Which wireless-G router? I can't decide...

[Tachion]

I'm going to be hooking up a wireless router for a house next year (where 12 people will be living... it's actually a house converted into 3 apartments, but anyways...) and I have my router choice narrowed down to a Linksys WRT54G and a DLink DI-624.

What would be the best choice? I simply need a good enough range to cover the whole house (it's not that big) and reliability. I'm leaning towards the D-Link right now since it's only about $40 after rebates, but if it's gonna crap out on me I'll pay the extra $20 for the Linksys.

Also, will a G router be able to handle 12 simultaneous connections? There won't be a lot of heavy downloading going on (except for 1 or 2 users, maybe) and most of the usage will be casual web browsing. From what I've read, G should be plenty, but I just want to make sure.

 

[Joemonkey]

WRT54G with hacked firmware for the win

 

[Valkerie]

idealy, paying more money will get you a better router

also look for the encryption hardware technology

recommend you to get something that has 108 mbps boost, that extra 54 makes a difference. air extremes are the way to go, but not unless you have the nic's to go with it

 

[Tachion]

Well no one is going to be buying the Air-Extreme nics or anything like that. I just need a router that can handle 12 users with a decent range and one that won't screw up randomly. Advanced features are pretty much a moot point.

 

[Thoreau]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
WRT54G with hacked firmware for the win

802.11g, great range (esp with 3rd party firmware) and should be plenty for basic internet connection sharing and even light file transfers among 12 people.