well it is about all I know about them
had good d-link hubs at work though
but as routers I do not know

Dlinks simply is superior compared to 3com and SMC

that is why my dad worked for them
my dad is the one who got DLink onto the stock market

Norton vs Mcafee
 

ever put both on the same system? its funny to watch

I have only what i need, my linksys wireless router thats encripted and Mcafee personal firewall and virus scan pro .............. but its not like I paid for Mcafee and its not like im paying for the updates eather lol

dlink has got to be the worst networking gear you can buy. i am currently running openWRT on my Linksy WRT54G v3. I could recommend it still, except that V5 is becoming more popular, and it's got crappy hardware and no longer runs linux. the Asus wg500 deluxe is has some nice hardware (200 Mhz, 32 MB RAM, 4MB flash). Buffalo also makes some nice routers that can run linux e.g. http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...8&categoryid=6 this one w/ 266 MHz processor, 64 MB ram, and 8 MB flash. I don't think it ocmes w/ USB, but i'm sure you could mod it to support it if yo uare good with soddering. I generally don't bother with firewalls on my individual machines b/c i run linux and don't have to worry about spyware. I do have iptables on my laptop, but don't always run it.

wait 200MHz?!? thats stone age

I just use a router. When and if I suspect problems then I will install other programs temporarily.

The reason i like mcafee is unlike norton and windows anti spywear and other programs it doesent seem to slow my computer too much exsept on startup.

my router is set on low firewall setting and i just use windows firewall/AVG/Windows Defender. never ever had a problem

Zone Alarm + AVG + Router Firewall at home... At work it's nuts... Zone Alarm + Cisco madness + AVG + Norton + Windows Defender + etc... it's out of control