I'll be really really angry about it.
How do normies live?
- nix0n 4y ago> why is this the worst device I own? Part of the problem is, most consumer-grade routers use CPUs that can kind of get by most of the time on passive cooling. Then when the weather is hot or your usage is above-average, it has problems. Most people want to avoid active cooling on a router, because you've got it out in the open for line-of-sight / signal propagation purposes, and there's kind of a reliability argument for avoiding moving parts. I'm not trying to say the only advantage of a pro setup is having fans on it, but it's definitely one of the advantages.
- shepherdjerred 4y ago> How do normies live? I think the phrase 'ignorance is bliss' explains this
- Pxtl 4y agoA crapload of people have gone remote, though. Meaning they're experiencing the normal hiccups and drops as "oh shit I can't show up to my meeting". So they can't ignore it anymore.
- dangus 4y agoNecessary? Not really. How do the normies live? Quite easily. I use my Internet carrier's WiFi 6 router/modem combination. It works fine. It's free, and I don't get a discount for bringing my own equipment. I spent zero time configuring anything. I have Internet. I haven't noticed any problems making Zoom calls or playing games online. What I don't know about my bufferbloat score doesn't really hurt me. Anything I host is in a VPS so I don't need any advanced routing or VLANs.
- mmcnl 4y agoI have a lot of TP-Link networking hardware equipment. Works flawlessly. Never had to reboot anything. Just works.