Good wireless router

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:20 pm

Hey everybody!

For christmas I'm going to get my dad a wireless router. I was wondering which onw was best. I hope t be able to link up my ds to my comp with it, as well as easier internet acsess for meh laptop.

Please helpeth me, SS, the most respected charactor of your benheck.com bordze0z!

SS

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:21 pm

linksys is a nice one. also, I have a belkin, which is ok, but not that great.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:22 pm

Linksys and Netgear units are pretty good. (I think Linksys is basically owned by Cisco now, and they make some great stuff.)

Really, unless it's absolutely necessary, I wouldn't get WiFi. It's just another way to break into your machine. (Like Bluetooth.) Make sure you set the encryption codes, and don't accept the default names.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:20 pm

I'm using a U.S. Robotics Wireless router. It's not bad very easy to use and setup. The package came with a free PCMCIA card for laptops that may not have a builtin one. And so you know it offers WAP2 security, and suggests you use it by default.

I believe the whole thing costed about $40-60 and this was over a year ago. You can probibly get the same or simalar for closer to $30 now and this time of year is prime to look for one.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:29 pm

Hasn't linksys always been a division of cisco? That's what I thought. Either way, linksys routers are always the highest of quality, I'd stay away from D-link, I had three different routers, all broke within months and they refused to offer support. One was supposed to have an update so it would support WAP (it said it had it on the box), but the update apparantly isn't on their website and it has been removed from their database, according to tech support. </tangent> Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Anywho:
Linksys=#1
Netgear=Good
Dlink=NOOOO!!!!
Belkin=Ok, not the best, not the worst.
Anything else=Not sure

Post by **marshallh** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:05 pm

Stay away form Belkin, SMC, and D-Link.

I would suggest a Linksys WRT54G. They are almost everywhere, they're about $50 and offer a lot of bang for the buck. You can even install Linux on it and hack it to your heart's content.

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:18 pm

like everybody with a wireless network, I have 2 routers. I learned my lesson. don't expect reliability at anything less than commercial-grade access point. I don't know why, but that d-link never worked right to start with (kept having to reset it), and my linksys (which worked fine) now randomly stops transmitting every few hours. I got less than 6 months on the wrt54g before it started doing this. I even tried firmware upgrade, but it seems to be a hardware issue.

if all you're doing is ds it's great, but don't base your home network around wireless. it will just leave you poor. you could probably get off a little cheaper with a wireless bridge into your current network.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:21 pm

marshallh wrote:Stay away form Belkin, SMC, and D-Link.

I would suggest a Linksys WRT54G. They are almost everywhere, they're about $50 and offer a lot of bang for the buck. You can even install Linux on it and hack it to your heart's content.

Agreed. I've got this router, and it's served me well. Definitely the best router purchase possible IMO.

CTFan

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:02 pm

i have a netgear one. dont know the exact model but its a huge piece of crap. that said, it still rarely drops my connection. im also the only person on it.

i think what reaperman said is true - you can probably find at least one person with a horror story about every home wireless router out there. in general they all stink pretty bad. my friends had a similar linksys one (b version though), didnt work well at all.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:46 am

So I should get a linksys? Which model number?

SS

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:17 am

WRT54G

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:23 am

I have a WAP54G and it works very well.

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:07 am

vb_master wrote:WRT54G

I have that one, it works OK-ish, but my range findings are pretty useless, since my mom likes to stick the router behind potted plants and such.

Does anyone else find the more security features you add the harder it is to establish a solid (legit) connection?

And it's been said before but let me reiterate, don't expect WiFi to replace a wired network, been there, done that, was better off running back and forth with a USB thumb drive most of the time.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:09 am

Sir Games-A-Lot wrote:
vb_master wrote:WRT54G
I have that one, it works OK-ish, but my range findings are pretty useless, since my mom likes to stick the router behind potted plants and such. Does anyone else find the more security features you add the harder it is to establish a solid (legit) connection?

And it's been said before but let me reiterate, don't expect WiFi to replace a wired network, been there, done that, was better off running back and forth with a USB thumb drive most of the time.

Put parabolic antennas on it, and flash DD-WRT.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:14 pm

Today sitting next to the NES and Genesis I saw a linkys wireles router. And it was at goodwill.

Weird ......