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"John S" <camper123456789@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.173d2849fab7f2ed989749@news-01.easynews.com...
> In article <NeJA8.4997$2W3.551370928@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>,
> colgate@myemail.com says...
> > There are two FCCID issued to the same SMC7004AWBR
> >
> > One is mfg by AMIT with "PBL-WIP-300" (35 mW)
> > Second one is mfg by ACCTON with "HEDWG3004A-17" (13 mW)
> >
> > Looks like SMC ordered from different OEM and using the same plastic
case.
> > makes one wonder which one is better or were they made by the same
company
> > with different quality control.
> > Again, ACCTON could have ordered from AMIT then apply itself a FCCID#.
> The difference is the the AMIT unit (5432) 12VDC works pretty well and
> is also used by other big name vendors but my memory fade will not
> help me remember who.
>
> ACCTON I am told is owned by  or associated with SMC and produces the
> 5435 5VDC which is crap.
>
> I own the 5435 and it has real problems sometimes.   But, it has been
> working OK lately.

John,
I've seen the following problems with the model 5435 SWC7004AWBR unit: (1)
quality problems (first unit had very weak signal receive/xmit, and would
hang in both wireless and wired mode) and (2) problems on the wired (copper)
LAN where it would hang unpredictably, (3) quirky (ie, difficult to
reproduce) problems with DHCP, and various other aspects of operation, (4)
lack of (any) decent monitoring and logging functions. As an aside, I
updated the firmware to the latest version in both cases.

I may have gotten a handle on the frequent hangs on the wired network:
problems with 100bT connections, or perhaps a mixed network of 10bT and
100bT connections. I've now gone to each of my desktop PC's and dumbed them
down to "10 base T (full duplex)", instead of  "automatic" (where they sense
whether the connection is 100Mbs or 10Mbs.)  (thanks to Paul Grohe for
suggesting this idea). After doing this, based on a sample of 1.5 days of
operation, it seems that the wired network hangs have gone away. Now it may
be the case that the NIC's I'm using are too old/cheap to really work well
in a 100bT setting (everything in my home net was effectively 10bT before
because of some intervening cheap-o hubs that I was using). I kind of doubt
that though - becuase of the numerous problems reported by other users of
the SMC 7004WABR model 5435 gear. Also, most of my PC's at home were
functioning well in a 100bT switched setting at work before I brought them
home.