reccomend me a good wireless router

What is a good overall router.

 

linksys wrt54g. you can easily get it for 45-50 bucks anywhere.

 

oh and you can find cheaper routers, but this is the lowest i think anybody should go.

 

I have the WRT54GL and its a good little machine. Interface is easy to use and the signal reaches all over my house. It does lag sometimes when playing games via the wireless, sometimes to the point of lockup but for general use its fine.

Grand Admiral

 

i highly doubt that's your router lagging unless you have an OC3 line or higher. it's probably your isp, network card, or you're too far away from the router.

 

Its definitely the router, I've asked around before. Not playing online games, just relaying through the router. It works fine for a few hours but then starts lagging and will eventually lock up and I'm pretty sure my computers lose connection (hasn't happened for ages, play through direct crossover between the computers now). Powering the router off for a few minutes then turning it back on corrects the problem.

Don't worry about me, this is dblb48's thread. Its still a good router, I wouldn't swap it (Well maybe for an N router but they're too expensive).

Grand Admiral

 

Netgear is the best.

 

No Netgear love here!

I bought a RangeMax wireless router (refurbished one with 3 antennas) from Fry's a year ago and that router was the best router for one week. Every other week it would disconnect my network and I was forced to manually reset it (couldn't access the router menu at all). I tried to go to Netgear's website for help and found out that that specific model was no longer supported and Netgear had no plans to develop any drivers/firmware for it. That was my 2nd Netgear router at the time, but I am now staying away from them for the foreseeable future. Can't see how a company can just up and ditch support for a product they sell that's not even a few years old. Currently it's a paper weight on a desk... I thought about selling it but I couldn't fathom the next owner having to go through the annoyance... instead, I might use it for target practice and then recycle it.

 

And the lesson learned? Never buy a refurbished or discontinued electronic products

 

i prefer and recommend linksys because it's made by cisco and the linksys products are just consumer versions of they're very expensive industrial stuff. i've never had a problem with linksys or cisco hardware. belkin is crap. i forgot, but i think i "used" netgear" before when i was a roommate and it was alright. but i've heard of more problems from them, d-link and belkin than i've heard good.

 

Not if you buy them new

 

when i said "used" i meant i was getting a signal off the router that was established in the household already. it was bought new. i put quotations hoping that interpretation would be taken.

 

I'm a monkey and I take everything seriously, just kidding, monkies are not serious and cannot be taken seriously ever. However I was aluding to the person who bought a refurbished router.

 

ditto...great little router...haven't tried yet but there's some great ddrt third party firmware to enhance the router...i have one...also had the enhanced version...the wrt54gs...and always got better wireless signals with the cheaper wrt54g

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I have another question though. I went to buy it online and it said I would also need a wired Ethernet adapter. If this is true, what is a good choice, or does it not matter?

 

bologna. unless you need an ethernet cable to download or set up any software/firmware with your computer before using wireless, which you shouldn't given linksys's compatibility with almost anything, especially mainstream computers.

 

I think he is talking about the ethernet adapter which it comes with all laptops these days, it is standard. It's actually good to have it for two reasons, if you are close to the router then use ethernet as it will give you a higher throughput, and if ever, and you will, mess up with the wireless connection, then you will need to use ethernet to troubleshoot the system, otherwise you are in no body's land.

 

adapter and internal ethernet port are two different things. an adapter would be like a usb ethernet adapter which would perform horribly unless you're moving up from dial up. but some routers, you can troubleshoot wireless if you know the ip address and your wireless card recognizes it there. unless you really messed up bad and have to do it physically. but if you have to do it with ethernet cable, chances are you'll be on this site or calling cisco/linksys.

 

That's right, so why would you like to have an USB ethernet adapter when you most likely have the "internal" ethernet card?

 

if you have a modern laptop, u more than likely have ethernet built in already. but if you're old school, or have a desktop without ethernet already, then u might need usb adapter. i don't know if he has this problem. sounds like the website is trying to pull a fast one on an unnecessary accessory.

 

Nah, I had to troubleshoot by running an ethernet cord to my router once. For some reason it stopped broadcasting a wireless signal, so I just plugged in and was able to fix it.

Most every computer these days comes with an ethernet port though and a cable costs like what? $2 USD? Assuming you didn't get one with your system...

Anyway, the only thing I can advise is to avoid those combination router/modem gateways. I've got one and even though its a Linksys product I've had nothing but trouble with it.

 

Well my notebook is a brand new Thinkpad, so I should be okay than right? Also, I can get items through newegg for free if it is buisness related, but newegg doesnt carry that particular model, so would this one do? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124085

 

i'm guessing it will be. if you're using g band. the n band i'm not 100% sure. i think there's still different types of n bands out there and that could mean not 100% compatible or even worse, completely incompatible.

 

Well, you said that Netgear is the best. How is that true, since the refurbished product was "repaired" by Netgear and then resold back to the public at a lower price? When you "fix" something, what does that mean? You obviously can not claim it to be "new" but it should be in original working condition (thus refurbished)... not less in performance. Even if it wasn't refurbished and instead it was just a discontinued NEW product... and you advised that I stay away from discontinued products, does that mean their discontinued product sucks? That doesn't tell me Netgear is "the best". It won't mold if you just leave it sitting on the shelf... so if the product worked then it should work even if it was discontinued and not touched for the next 5 years. Maybe I should rephrase in that Netgear is "not trustworthy" in their products... which is surprising because they are a large company.

Dell Outlet sells refurbished laptops, HP does too and reviews have been mostly good from folks who buy stuff from them. I bought a 5.8 ghz Uniden refurbished phone several years ago and it's still running strong, never craps out on me at unsuspecting times like the Netgear. Where do you go about making such a generalization that refurbished or discontinued products are not worthy of a closer look especially if it is coming from a supposely great company? I know now not to take a closer look at Netgear's product be it new, refurbished or discontinued that's for sure.

 

Don't get it personal, that's only my opinion and I'm no body, so don't argue with no body, they will say you are crazzy

 

LOL, no harm done, hehe.

 

Cool!

I just find that netgear have a more robust design than syslink and d-link, I do have some d-link products, I have a wireless printer hub, and I have a portable AP/RT/NIC adapter, they both work reasonably.

 

what do you mean by robust?

 

Ahhhhh, you scared me, hahahah, man, I'm speechless, I didn't recognized you I had to see your name

Robust is not an Englsih word?

 

robust is english word. i want to know what you think makes a router robust? and that's vivi. he's really nice.

 

He is scary to me I don't know why, may be something happened ot me when I was younger, who knows.

Robust means too me sturdy design, some routers seem to be made of cheap plastic, also all the parts seems to me of better quality, and again I find that they are more reliable from the operation perspective.

 

get a Dlink or Linksys N router

don't spend your money on G, when N is the new standard and anything you buy can be upgraded to the final N standard by a firmware update........

 

Yes, I 100% support your words, now I will hit the pelow and whoever fight me with me in my dreams.