On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:09:38 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

Johny B Good wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

Hmm, most odd. I thought the innards of these things
tended to be the same just badge engineered tese days.

No they are not.

That's a bit of a sweeping statement. It's surprising just how
different they can be. However, you do see badge engineered versions
of Zyxel(?) and Netgear kit re-marketed by the likes of Peak and
(spit!) Belkin.

Sure, but they arent all the same device rebadged.

You'd be surprised by what some of the off-brands turn out to be
based on when looking for firmware updates.


However, you do see badge engineered versions
of Zyxel(?) and Netgear kit re-marketed by the likes of Peak and
(spit!) Belkin.

So they can't all be the same device rebadged.

I wasn't claiming any such thing, just pointing out that the truth of
the matter lies somewhere in between, as it so often does with such
kit.


However, you do see badge engineered versions
of Zyxel(?) and Netgear kit re-marketed by the
likes of Peak and (spit!) Belkin.

Sure, but that's not what he said.

True enough, he was opining that _most_ of this kit was a matter of
badge engineering based on just one or two reference designs, an
opinion that's just as far off the mark as your claim to the contrary.


If I had to make do with a badge engineered version, I'd choose
Peak over Belkin every time. The hardware might be the same but
the OEM customer (Belkin) will usually employ someone to write,
in Belkin's case, a ****e version of the firmware so full of security
lapses as to turn a moderately bad piece of kit into a festering
PoS so bad that anyone with a moderate level of knowledge
wouldn't want to touch it with a bargepole.

So even that isnt just badge engineering.

No, that's not just badge engineering but badge engineering of the
worst kind, the kind you wouldn't want to touch, not even with a
bargepole.
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J B Good