Best Wireless Router?
Jan 7, 2008 at 2:09 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 41
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Any suggestions for a good wireless router? I just bought a Linksys WRT150N (still unopened) but upon reading some of the reviews I may send it back to the retailer.
 
Jan 7, 2008 at 6:32 AM Post #3 of 41
Try Belkin. They make some of the best routers. I use a Belkin Pre-N router and its awesome.
 
Jan 7, 2008 at 6:58 AM Post #4 of 41
Best router for what? If there are 2 or 3 machines using it, you may not need the 'best'. and may find that the simpler ones fill all your needs.

I'm also for the upgradeable firmware though. take a look at dd-wrt or Tomato to give some simpler routers features to put them right up there. I'm not sure where the N routers stand with all this though but I've got an upgraded wrt54g running a network with 10+ machines, printers, slingboxes, etc.. no problems.
 
Jan 7, 2008 at 12:04 PM Post #6 of 41
for small homes i recommend the WRT54 from linksys. It's proven, stable and i have used 3 in the past, one that ran 5 computers plus a WPA network with 1-2 laptops, another that i am using now (a version 7 unfortunately) with 3 computers and one laptop (WPA2 + TKIP) and i know my sister is using one with just two computers. All of them work fine,

I have sent back a belkin router twice, one because it failed, another because it started making an annoying buzzing noise (no idea why). I can also recommend asus as a switch brand, not sure if they make routers, but i'd love to try them out some more, bought a switch from them and was really impressed with the integrated transformer, really nice touch.

Netgear pro line is good too (ones with metal blue cases not the white ones) but usually more pricey.

I wouldnt recommend belkin (personal experience with them has been bad) and especially not pre-N gear.
 
Jan 7, 2008 at 1:38 PM Post #7 of 41
I used Linksys WRT54GL w/ Tomato firmware, so far so good for heavy internet using. I tried ddwrt, it got much more feature however Tomato is more reliable.
 
Jan 7, 2008 at 1:56 PM Post #8 of 41
Everyone always recommends 802.11G routers for some reason. Don't listen. No matter how nice tweakable firmware is, you want N, unless you also want to keep around a spare Ethernet cable for transferring large files and doing backups. There is a huge speed difference between G and N.
 
Jan 8, 2008 at 1:07 AM Post #11 of 41
x2 on the WRT54

I have been using mine for around 3 years now with no issues. The default firmware is alright, but, since it is such a popular router, there are many alternatives.
 
Jan 8, 2008 at 3:46 AM Post #13 of 41
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for mac users its hard to beat the airport extreme.


While the Airport Extreme may be easy to configure, my experience prefers the D-Link DIR-655, especially for the money.
 
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