Router Choices

[ExcaliburMM]

Hey Networking,
Trying to pick out a new router to use here at my fiancee's place. We've got 4 people in the house total, 4 computers, 2 gaming consoles, and a partridge in a pear tree. 😛

We're going to be having a lot of torrenting, gaming, downloading, web browsing, and streaming of music and movies going on all at the same time. The current router is a little Belkin and is constantly stopping, dropping, and just not doing its duty. We're running cable internet, I believe its Comcast.

So, I've got a few choices for the new router. It needs to have G and N capabilities, good range, ability to handle lots of heavy usage from multiple sources, and needs to come cheap. Impossible right? I hope not.

Now at home I have a Buffalo G54. Unfortunately another is just a bit out of my price range for this as I'd like to stay at or below 55$ maximum. And thats after shipping and NJ's 7% tax.

Current choices:
Buffallo WHR-HP-G300N
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162033
Pros: Has everything I want. External antennae will probably help range.
Cons: 50$ before tax.

BUFFALO WHR-G300N
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162026
Pros: 40$, seems to have the stuff I need.
Cons: Doubting range because of internal antennae.

NETGEAR WNR2000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122235
Pros: Heard good things about the 3000N model so I assume this one works well too.
Cons: 50$ before tax. Lower model may not be as good as the other one I've heard so much about.

ASUS RT-N12
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320039
Pros: Have had good experiences with ASUS gfx/mobo products. Looks to be a decent router.
Cons: Never tried an ASUS networking product. Looks similar to a Netgear I had that crapped out.

 

[bobdole369]

We're running cable internet, I believe its Comcast.

Wait till the cease and desists start pouring in and you tap the cap. Your setup isn't that remarkable. Pretty much anything will handle that. Perhaps your current router is just funky.

This is the best one:

Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N

Actually this guy is my go-to and have a ton of experience with it in DD-WRT and with stock. I've got a couple dozen deployed and trust it implicitly, but it is a generation or 3 old. It handles wireless duty to a dozen clients without fail and I've put it in a department as a router for about 40 people doing client/server tools stuff. Its good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162134

I'll never trust netgear again. Period. I don't care what they come out with.

 

[JackMDS]

The "highly" sophisticated Enthusiasts with "exquisite" knowledge of technology always befuddles me. 😕

If I once had Brand X device and it was good, then any thing that brand X does is good. 😱

Or if I had brand Y and it was bad, then any thing that is Brand Y is Bad. :twisted:

Of the 802.11b Routers SMC did the preferred once.

Of the 802.11g Routers Buffalo was the one to go with.

Of the 802.11n (Aka the big Wireless "dud" releases) No brand is the one to go with.

Of the list above I would say that the ASUS RT-N12 id a good choice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320039

And that has nothing to do with Asus Motherboards. 😉



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