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Product Reviews:
Linksys PC22224 ProConnect II 2224 Layer 2 Management 24-Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Doesn't Stack
Comments: I have 8 of these units and purchased them because of their supposed ability to stack. However, the stacking feature doesn't work. Linksys tech support was of no use. After several weeks of talking to them and their parent company (Cisco) I gave up. I have had these for a couple of years now and there still isn't a firmware revision for them. Apparently Linksys doesn't care about their commercial customers. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Write Down Your Password. There is No Way to Recover it.
Comments: Even the internal reset switch is no help. So, do not bother opening up the case to check it out. Besides, the power supply is not enclosed in its own secondary enclosure. So, you may be electrocuted if you do decide to open the case.
The internal reset simply resets the router and holding it down while applying power does not restore the device to factory defaults. It's just a reset switch and nothing more. Inside there are no jumpers either. There are a couple of locations for jumpers, however shorting the associated traces doesn't restore factory defaults either.
The manufacturer may defend this by saying the password protection is robust, however the reality is that it's just lazy software (firmware) development practices and a bad deisgn specification. After all, its obvious that its design was contracted out and not designed in house.
Overall it's a great performer. I have had2units in service coupled with fiber optic cables and 1000BaseSX interfaces for more than 6 months without so much as a hiccup, however I consider the inability to recover the pasword protection a serious design flaw. Perhaps a firmware update is forthcoming, however I doubt their sales volume will warrant a new release of the firmware.
So, go ahead an get one. It's cheap and reliable, however write down your password and do not, mistype it. You will never be able to alter its configuration again and you will end up like me. I now have a non-configurable spare.
If you are purchaseing a Linksys ProConnect II 2224 used GET THE PASSWORD before accepting it. You cannot reset the password on this machine, if you do not have the password the previous owner established. |
