which wireless g router should i get?

[ncage]

hi everyone, i am in the market for a wireless router. I am up in the air on which router to buy. I have looked at the belkin G router and it seems pretty nice. The only downfall is that you have to do some work to get their branded wireless G card to work with linux. I also have thought about the linksys G router because of the work being done on their firmware and supposedly you can get a firmware for it that adds $1000 features to this router. I would asume it supports SPI which is a feature i want. The only thing ive heard is the linksys signal quality isn't the best. I have a friend who has the G router using linksys latest firmware and he also has a d-link g router and he said the d-link has a much better signal quality but he still uses the linksys because of the vonage features on it. Anyways help me decide which one i ought to get .

 

[Albis]

i can't stand belkin routers personally. i have a B and G router made by them and the user interface is horrible.

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: Albis
i can't stand belkin routers personally. i have a B and G router made by them and the user interface is horrible.

how about the performance/reliability?

 

[gate1975mlm]

Well for what I am hearing the Buffalo Tech ones are the best for stableness.

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: Wireless What Should I Get?

:sun:

 

[whalen]

Originally posted by: ncage

Originally posted by: Albis
i can't stand belkin routers personally. i have a B and G router made by them and the user interface is horrible.

how about the performance/reliability?

I got in on a deal for the 11b Belkin Routers a while back from Buy.com (like 9.00 shipped). The range is pretty terrible and the UI sucks. I would advise against it based on my experience.

 

[GregMal]

Get the one that's on sale this week..............

 

[zmanb213]

I'm using the lynksys 11g and i've got now complaints.

 

[zimu]

i'm on the good ol' wrt54g, very very happy with it. have the sveasoft firmware on it, i've rebooted it twice in the past year, both were unintentional in that i unplugged the power by mistake. thing is stable as you can get, decent range (that can be boosted with the firmware) and great features. i wouldn't go any other way.

have used dlink and netgear in the past. good routers, but i would never go back to them after the 54g

 

[slyedog]

have been using dlink for abt a year. well satisfied with them. have the 624 and the 524.
but i think the dwl-g630 wireless card is a bummer. i get more distance using a smc b
card it seems. also watch out for the weak antennaes on the dlink. they break easy.
saw an ad for the linksys g for 39.00 shipped. i think i will try that one. hear good reviews from them