Wireless broadband routers suggestions

11/09/2007 05:02:05 PM · #1

I want one these for my house so I can use my laptop without hookin it up.

11/09/2007 05:05:29 PM · #2

Linksys WRT54G or G(s) wireless router, The router i use wireless range diecent for the price, we run our network through the neighborhood so all the kids lan on one network, range is about 300 yards larger if in a open area you can fin them around $50-100 USD brand new, office max has them onsale now, you know how to configure routers? ill help you set it up pm me if you get this one, and well chat on msn or something

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11/09/2007 05:33:13 PM · #3

Thanks Jacob. I know nothing about them.

travis_cooper

Pentax K10D

11/09/2007 05:54:18 PM · #4

Look in the adds for Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) There is always some place that has a good deal. I got mine last year for $10, it is a nice NetGear router. If I see one, and remember about this thread I will post. But the adds won't come out until the Sunday before Thanksgiving, maybe you can't wait. I agree, the linksys routers are better, but I NetGear makes a good product as well, but if you don't know much about routers then they are all about the same to you.

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11/09/2007 06:53:03 PM · #5

heres the newegg link to the linksys one //www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124010 id be more than happy to help you set it up, i know most networking woth linksys, but if you get a dlink or something else i should be able to manage, they cant be much different in the programming

rex

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11/09/2007 07:06:29 PM · #6

IMO it would be worth it to go ahead and get the newest with the Wireless N

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

11/09/2007 07:32:38 PM · #7

I have this one and love it, D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router

Its really fast and I can go all over my house and in the backyard with my computer

Message edited by author 2007-11-09 19:32:54.

SamDoe1

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11/09/2007 07:58:17 PM · #8

Linksys and Netgear are probably your best bet. From my personal experience, I'd stay away from the D-Link ones. As far as wireless N goes, unless you're playing LAN games or transferring loads and loads of files...it's kinda pointless. You do however, get a substantial range increase with using N (about double depending on the conditions of course). The downside? It's very expensive since you have to get an N router as well as N cards for all computers in order to get the benefits. I would personally just stick with wireless g and be done with it. A lot of laptops already have built in wireless b/g cards anyway.

awpollard

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11/09/2007 08:08:55 PM · #9

I agree with the guys saying go 802.11n last I checked they were in Draft 2 and that was all but the standard.

802.11n w/MIMO, even if you don't get wireless n adapters right away you will get better range from your 54g devices.

I have always been a Linksys (cisco) user but recently put in the dlink that Digitalpins pointed to... very simple, very reliable.

Before you go hot with your wireless read read read the security stuff if you are a wireless (router/switch in general) noob... Change the Admin password immediately, don't use the default set of Nat'd IPs, Don't broadcast your Wireless SSID if you don't have to.

I accidentally used the neighbors broadband for 6 months... (added a new device and did not change my defaults...it found their defaults and there you have it 6 months of tearing up their network with xbox live)

skylercall

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11/09/2007 08:30:27 PM · #10

Originally posted by Jimbo_for_life:

Linksys WRT54G or G(s) wireless router, The router i use wireless range diecent for the price

I would have to agree with Jacob. I am an IT Manager and am responsible for monitoring/supporting just under 200 of these routers. We buy WRT54GLs and run an after market firmware on them called [url=//www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.php[/url] that allows us to manipulate some of the features of the router such as boosting the signal strength and linking multiple routers together to increase the coverage area.

Message edited by author 2007-11-09 20:33:42.

Balko

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11/09/2007 10:00:21 PM · #11

I had the Linksys WRT54G and now use the Linksys wireless N - I think it is the 300N - works great too.

MattO

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11/09/2007 10:07:56 PM · #12

I have used several brands of wireless routers, the most stable and durable ones that I have used are Dlinks. The Linksys ones were always needing reset and having connection issues. I have 2 Dlink networks that are in some of the harshest enviroments you can ask something to work in, both temperature wise and being very unclean. And they have been up and running for over 3 years. While the ones that were setup with Linksys systems have had failures, and have since been replaced with Dlinks.

