Good Cable Router for several PC's.

[GEOrifle]

Hi, i'm going to switch from DSL to Earthlink(TimeWarner) cable with
download speed up to 10MB.
Company provides wired router and how i know it can be used just for
one PC(?). I have several PC's and need Wireless+Wired Cable Router
which will provide good connection by wire and wireless bouth.

 

[KenAF2]

The D-Link DIR-655 ($99 shipped from Frys.com) is the best consumer router on the market right now, but may be overkill for your 10Mbps connection.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/

The DIR-655 won every category by a large margin, except for the number of simultaneous connections. However, the new 1.3 firmware increased that from 120 to 180+, so it now matches or exceeds every other router in every category.

If you have wireless PCs across three or more floors, then you might want to buy two Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 and run them in bridge mode with the DD-WRT firmware. That will provide you with the best wireless coverage. Wired performance isn't up to the standards of the D-Link, but that shouldn't matter with a relatively slow 10Mbps connection.

 

[GEOrifle]

The D-Link DIR-655 ($99 shipped from Frys.com) loocks nice but out of stock.
NewEgg sells it for $130. Too much $$$.

 

[JackMDS]

To benefit from the perN you would need a $100 card as well.

The bang for th buck is, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162134

Do not spend money on preN that would be obsolete by year end.

You can add a good Giga Jumbo frame capable Switch to the buffalo and you would be a head.

http://www.ezlan.net/faq#MIMO

Home Giga Network: http://www.ezlan.net/giga.html

Giga networking - http://www.ezlan.net/giga_net.html

 

[KenAF2]

If wireless range is what you care about, then I agree the WHR-HP-G54 is the better buy. The G54 is also the better choice if you have multiple PCs across multiple floors because you can setup two -- for much better wireless coverage -- in a bridge configuration very easily. Bridge options are very limited on the 4300.

However, if your priority is wired and p2p performance, the DGL-4300 offers superior price/performance at $70 relative to the Buffalo at $59. The throughput on the DGL-4300 is superior to the WHR-HP-G54 with DD-WRT. The QoS on the G54 with that 3rd party firmware is also inferior to the QoS you get on the 4300.

As far as Pre-N being obsolete by year's end, that may or may not be the case. The DIR-655 uses the Atheros AV11C1 (rev A3) part -- part of the Xspan series -- which Atheros expects to support the final 802.11n standard. The current DIR-655 firmware already supports Draft 2.0.

http://www.atheros-xspan.com/index.php?page=Experience&sub=XspaN+FAQ

Even if you don't care about 802.11n, the DIR-655 will still function as a 802.11g MIMO router. D-Link lets you choose the wireless mode you want in firmware setup.

The DIR-655 uses the Vitesse VSC7385 gigabit switch found in a number of newer 4-port gigabit routers from Linksys, Netgear, and others. The chip supports jumbo frames, but the current D-Link firmware does not. It's unknown whether the D-Link firmware will ever support jumbo frames.

 

[GEOrifle]

I'm loocking for good router-modem supporting good&high conection in 20 feet radius.