Unacceptable for use with Mac OS X
Written: Jul 06 '05
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Pros: Cheap, small, many attractive features.
Cons: Does not work.
The Bottom Line: Avoid it until there is a firmware upgrade.
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| d_cortesi's Full Review: Zoom X6 5590 Wireless Router |
This is an attractive and potentially very useful device: a four-port ethernet hub, an ADSL modem with internal NAT (support multiple local computers), and wireless hub. When my ISP-supplied DSL modem died I grabbed this from the shelf at Fry's thinking, great, I can toss my LinkSys ethernet hub, and when I get a laptop with wireless, it will work also.
Setup is simple in concept: you set your system to be a DHCP client of the modem -- about three clicks in a Mac -- and use a browser to open a web page from http://10.0.0.2, that is, from the modem. Tell it your DSL user name and password, and it is supposed to log in and go online.
Didn't work. The Ethernet hub worked, two computers successfully signed on as DHCP clients, and the modem's internal web page opened. But when you click "Save to Flash" to record your configuration, it returns an obscure internal error message. I tried many, many different combinations, nothing worked. I believe there is a bug in the firmware of this new device.
Zoom tech support replied once to an email with some very basic suggestions: force-reset the modem with a paperclip; delete all Mac network configurations and make a new one; then it should work. I did, and it did not.
This thing is busted -- definitely from OS X but in fact I'm quite certain the failure is in the modem firmware, and has nothing to do with the client system's OS.
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 96
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