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Make the jump to Wireless N?

Scouzer

Scouzer

Lifer
First of all, I don't have a router at my apartment, so I need to buy a new router in some form regardless if my mom jumps to N or not. Perhaps a WRT54GL, but I'm not overly impressed with all the babysitting the existing WRT54GS requires.

At my mom's house we have the following devices wired into the current WRT54GS V4:

Xbox 360
Slingbox
Desktop PC

Wireless:

Inspiron 9400 Intel 4965 Wireless N capable
Inspiron 6400 Intel 4965 Wireless N Capable

When we are all using the connection, the poor WRT is just not keeping up anymore. I have the latest DD-WRT on there and it's just no good. I have it set to reboot automatically every morning so it doesn't crash daily on us...

The wireless is the particular problem. LAN transfers wireless to wireless are extremely slow and flaky. The best I ever managed was 1MB/s, but most of the time 200KB/s seems typical. The signal quality was 60% IIRC. Keep in mind this is only a 1000sqft house.

So I'm considering making the jump to a quality Wireless N Router, the D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N router.

What do you guys think?

As a sidenote, I think I'll try out Tomato firmware here... people say it's better anyway.
 
I have been using a Belkin N setup for about 7 months now? I had to RMA the first router after about 1 month of dropped connections to a laptop and abysmal customer service. They refused to RMA it and constantly had me go through the same routine every single time I called till I refused and then only spoke with supervisors, thats how I finally got the approval.

ANYWAY. I have a weird apt in a house that because of obstructions and size (big) wireless G never worked when I first moved in. I had to move the router closer while we settled in and arranged things to our liking. I tried almost all the top brands and the top of the line in those brands and matched the equipment always.

Now that I'm "N" I have no more problems at all and I can put the router anywhere I like and always have above 90 percent of my signal.

I do a lot of transferring on the home network and streaming and it's always smooth. I use the Belkin N and the Belkin Express card.
 
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