Netgear WGT624v2 router problem: Recommend me a brand

I use a DLink router, I find that it works just fine, I've had it over a year now...and not a lick of problems...lets see what do I have hooked up to it..I have 3 computers hooked up to it, and a laptop and 2 xboxes....


Here is a link to the one I have...although this is specifically off the dlink website, you can find it basically anywhere including but not limited to Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com

Dlink Wireless Router

I also have had a D-Link router for the past year and have had no problems whatsoever.

I personally like linksys. I have the WRT54GS and the range expander. I have three desktops, two laptops and a wireless all-in-one. Works totally peachy. Netgear definitely sucks though.. that was the very first brand I ever bought and it couldn't even reach downstairs..

I use the Linksys WRT54G v1.0 and use stock antennas (the 7db ones don't work), and the Hyperwort bios to speed up the machine, make it more efficient, and to increase the power output back to where it was to begin with before Linksys set their bios to drop the output to 10 mw? or somthing. Anyways it was a setting that made it so that I had to stand right next to the stupid thing just to get a signal. Hyperwort fixed that problem and set it back up to 20.

Netgear routers seem to be hit and miss, but only on the low end. Their high end routers are great (the ones with 2 antennas and about $150). Do a search on Newegg and you'll find a picture of one that is dark blue, 2 antennas, and is boxy not ovid. It has great range and has a print server built in.

I currently reside in an apartment with a DLink router (no idea what at the moment) and it works fine, but the range sucks. I moved all but one of my computers into the same room (kinda defeats the purpose) and the other one has the nice card from dlink that has the extendable antenna on a cord. The unit is Wireless B/G with no frills and one antenna. I handles bit torrent and surfing at the same time, and I love the static DHCP capabilites.

Recommendation: Get the DLink for the Static DHCP if you have notebooks at home. Static DHCP lets you setup DHCP so new people can join your network, but your own computers can have a static IP address so you don't have problems with sharing files over the network. Example: 2 notebooks and a desktop. Both log in at night and leave for work in the morning. They all get assigned DHCP IP addresses. The notebooks go to work and get assigned ip addresses at work and then come home again. They get new ones at home. Because they get turned back on again at different times, or if you lose power and the router gets reset, or if the desktop gets turned off and the notebooks turn on first, the addresses get switched around causing networks shares to get all scrambled as the computers expect one address but the resources are instead at new ones.

I know it sounds kinda muddied in there, but I have to say that if you have either more than 2 computers on a network, and/or several mobile units, its worth the simplicity of Static DHCP. I have several computers and a few notebooks and scattered shared resources like printers and shared folders all over. It just got too hard trying to find out why I couldn't connect to another computer (flushing the dns cashe and renewing the network options fixed the issues).

It might be a overheating issue. I just bought the Netgear router that supports NAS and the most common complaint is that it crashes frequently. Someone on the Netgear forums determined that the router was overheating. He mounted a small fan inside the router and cut an exhaust hole on the top and has no problems now.

Sorry I haven't replied to you in a long time, but I actually bought my dlink router at Bestbuy, But I have seen the router at Newegg.com for cheaper than I had paid for it. I paid like 80 bucks for it, I've seen it for 40 and sometimes for 35. SO it varies. I made the mistake buying it at Bestbuy, but at the time I needed it badly.

Wrt54g

I have a Linksys WRT54G v.2. The wireless works fine and I have a very good range (WPA Personal AES):

- I can connect at the other side of the street with "good" or "very good" signal stated in Intel Proset app.
- I can connect at excellent range (I tested) in a neighbour house with my notebook (Intel 2200bg).

The house is made of brick (not like most US homes, but I don't know if it matters), and I have two walls and the brick fence between the router and the street.

The router function also works great. When I got a DSL account ~ 1.5 months ago, I had this problem that were disconnecting me at random times. After trying and trying, I started a search on the internet and I believe I've found the problem. I just need to set the MTU of each network adapter to 1492 (and not 1500, which i believe is the default). This is a problem, yes, but I can consider it much more a configuration issue than anything else. Obviously, it would be good if Linksys put that on a guide on internet or any easy to find place (not a deeeep technical guide on some 100th level on Cisco's web).

I have a D-Link DSL modem, but I can readily feel the difference. The Linksys is a faster equipment and the web config page is much better to deal with...

However, each experience is different, so I won't make any more ADs to Linksys... My advice: get what works for you....