I need to replace a Netgear MR314 wireless router, as this one is having problems resolving DNS addresses (needs to be reset MANY times each day, hope to reset it with a baseball bat soon).
I'd like to go ahead and get an 802.11g router since they aren't too much more than the B routers anymore.
I've been reading some horror stories over at dslreports.com about some of the Dlink and Linksys 802.11g routers (problems with the router cutting off wireless access, or reseting the wireless connection every minute or so, resetting each time a cordless phone rings, etc, etc). Specifically I was looking at the Dlink DI-624 and the Linksys WRT54G. Since I only bought my NetGear last January, and it's already not supported by them anymore, I'd rather not give Netgear any more of my money.
There's a new Dlink, the DI-514. But I've already read one account where it cut off access for a game running the Quake engine (RTCW: Enemy Territory), so the firmware may not be "all there" just yet.
So, if anyone can suggest a good, reliable, solid router for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Here's what I need it to do (I'm using Win XP with SBCGlobal DSL):
- share files between a wireless Win XP laptop (currently using a Netgear 802.11b card, don't know the model off the top of my head) and wired XP desktop (yeah, this should be a given, but I've read accounts where people could not do this with some routers; they might be boneheads, not sure)
- play online games (such as BF1942, UT2004 demo, Q3, Half-Life, etc, etc)
- work with Xbox Live
- work with VPN (don't use VPN much, but I do use it ocassionally)
Any and all suggestions of either products you suggest or products you suggest to avoid at all costs are appreciated.
I'd like to go ahead and get an 802.11g router since they aren't too much more than the B routers anymore.
I've been reading some horror stories over at dslreports.com about some of the Dlink and Linksys 802.11g routers (problems with the router cutting off wireless access, or reseting the wireless connection every minute or so, resetting each time a cordless phone rings, etc, etc). Specifically I was looking at the Dlink DI-624 and the Linksys WRT54G. Since I only bought my NetGear last January, and it's already not supported by them anymore, I'd rather not give Netgear any more of my money.
There's a new Dlink, the DI-514. But I've already read one account where it cut off access for a game running the Quake engine (RTCW: Enemy Territory), so the firmware may not be "all there" just yet.
So, if anyone can suggest a good, reliable, solid router for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Here's what I need it to do (I'm using Win XP with SBCGlobal DSL):
- share files between a wireless Win XP laptop (currently using a Netgear 802.11b card, don't know the model off the top of my head) and wired XP desktop (yeah, this should be a given, but I've read accounts where people could not do this with some routers; they might be boneheads, not sure)
- play online games (such as BF1942, UT2004 demo, Q3, Half-Life, etc, etc)
- work with Xbox Live
- work with VPN (don't use VPN much, but I do use it ocassionally)
Any and all suggestions of either products you suggest or products you suggest to avoid at all costs are appreciated.
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