NYTimes Review of the Horrors of Home Networking

There is a great article on the New York Times site about the horrible state of home networking in 2007. We can definitely say that even with years of experience dealing with networks professionally we are always amazed at how hard it is to deal with what should be a simple home network.

Is it just the Mircosoft OS that is the problem or is it systemic of the home networking companies? Our thought is that it is a wider problem and not related to any one OS. We use products from Apple, D-Link and Linksys as well as OS's from Microsoft and Apple and none of them are truly plug and play.

We have to agree with David Pouge when he says:

Home networking remains one of the world's most frustrating endeavors

Here's to hoping that in the coming years companies come up with better solutions for mom and pop to easily setup reliable secure networks in their house.

You can read the full article over at the New York Times here.

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