Posted: 11/11/2009 5:32:09 AM EDT
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Any suggestions from you techies? I have the Linksys G router and obviously need to upgrade since my wireless signal bounces all the freakin time! Should I stick with Linksys and get the N router? Mainly "normal" internet use, however I play my PS3 wirelessly. I need a good signal strength as well. Router is upstairs corner, PS3 downstairs OTHER corner.
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I am network admin. Over the years our company has tried everything under the sun from Linksys, Buffalo, Apple, Netgear, blah blah blah. I have yet to find anything to perform up to the standards of a plain jane belkin brand wireless router. I don't know what it is about the little bastards, they just thump. That being said, I'm not allowed to use them as they are not considered a "top tier" router. BS. I would love to replace every one of these 200.00 Apple airport extremems with 25.00 belkins. Run quickly from Linksys. They may have Cisco's name on them, but they are not the same.
Quoted: I've tried many brands over the years but i'm most happy with the Belkin brand. Thing just runs And it's cheaper than most too! |
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I just replaced my old Linksys WRT54GS with a new Netgear N router. It seems to work well, the router and where we typically use the laptop are at opposite ends of the house. Setup was easy though I thought the instructions were not super clear. I asked this same question on another board I frequent and it seemed to be a tossup between Netgear and D-Link, with most saying to avoid Belkin and that Linksys's quality has gone downhill lately. I am no expert though so take that for what it's worth. My new Netgear works great and I like the standup form-factor better since it takes up less space.
ETA: a family member recently got a Belkin and she hasn't had any problems with it. |
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Not to flame, but Linksys is about the biggest POS wireless router around. They used to be pretty good, but any of their offerings over the last couple of years have been very problematic. Some people have no problems with them, but we ran into so many problems with them, that we are no longer allowed to purchase anything with the Linksys brand (we install 25-50 WAPS a month) The best way to get better range out of a Linksys is to put it in a clay pigeon launcher. Quoted: Quoted: Elaborate please.why don't you try a high db gain antenna 1st.  I've got the Linksys N router and still have troubles with signal. Got rid of all the wireless phones on same band and continue to have issues. |
| Have a Netgear WNR-2000. No issues what so ever. No drops, great signal and speed. Imagine one of the upgraded 3xxx series is even better ;) |
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Wow, great combo deal at newegg for the router I was going to suggest! D-Link DIR-655 + USB Wireless G adapter for $56
D-Link DIR-655. I have been running mine for about a year now. I bought it for $100, and that is still the retail for this unit. A lot of techies will talk about getting a linksys WRT-54G and putting DD-WRT or Tomato on it. That is a great idea, but the DIR-655 does everything the linksys will do and more. It will also do everything you need with the stock firmware that you would get out of the modded firmware for the linksys. (I am making the assumption since you are asking the question you arent going to neeed some of the more advanced features.) The DIR-655 has Draft N wireless, 4 10/100/1000 ports LAN and 1 10/100/1000 port WAN. The firmware allows network traffic throttling, 2 wireless access points (one for you and one seperate from your network for guests), It has DHCP (with address reservations), and links into DynDNS (and others) for linking your dynamic IP from your ISP to a easy to remember web address. It does a lot more than that, but you probably won't need any of it. When I bought it NewEgg had a combo with a upgraded antenna, but when I ran it breifly with the stock antennas reception was 5by5 in my house. I have been recomending this unit to everyone. I used to have to reboot my linksys and netgear routers almost monthly, and I had several of them die on me (before and after the cisco buy out.) I have never had a problem with this D-Link in 12 months. Check it out. |
| Until recently I have never had a problem with Linksys. Then all of the sudden 2 routers crapped out on me but they were both at least 5 years old. My 2 year old router is also now having problems (loss of signal, restart solves problem). I wouldn't have a problem going for a new Linksys...I have been getting a good 3 years or so with no problems out of each of the wireless G routers that I have owned...I really should upgrade to an N anyways. |
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I tried a Netgear, but it wouldn't shoot a cable model signal 60' line of sight and make two right turns (20') to my computer.
I finally crawled under the house and ran cat5 to my home office and tossed the router.. We have a Linksys at work that communicates thru 5 walls or more 60' - 80', but those are MACS. |