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Easy question, need advice on the absolute BEST wireless router

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Hi all.. I recently just got a laptop and need to go out now and buy a wireless router. I want one with all the most-recent technology like WPA2 and such and one that wont overload and/or have to be reset when lots of bandwidth intense programs are running.

Someone on another forum was saying that THIS ROUTER is one of the absolute best that money can buy, and he got wireless range throughout his entire 5 acres of land!

I just would like some personal advice and opinions on the BEST router out there right now before I go out and buy one 🙂

Thanks all!!
 
you will not buy a consumer wireless router and get coverage over 5 acres or anywhere near it. maybe if its out in an open field 300-500 ft2 if you're lucky.
 
The router the OP linked to was a Belkin PRE-N, which means it probably did in fact have outstanding range, but it wont work with A/B/G, only proprietary pre-N stuff.

I recommend the Linksys SRX, it is a premium but not as much as the Belkin (IIRC) and works with B/G, supports some kind of 108mbps if you want it, and has great range. My WRT54G just wouldnt cover my whole house, so I got an SRX and problem solved.
 
Im with the OP here, currently i have the WRT54GS w/ boost antennas and the signal just does not cut it. I get low choppy connection (if at all) upstairs and am in need of a better wireless router.

So in the previous posts which is better, the
Linksys SRX400 or
Dlink DI-634M
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
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I have this router. Very nice with great range and zero maintenance once you get it configured.

Edit: I have no basis for comparison with the SRX400 as I've never used it, but I can certainly vouch for the DI-634M.
 
I own the router in the link THIS ROUTER. I also have the same company's desktop adapter with card, card for laptop and print server. This equipment rocks at any distance with constant excellent communication at 108 mbps and no dropped signals.

I never setup a wireless system before, but if you follow instructions carefully and be persistant it WILL work.

If you get the desktop adapter with card and place it in a horizontal slot on your desktop, you have to insert the card UPSIDE DOWN into the adapter with led's facing the floor. That one had me going crazy because the instructions were a bit deceiving about placing the label facing up. The card in the laptop is normal with led's facing UP.

If you've got the bucks, you will not regret it!!!
 
cisco = $$$ and their not really geared toward residential use.

Can someone give some more options of routers?

Im at cross-roads with these

Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductP...on_Id=202570&pcount=&Product_Id=184316

Any of the top 3 Rangemax MIMO Netgear Routers
http://www.netgear.com/products/consumer/prod_router_wireless_hm.php

Linksys SRX Lineup
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellit...name=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

D-Link DI-634M
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=458


Im leaning more towards the Belkin because of its Pre-N technology and backward compatibility with B & G but the D-Link seems to also be a good choice.
 
Originally posted by: Linksys.com
Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX400
Wireless Networking at Better Than Wired Speeds!
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Haha okie dokie then. I'm sure that thing gets over 650 Mbps that we get on our wired networks. :laugh:

 
you will not buy a consumer wireless router and get coverage over 5 acres or anywhere near it. maybe if its out in an open field 300-500 ft2 if you're lucky.
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300 - 500 sq. ft.? I have a (roughly) 25 x 50 house and I get coverage on all three floors, as well as the 12 x 50 deck, a stand-off gazebo, and most of the rest of the back and front yards, with a "consumer" wireless router and a couple of cheap Hawking blade antennas. My yard is an acre. Not to mention that if I wished to I could connect to the network of my neighbor at the bottom of the street, about 400 feet away, who stubbornly resists setting up WEP.

Range depends on a large number of factors, and you can't make blanket statements about coverage without knowing the specifics of the environment.
 
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