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recommend me a good wireless router

Aharami

Aharami

Lifer
I wired my house with cat6 last year just to be future proof. Wired connections are good fun for my desktops and work laptops, but being tethered to a wall is no fun when on the netbook. Right now Im using my old DLINK DI-524 but that router wireless is not really strong enough to make it from the basement (where the router is) to the 2nd floor bedroom. I was considering putting a wireless AP in the 2nd bedroom, but decided to go with a new router instead.

So in summary, I need to get a new router, but not sure which is a good one. Not looking to spend a whole lot of money - maybe something in the range of $50-75, but the cheaper the better. Should i go draft N, or stick to a G router? Ive been hearing good things about the Linksys WRT54G/GL/G-TM/etc routers and the ability of flash with third-party firmwares. Now Ive never done this before, but Im sure I can learn by reading. I can probably get a used one off ebay for ~$50

Someone please recommend me a decent router with strong wireless capabilities.

update: the router came on earlier this week and I just installed it today. The seller wasnt very honest - he advertised the router as NIB, which I assumed to mean "new in box", but it isnt a new router. It had a sticker for "Hummingbird Mobil Access, LLC" on it and it came with DD-WRT installed. It took me a while to figure out why the default IP for the router (192.168.11.1) wasnt working. Im not even sure if this is a refurb unit or not....I guess thats the price I pay for buying on ebay.

Anyways, now I have to learn how to configure DD-WRT properly. Seems like this firmware can do a lot

Also the it has an older version of DD-WRT - DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std. Should I flash it to the latest version?
 
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833162134

Asus WL-520GU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833320023

Both are Very Good. The Asus is less expensive and have regular perfroming Wireless, whike the Buffalo has High Power Wireless

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Entry Level Buffalo, Asus, and Linksys GL Routers can be Flashed with 3rd party free firmware.

Unlike the other compatible Routers the Buffalo's High Power stock firmware is very Good As Is.

I.e., if you have a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 you do not need any of the additional features of Tomato or DD-WRT, No need to install either.

The Wireless Boosting Power Feature available in both is Not a useful feature for the Buffalo HP.

The Buffalo?s Wireless Power is at the Max., and Tomato/DD-WRT do not really Boost its Wireless. If the power boosting is not left at the default when using Tomato/DD-WRT on the Buffalo HP, the Wireless signal might get worse by adding noise and reducing the Signal to Noise Ratio.

http://www.ezlan.net/WHR-HP-G54.html

If you need extra features (other than the Power Boost) take a look at Tomato and DD-WRT.

If the features that you need are available in Tomato Flash with Tomato.

Tomato features - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_(firmware)#Features

Otherwise, use DD-WRT.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/ind..._is_DD-WRT%3F#Features

It is much easier to Flash Tomato than DD-WRT, thus to avoid frustration and Bricking risk I would recommend to casual ?Flashers? to go with Tomato.

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As an indirect side Note.

Routers are actually small computers with very weak CPU, small memory, and the Firmware acts as the OS.

Just like you do not expect using a NetBook for D Gaming, do not expect Entry Level Router to perform well under the load that is generated by heavy P2P downloads.

Taking into consideration the big savings done by the "Questionable Downloads", One can spend few hundred $$ on a "real" Router.
 
Thanks Jack for the reply. How does the Buffalo compare to the Tmobil version of the Linksys . Supposedly the Tmobil version is better and more powerful than the regular Linksys WRT54GLs. I see one on sale on ebay for $35 now. Thats about half the price of the Buffalo
 
bah. got sniped on the WRT54G-TM...two times...by the same guy!!
the WRT54G-TM ended up selling for ~$45. I shouldve picked one up when TMobil was selling them for $20
 
the router came on earlier this week and I just installed it today. The seller wasnt very honest - he advertised the router as NIB, which I assumed to mean "new in box", but it isnt a new router. It had a sticker for "Hummingbird Mobil Access, LLC" on it and it came with DD-WRT installed. It took me a while to figure out why the default IP for the router (192.168.11.1) wasnt working. Im not even sure if this is a refurb unit or not....I guess thats the price I pay for buying on ebay.

Anyways, now I have to learn how to configure DD-WRT properly. Seems like this firmware can do a lot


Also the it has an older version of DD-WRT - DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std. Should I flash it to the latest version?
 
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