From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 14:39:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C8C16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:39:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730C943D39 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:39:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I6V00J0X7C3XZF0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I6V0037C7C3KYD0@pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (S0106000c41b2b9a3.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.45.143]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I6V00AL87C3OC@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (localhost.nekulturny.org [127.0.0.1]) iA8EcNTu049520; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:24 -0700 (MST envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: (from flowers@localhost) by procyon.nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iA8EcNXX049519; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:23 -0700 (MST envelope-from flowers) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:38:22 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-id: <20041108143822.GB47641@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <20041108054007.GA47641@procyon.nekulturny.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Danny MacMillan cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: "R. W." Subject: [OT] BEFSR41 = bad (was: Re: DSL support) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:39:17 -0000 On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 02:27:21AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Danny MacMillan [mailto:flowers@users.sourceforge.net] > > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:40 PM > > ... > > > It > > replaced a 3 year old Hawking Technology PN9245F that worked like a > > champ, aside from a couple of bad ports. > > > > Well, I guess the lesson here is if the Hawking Tech product worked well, > and you didn't reward Hawking for making a solid product by buying another > one from them, you kind of got what you deserved, don't you think? :-) That's one way of looking at it, but I needed all ports working. Besides, the BEFSR41 is what all the cool kids were buying, and looks much snazzier on my desktop to boot, and didn't cost as much. It's only apparent failing is an inability to route packets when I want them routed. That's one negative and three positives. So I think I made a shrewd purchase decision. :) Thanks for the advice in re: RMA-ing the router; I never considered that. Usually components either fail out of the box or wait until the warranty period is over. > I myself most recently bought a Hawking wireless bridge for my father. > It was a bit odd to setup, as the firmware had to be flashed from > "access point firmware" to "bridging firmware" and no mention of this > was made in the manual. But it has worked great since. I am glad to > hear that your Hawking lasted 3 years, it gives me some hope that the > one I got for my father will also. It's still working; I gave it to a less technical fried of mine who only needs one port working on the LAN side to shield her Windows computer from the evil badness of the internet. -- Danny