by luhn on 3/27/18, 1:55 AM
> You probably know Belkin for its various lines of accessories, peripherals, and assorted consumer electronics; Linksys, surely the most recognizable router brand, is a subsidiary.
Apparently Cisco sold Linksys to Belkin in 2013. That's news to me.
by walrus01 on 3/27/18, 2:27 AM
The only good Belkin product I have ever seen is their 12 outlet power strip. As a network engineer everything they make with an Ethernet/wifi interface is complete shit. But this is not really news, D-Link, Netgear, many of their competitors are also junk.
by siruncledrew on 3/27/18, 1:57 AM
by spiderPig on 3/27/18, 1:57 AM
It is a little disconcerting that Foxconn (subject to deep Chinese government overreach) will now own Linksys
by kbutler on 3/27/18, 3:51 AM
Just today I contacted Belkin live support for a usb-c gigabit Ethernet adapter that stopped working 1 month in. They are shipping me a replacement.
My previous experience was with a router that would occasionally fail under load (e.g., torrents), requiring a restart. They sent a replacement for that, too, but I never found a use for an unreliable router.
by bhouston on 3/27/18, 1:50 AM
Neat. Belkin was pretty crap about 7 years or so ago but they raised their game I find in the last couple years. They are pretty solid with decent prices now.
I think there is a pretty good market for smart home accessories, various wifi enabled devices like powerstrips, lights, cameras, locks, alarm systems, etc. With Belkin's Walmart distribution network and their low costs, I think it may be something they could target well.
by peebtkxs on 3/27/18, 1:09 PM
Was it Foxconn that was blocked from acquiring an American company earlier this month? Is this acquisition a order of magnitude smaller?
Is it strange that this wasn’t blocked as well?
by bsimpson on 3/27/18, 5:18 AM
by JohnnyConatus on 3/27/18, 5:27 AM
According to sources, Foxconn really didn't want to buy Belkin but that's all they had at the store.
by ausjke on 3/27/18, 1:59 AM
foxconn makes routers for all the vendors I think, e.g. dlink.netgear,belkin...now Belkin might push its competitors away from Foxconn's assembly lines
by ajinkyax on 3/27/18, 8:18 AM
Just confirmed with my relative who works ta Belkin, Dubai. They just finished call with them.. and news is already leaked.
by thrownaway954 on 3/27/18, 4:19 PM
i honestly would think that Belkin would be worth something in the billions. they are the qtip of computer cables.
by shmerl on 3/27/18, 3:43 AM
Hm. I wonder what will happen to Linksys supporting open source WiFi drivers now for their WRT/ACS routers.
by reiichiroh on 3/27/18, 3:47 PM
Does Belkin own Kensington and former joystick brand Gravis too?
by a-fried-egg on 3/27/18, 4:21 AM
Good thing for Netgear
by erikb on 3/27/18, 9:00 AM
> best known for manufacturing practically everything in the world
Huh? I thought they manufacture iPhone chips and that's it. Now they buy peripherals because iphone itself won't make enough profit growth anymore to give top management the multi-million-dollar bonuses they are used to.