Good Wireless Router for a good price?
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devildr1ver
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[quote name='naiku']dunno about a deal but Linksys(cisco) WRT54G is pretty solid for a home router. Normally around 45-50$.[/quote]
get the wrt54GL from newegg.com and flash it with dd-wrt or tomato firmware.
get the wrt54GL from newegg.com and flash it with dd-wrt or tomato firmware.
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[quote name='DomLando']Problem is I do not know the difference. I just use it for the laptops in my house, 360, PS3, & Wii.[/quote]
You can always ask me what's available in my weekly threads and I'll be happy to tell.
My friend needed a router about 3 weeks ago and went through all sorts of hell with AT&T.
Somehow he forgot that I write these threads every week and could have helped him isolate 1 in about 2 minutes.
You can always ask me what's available in my weekly threads and I'll be happy to tell.
My friend needed a router about 3 weeks ago and went through all sorts of hell with AT&T.
Somehow he forgot that I write these threads every week and could have helped him isolate 1 in about 2 minutes.
[quote name='DomLando']Problem is I do not know the difference. I just use it for the laptops in my house, 360, PS3, & Wii.[/quote]
How old is your laptop? If you got yours between Nov 07 to now, it might have N wireless, older to 2 years ago, most like have G Wireless. What's your laptop model number?
Also, I believe the consoles can only go up to G wireless, but if you get a N wireless router, they are able to also broadcast a/b and g wireless.
How old is your laptop? If you got yours between Nov 07 to now, it might have N wireless, older to 2 years ago, most like have G Wireless. What's your laptop model number?
Also, I believe the consoles can only go up to G wireless, but if you get a N wireless router, they are able to also broadcast a/b and g wireless.
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Not all N-capable routers do N in the 5GHz band, which is the same band used by A.
If you do 802.11N in the 2.4GHz band with G + B, you get all types of slowdowns and issues with it sharing bandwidth for non-N devices.
To have N work best, you'd need all your N devices do 5GHz N.
For most people, unless they're streaming lots of stuff across the local LAN, 802.11G works best. The Wii only does 802.11B, the other two do 802.11A/B/G, so the Wii becomes your lowest common denominator. WRT54GL is a good solid router, and becomes so much more if you flash it with DD-WRT.
If you do 802.11N in the 2.4GHz band with G + B, you get all types of slowdowns and issues with it sharing bandwidth for non-N devices.
To have N work best, you'd need all your N devices do 5GHz N.
For most people, unless they're streaming lots of stuff across the local LAN, 802.11G works best. The Wii only does 802.11B, the other two do 802.11A/B/G, so the Wii becomes your lowest common denominator. WRT54GL is a good solid router, and becomes so much more if you flash it with DD-WRT.
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[quote name='shrike4242']Not all N-capable routers do N in the 5GHz band, which is the same band used by A.
If you do 802.11N in the 2.4GHz band with G + B, you get all types of slowdowns and issues with it sharing bandwidth for non-N devices.
To have N work best, you'd need all your N devices do 5GHz N.
For most people, unless they're streaming lots of stuff across the local LAN, 802.11G works best. The Wii only does 802.11B, the other two do 802.11A/B/G, so the Wii becomes your lowest common denominator. WRT54GL is a good solid router, and becomes so much more if you flash it with DD-WRT.[/quote]
You could also just buy a cheap Belkin or D-Link or Netgear and flash it for the same effect. Doesn't have to be a Linksys once you flash it. I think i saw a netgear on clearance at CC for $30 the other day.
If you do 802.11N in the 2.4GHz band with G + B, you get all types of slowdowns and issues with it sharing bandwidth for non-N devices.
To have N work best, you'd need all your N devices do 5GHz N.
For most people, unless they're streaming lots of stuff across the local LAN, 802.11G works best. The Wii only does 802.11B, the other two do 802.11A/B/G, so the Wii becomes your lowest common denominator. WRT54GL is a good solid router, and becomes so much more if you flash it with DD-WRT.[/quote]
You could also just buy a cheap Belkin or D-Link or Netgear and flash it for the same effect. Doesn't have to be a Linksys once you flash it. I think i saw a netgear on clearance at CC for $30 the other day.
I have 2 spare Linksys WRT-54G which are earlier revisions (CDF7 = v2.2 and CDF8 = v3.0) and fully compatible with DD-WRT and Tomato. I'm using one and have those 2 spares, plus a couple Belkin F5D7230-4's (various revisions) and even a Buffalo WHR-G54, all compatible with DD-WRT. (I have a lot of wireless stuff, hehe!)
The Buffalo is currently used as my primary router (with wireless disabled) in my home office, and various PCs plus one of the Linksys units is wired to it (I put Ethernet in the walls). The Linksys is set up in the middle of my house with wireless turned on for best signal coverage in the whole house (without leaking too much outside), plus the ReplayTVs and Xbox are wired to it etc. Its a great setup, but adding the in-wall Ethernet was a hassle.
Anyway if you want to put DD-WRT on a Linksys or Belkin, poke around online (I'd buy WRT-54GL if you can't find a specific early Linksys revision) or PM me. I'll give you a fair price -- and mine are new and sealed.
If you don't want to play with DD-WRT, then just go buy whatever is cheap at CC/BB this week, or wait for a sale. But I've set up most of my family and friends with DD-WRT compatible units, mostly Linksys WRT-54G's, and they almost never call me with Internet problems now.
The Buffalo is currently used as my primary router (with wireless disabled) in my home office, and various PCs plus one of the Linksys units is wired to it (I put Ethernet in the walls). The Linksys is set up in the middle of my house with wireless turned on for best signal coverage in the whole house (without leaking too much outside), plus the ReplayTVs and Xbox are wired to it etc. Its a great setup, but adding the in-wall Ethernet was a hassle.
Anyway if you want to put DD-WRT on a Linksys or Belkin, poke around online (I'd buy WRT-54GL if you can't find a specific early Linksys revision) or PM me. I'll give you a fair price -- and mine are new and sealed.
If you don't want to play with DD-WRT, then just go buy whatever is cheap at CC/BB this week, or wait for a sale. But I've set up most of my family and friends with DD-WRT compatible units, mostly Linksys WRT-54G's, and they almost never call me with Internet problems now.
[quote name='vihit']The Wii does 802.11g with support for all encryption types (WEP, WPA, WPA2). The DS, on the other hand, does 802.11g with only WEP encryption.[/QUOTE]
The DS only does 802.11b. With most routers, using an 802.11b device on the network will bring the speed of the whole network down to 11mbps levels.
The DS only does 802.11b. With most routers, using an 802.11b device on the network will bring the speed of the whole network down to 11mbps levels.
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Dom, have you tried flashing the firmware on your old router? If your connection keeps dropping sometimes that can be cure and its free.
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