[asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

[Martin Joseph]

On 2007-01-07 01:23:22 -0800, Mark Coccimiglio <n3whx at amsat.org> said:

> Marty,
>     Where are you paying $1000 for a 1600 series Cisco?  I can get you 
> 20% off that price on any quantity (note: Sarcasam).  Its not the 
> 1990's anymore.  You can get them on eBay ($50-150) for only slightly 
> more then the Linksys.  The performance is rock solid.  Three-quarters 
> of the world have used them for decades.  I know of units running 2 and 
> 3 YEARS between reboots.  The power company reboots my equipment more 
> then I do.  Ok it is true that Cisco does not support the models 
> anymore, but you can't buy a services contract for a linksys router 
> either.  It can sometimes be a little difficult to configure without 
> any technical knowledge but that is what most of us get paid for.  It 
> does impress the customer when you bring in the "grey" box labled 
> "Cisco".  As for performance just try to put 50 people behind a 
> linksys/netgear/dlink.  I've used 1605R supporting +100 users.  Not 
> even a blink.  Finally, untill everyone is using >10Mps FTTH the "broad 
> band" link is still the slowest part of the connection.  Not to shabby 
> for "antiquated" technology.


Ok,  Thanks for the pricing update.  I am decidedly old school and 
sometimes get stuck with old information.  I did see people selling 
these for $800.  But I guess the web is full of antiquated pricing info 
also.

Thanks for the idea.
Marty

PS Any ideas on inexpensive wireless APs?