MattO

robs

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11/09/2007 11:02:45 PM · #13

I use a Linksys WAP55AG and the thing has been bullet proof. I got this some time ago but now I would not bother with 802.11a and go with the n specs. I would suggest a wired router (gigabit) with an access point rather then a router but it's a little more complex.

If you want simpler then go with one of the router options above.

Just make sure you read up on the security but if nothing else, change the default password for admin on the router/wap.

geoffb

11/09/2007 11:07:30 PM · #14

My experience with DLink has been good. Easy to use menus (though often counter-intuitive) and reliable.

I've used Linksys routers at work, and have nothing good to say about them. Lots of dropped connections.

ursula

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11/09/2007 11:14:40 PM · #15

I used Linksys for a few years, and didn't have problems with it for quite some time, except in the last year or so it just seemed to stop working well - connections kept being dropped, it performed erratically at best, and it became frustrating. I got a new router about a month ago, a D-Link DI-524 (802.11g/2.4GHz), and it works great! It was a piece of cake to install, and I haven't had a problem with it, no disappearing connections at all, steady and strong (we have four computers at home, my Mac, my husband uses my old laptop, one daughter with a laptop, the other with a PC, all wireless).

Jib

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11/10/2007 12:29:59 AM · #16

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11/10/2007 12:39:15 AM · #17

Originally posted by skylercall:

Originally posted by Jimbo_for_life:
Linksys WRT54G or G(s) wireless router, The router i use wireless range diecent for the price

I would have to agree with Jacob. I am an IT Manager and am responsible for monitoring/supporting just under 200 of these routers. We buy WRT54GLs and run an after market firmware on them called [url=//www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.php[/url] that allows us to manipulate some of the features of the router such as boosting the signal strength and linking multiple routers together to increase the coverage area.

if you get the gl set the xmit power to 85, thats the standard for the linksys its the most stable xmit and it give out pritty nice range, i dont think you would need a wireless N router cause your not really going anyhting larger than a house. unless you want it for your yard if you got a large yard, but still G should do you good enough. if you can try to get a WRT54G or G(s) i dont recommend getting L because you gotta install non linksys firmware on it and i think its imposible to get the linksys firmware on it. although the firmware you put on it isnt bad, its just a hastle to deal with, im not sure, but i think you have to install linux on it first or something.

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fotomann_forever

11/10/2007 12:39:18 AM · #18

I've got a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G router. I've had it for about two years, no issues. It has 3 laptops (one an N laptop) and a desktop (in an outdoor metal building) all functioning well, even a Vonage phone on a hard line.

I'd get the Linksys N, if I were buying one right now.

I do have a question for the router guys, though. Does N slow down the entire network if a B or G device connects, such as a G slows down for B devices? Or can it keep the N devices up to speed?

11/10/2007 12:41:00 AM · #19

might i ask how do you have the internet set up right now? if it goes directly into a computer thats running 24/7 or most of the time, you could buy a cheep USB wifi adapter and run Ad-hoc (peer to peer) network between the two. and share the internet connection from the desktop over the wifi

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11/10/2007 12:42:57 AM · #20

it will keep the N to the speed, i dont know the speeds of N, but the only difference i know of between the two is N has a higher Xmit range.

SamDoe1

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11/10/2007 11:40:14 AM · #21

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

I do have a question for the router guys, though. Does N slow down the entire network if a B or G device connects, such as a G slows down for B devices? Or can it keep the N devices up to speed?

It will use the N speeds for the N cards. Same way a b/g router will use the right speed for the right card. The speed of an N router is considerably higher, but you have to also remember that even though a G router is 54mbps, a typical internet connection is on 3mbps (sometimes 15) for a standard cable line. So the speed of having an N router, or even a G router for that matter, would only help in file transfer speeds and if you play LAN games.

11/10/2007 12:50:23 PM · #22

Originally posted by Jimbo_for_life:

24/7 cable connection to a desk top PC.

11/10/2007 12:56:22 PM · #23

then if you really waned to go cheep you gould get the wireless card for like $30 and run it as a computer to computer, but i dont recommend it, its only $20 more for the wrt54G so id go with that. but its all your choice