On 18 Nov 2006 08:31:50 -0800, "seaweedsteve" <seaweedsteve@gmail.com>
wrote in <1163867510.293168.316130@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>:

>John Navas wrote:
>> That's a matter of personal taste -- I personally find the Buffalo
>> interface to well-designed and easy to use, at least as good as Linksys.
>> More importantly, I find the firmware itself to solid and reliable,
>> better than comparable products on the market.
>
>Very good, It's good to hear that the Buffalo FW may be more reliable
>for those who don't flash over to DD-WRT.
>
>Probably I needed to look over the Buffalo FW more closely, it was a
>quick first impression/examination before I flashed it.
>
>I should have said, "As a relative beginner, it was more difficult to
>setup" IIRC, I was struggling to understand strange settings that the
>linksys didn't have before I realized that it was defaulting to
>another basic mode for the WAN (not the common one, I forget the
>terms). Other things about the Buffalo FW also struck me as off, but I
>forget. I mostly remember thinking; "this is why the magazines picked
>the Linksys over the Buffalo in the reviews I read- the interface is a
>bit confusing"
>
>The Linksys worked right out of the box back when I knew even less.
>
>It's the kind of thing that an experienced user would never even
>notice. It only took me a few extra brain cells to get it right anyway
>! And once you sort out the setup, the reliability is all that
>matters.

Perhaps you missed the easy setup wizards in the Buffalo firmware and
software -- they make setup simple and robust.

>Don't get me wrong, though. I am replacing our WRT-54GV5 with the
>Buffalo. I like it better!

Good!

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