What brand of wireless router should I get ?

[leeland]

Hi all


just wondering if someone would be nice enough to point me in a direction of the best wireless router...

the internet connection is in the basement...would be using the lappy upstairs...I have looked though the search results and have my eyes popping out of my head

any help is appeciated

Leeland

 

[Transition]

Linksys WRT54G IMHO

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: Transition
Linksys WRT54G IMHO

From looking at the reviews people either love it or really really hate it lol...my luck I would be one of the people with a lot of problems lol...

Thanks for the link

 

[spherrod]

Well, we standardise on a D-Link DSL-G604T across our company with people who work from home. Not had any hardware issues reported from 60+ users in about 1 year.

 

[essasin]

Another vote for the Linksys WRT54g with the third party firmware gives you feature of higher dollar routers. I saw some at wal-mart the other day for 50 bucks no rebates no hasseles and I believe this is their regular everyday price.

 

[Need4Speed]

linksys...because the firmware is opensource...lots of thirdparty firmwares available to invrease TX power etc

 

[EdfromCocoa]

Stay away from D-Link. Bought their 802.11g wireless router and for the life of me I could not WPA encrypt; calls at DLINK went unanswered. Their 802.11b was hard to encrypt with WEP- Had to call the vendor. Then saw a Pre 802.11n Belkin wireless router and laptop PCMCIA card for $200 at Costco. Installed perfectly- WPA encryption a breeze. I get 108MBPS on the laptop consistently.

Ed

 

[Griffinhart]

I'll throw my vote for the WRT54G as well. It's stock firmware does everything I need it to, being able to flash to other 3rd part versions makes it much more flexible. It's wireless abilities have been extremely reliable for me and being able to set QOS based on Port or MAC is huge for my network set-up.

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: EdfromCocoa
Stay away from D-Link. Bought their 802.11g wireless router and for the life of me I could not WPA encrypt; calls at DLINK went unanswered. Their 802.11b was hard to encrypt with WEP- Had to call the vendor. Then saw a Pre 802.11n Belkin wireless router and laptop PCMCIA card for $200 at Costco. Installed perfectly- WPA encryption a breeze. I get 108MBPS on the laptop consistently.

Ed

I saw the reviews on the new belkin router...looks very sweet...don't think I can swing another 200 bones out of the wife though...I over stepped my bounds with the purchase of the laptop

How hard is it to find a reliable open source firmware for the linksys router ? Also is it work looking at the next model up ? the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Router ?

From what I have read the only real difference is if you are going to be doing alot of file transfers between computers...the actual speed of the wireless doesn't increase over the Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router

Thanks for the replies guys

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: leeland

Originally posted by: EdfromCocoa
Stay away from D-Link. Bought their 802.11g wireless router and for the life of me I could not WPA encrypt; calls at DLINK went unanswered. Their 802.11b was hard to encrypt with WEP- Had to call the vendor. Then saw a Pre 802.11n Belkin wireless router and laptop PCMCIA card for $200 at Costco. Installed perfectly- WPA encryption a breeze. I get 108MBPS on the laptop consistently.

Ed

I saw the reviews on the new belkin router...looks very sweet...don't think I can swing another 200 bones out of the wife though...I over stepped my bounds with the purchase of the laptop

How hard is it to find a reliable open source firmware for the linksys router ? Also is it work looking at the next model up ? the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Router ?

From what I have read the only real difference is if you are going to be doing alot of file transfers between computers...the actual speed of the wireless doesn't increase over the Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router

Thanks for the replies guys

linksysinfo.org has a good list of 3rd party firmwares...

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: Wireless What Should I Get?

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[WobbleWobble]

Get one with a built in print server to easily share it if you have multiple computers. It's a very handy feature!

That said, I like the SMC WBRP2804-P

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Link to: Wireless What Should I Get?

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Thanks for the link...I tried that yesterday but the site must have been down...great description of what I should get...now all I have to do is pick on lol


Thanks

Leeland