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post #1 of 24
10/31/05 at 4:22pm
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Hello,
I am settingup a wireless network and was wondering who has the best router.I was leaning toward linksey's and motorola.
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post #2 of 24
10/31/05 at 5:13pm
Linksys WRT54GS.
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post #3 of 24
10/31/05 at 9:02pm
I have the WRT54G and it is running 24/7 here. No problems whatsoever. I had a problem when I started using it with PPPoE (DSL here): the router would disconnect randomly. I could see that many people had this problem on the net (some here). Anyway, a quick visit to Linksys live chat solved my problem (edited: a five minute task). It was just a setting on the configuration page... Hehe, some people sold their equipment to buy others.... Well, I feel that the interface on Linksys hardware looks much more professional than... say... D-Link. Also, I can run Linux on it. Couldn't be more satisfied... Great price, great range (can pick a connection on the street!), great speed (both network and configuration page)...
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post #4 of 24
10/31/05 at 9:35pm
I have a netgear wgt624 and have had absolutely no problems with it, very reliable and easy to set up, provides a good signal as well. I'd suggest either that or the previously mentioned linksys.
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post #5 of 24
10/31/05 at 10:49pm
another vote for Netgear. I own a Netgear, one of my friends has a Linksys, neither one of us has ever had problems.
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post #6 of 24
10/31/05 at 11:10pm
Most brands are pretty reliable and 802.11g is a pretty mature technology. That said, I'd go with the $20 router (dLink, LinkSys, Belkin, whichever one it was) from last Sunday's newspaper ads, unless you have some overpowering need to spend more or need something beyond the standard features.
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post #7 of 24
11/1/05 at 12:06am
Happy Belkin owner here, which internally is basically a wrt54g using a different firmware. I can tell you MS routers were PoS up to and including a year and a half ago. I don't know if they have improved, but for me they (microsoft routers) are a BIG nono. I'm with Olyteddy .... grab whatever you can find on super sale this week and you pobably are gold.
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post #8 of 24
11/1/05 at 12:12am
I have been real happy with Linksys. Haven’t had any problems at all.
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post #9 of 24
11/2/05 at 7:09pm
I told about that problem (on the MTU setting) because it's very common on the internet and gave me some headaches for a few days (while I was searching for a solution). I've searched google with no luck, until I had the idea of contacting the live support on Linksys. They solved the problem in 5 minutes, if that much. Heheh, I guess I need to trust the tech support of the companies a bit more...

Anyway, the LAN side was always fine. The internet link was going down... what was requiring a reboot to work. When the DSL modem was at router mode and the Linksys internet link as DHCP, it was fine. However, I like to use things as simple as possible, and a much better solution is the modem as bridge and the internet on the Linksys configured as PPPoE, so I can avoid a nasty double-natting scheme.
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post #10 of 24
12/5/05 at 12:50am
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I finally picked up a wireless router.I bought a US Robotics Maxg router and Card from SAM's for 82.00. Did I do ok?
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post #11 of 24
12/5/05 at 1:10am
d-link and netgear are what my family runs. no problems with either. i first bought a linksys, and it didn't work. my brother and my brother's gf have had similar problems with linksys, and my bro is a computer geek, so it wasn't just me.
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post #12 of 24
12/5/05 at 4:58am
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Originally Posted by jrf
I finally picked up a wireless router.I bought a US Robotics Maxg router and Card from SAM's for 82.00. Did I do ok?
Well, you aleady bought it. What difference does it make now?
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post #13 of 24
12/5/05 at 10:02am
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Originally Posted by Karma
Well, you aleady bought it. What difference does it make now?
TRue but it doesn't hurt to comment.
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post #14 of 24
12/5/05 at 10:32am
Im gonna back up Linksys. I've used all their products.

Router, Wireless Router, Signal Booster and the high intensity antennas. Everything works amazing.

Im gonna downplay D-Link because I have a D-link wireless G router right now at school... It only cost $10 and the antenna keeps falling off which loses signals throughout the apartment. Also, I get a LOT of packet loss that we didnt get before we switched from a Linksys router. I brought the linksys back home. big mistake...

ps-= steelers suck
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post #15 of 24
12/5/05 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by jrf
I finally picked up a wireless router.I bought a US Robotics Maxg router and Card from SAM's for 82.00. Did I do ok?
You paid about $20 more than you needed to, got a less than highly rated router and bought it from WalMart...Is that OK???
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post #16 of 24
12/5/05 at 3:23pm
Heheh... I would not distrust Wal Mart that much. I bought mine (wrt54g v2.2) on wal mart in 2004. The price difference from newegg was 9 dollars at the time. Considering that I didn't even considered the shipping newegg charges, i guess the pleasure of getting it instantly and the security of beeing able to change it in minutes (from where I lived) paid this $5-8 difference.

Howeeeeeeever, I've never heard of wireless routers from US Robotics. I would prefer a Netgear/dlink/asus.
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post #17 of 24
12/5/05 at 4:41pm
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Originally Posted by olyteddy
You paid about $20 more than you needed to, got a less than highly rated router and bought it from WalMart...Is that OK???
Actually he got a wireless card with it so that is a pretty decent deal. Unfortunately you can get a Linksys WRT54g at Bestbuy right now for $69.99 and it has $30 worth of rebates which makes it $39.99. That is a solid router for cheap.
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post #18 of 24
12/5/05 at 8:17pm
Sure, I prefer to pay more to get something reliable than having headaches in the future. WRT54G here still great after > 1 year.
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post #19 of 24
12/5/05 at 11:26pm
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Originally Posted by ckaplan
Actually he got a wireless card with it so that is a pretty decent deal. Unfortunately you can get a Linksys WRT54g at Bestbuy right now for $69.99 and it has $30 worth of rebates which makes it $39.99. That is a solid router for cheap.
The Sunday ads had a bunch of card & router combos for ~$60 after rebates. I saw both a dLink Combo and a Linksys combo at that price.
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post #20 of 24
12/6/05 at 1:37am
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Originally Posted by Karma
Linksys WRT54GS.
I agree, i have linksys across the board for my network, from cable modems to wireless cards. Highest quality and great price, and partly because its made by Cisco Sytems - Now who doesnt love companys with there names closely resembling a type of "food" ( please dont eat crisco, it ichy, trust me "
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