Wireless Router

[gate1975mlm]

I am going to be using 2 computers in my house. And I want to use my second computer wireless. I have comcast cable internet. What do you recommend? I want something stable and very easy to setup. I live in a twin house so its not too big. the main pc will be on the top floor and the second pc will be on the first floor. there are 3 floors.

 

[thespeakerbox]

www.ezlan.net Read that and go with a buffalo kit.

 

[Rottie]

If Buffalo kit is too expensive, go for Linksys routers.

 

[gate1975mlm]

Money is not a problem!

So the Buffalo Wireless Routers are very stable? And are they easy to setup? I wonder why they don't sell them at Bestbuy or CompUSA.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: gate1975mlm
Money is not a problem!
I wonder why they don't sell them at Bestbuy or CompUSA.

The consideration of what to sell in a mega Store has Nothing to do with the value of theHardware.

It is a matter of negotiating shelves space, Pricing Brake, how the responsibility of support and RMA would be shared, visibility, etc.

Visibility means how much the Hardware Brand is willing to spend on advertising on its own to create a market so that people will "Run" to the sore and buy it.

As an example many people would go to a store and buy Linksys because Linksys seems to have better marketing than others Brands and that is the only name that None Computer Hobbyist might recognize.

The Buffalo presence in the US is not as strong as some other Brands and their prices are slightly Higher. So it is probably harder for to negotiate with Mega Store.

It happen to be that their current Line of 802.11g is better then the other.

In gegenral (not reletated to gate1975mlm) it sort of "silly" that people base their decisions on $10 to $20 differences.

One full tank of Gas (that ends up in big part wasted on aimless driving) cost almost the same as buying good Wireless.

Link to: Wireless What Should I Get?

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[gate1975mlm]

Ok I think I am probably going to go with a Buffalo Wireless Router!

What is the difference between these 3 models?


WHR3-G54
WBR2-G54S
WBR2-G54

And what does Auto Channel Support do? I will be doing internet sharing only!

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless.php

 

[JackMDS]

The WBR2-54G is the plain vanilla 802.11g

The WBR2-54GS is the same with extra speed /i.e. rated 125Mb/sec.

The WHR3-54GS is like the WBR2-54GS with few more Bells (see here):

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/airstation-feature-comp.php

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[gate1975mlm]

It looks like the only thing more the WHR3-54GS has is Auto Channel Support. What does it do? And do I need it?

 

[linksysinfo]

Linksys WRT54GS or WRT54GX the 1st one has many 3rd party firmwares that support far more features than you could imagine.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: gate1975mlm
It looks like the only thing more the WHR3-54GS has is Auto Channel Support. What does it do? And do I need it?

Auto-Channel ensures that the AirStation will continually search for the clearest channel, and set it self Automatically to use it.

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[gate1975mlm]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: gate1975mlm
It looks like the only thing more the WHR3-54GS has is Auto Channel Support. What does it do? And do I need it?

Auto-Channel ensures that the AirStation will continually search for the clearest channel, and set it self Automatically to use it.

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That sounds like a good option to have!