Router Recommendation for Home

[Tarmac]

I also have the linksys WRT54GS.  Set up was no problem at all, and I don't know crap about networking.  I'm very happy with it.

[Brooke]

Been using a Linksys router (an older BEFSR81) here with good results and no problems with voice or anything else.

[SKJohn]

My son and I both play at the same time with 2 seperate accounts,  and use VOX with no problems.  I have a D-Link DI-614+ Router that works well for us.  Got it at Costco IIRC.

[DREDIOCK]

Never had any kind of problem with anything Linksys I've ever had.

On the other hand Everything Ive ever owned Belkin I've had a problem with.

Real happy with linksys. 3 machines  and one game consoll hooked up to it and even when every one on at the same time I dont suffer so much as a hiccup playing the game

[straffo]

Originally posted by Kazaa
I got the NETGEAR DG834 wired router, it overheats once a day & makes me loss my connection (pissed me right off when I had 8 victorys lol) but im not sure if mines faulty. But you can get right back on after a few secs.

Mine is up since 6 months now without any trouble.

Check if it's not your ISP changing your IP adress (it can be DHCP related).

[AmRaaM]

got airlink (frys elect. cheapo brand), we have not probs at all and for 24.99 when its onsale and 12.99 for the wireless cards its a steal.

we been using them for bout 2 years now.

[bbosen]

I've been using a Linksys WRT54G with Aces High for more than a year. I use it with fine success for:

H2H client mode (5 computers simultaneously, VOX ok with all)

H2h hosting (5 computers simultaneously, no external VOX)

When HOSTING H2H, nobody outside of my local LAN can participate in VOX.

But when somebody ELSE is hosting the H2H session, all of my client machines can access their voice traffic.

When I host H2H, I use Teamspeak for voice, because the Teamspeak UDP system works well over NAT. I don't know why I don't have the same experience with AH2 UPD over NAT for voice.

All of the flight-related details work correctly in all modes. Only AH voice gives any problems, and then only when I am hosting, and the problems are only visible to people out on the Internet (external to my LAN).

You can see pictures and movies about my setup here:

http://snowplow.org/bobbosen/fslab/

And more network details are available here:

http://askmisterwizard.com/BoseNet
(click on "BoseNetCh14DiagramTourWmmMagi xWME.wmv")


Regards,
 



-Peabody-

[DREDIOCK]

How did you get 5 hooked up at once?
thought most routers only support 4.

[DAVENRINO]

4 wired ports + wireless.  I have same router and it works fine.

[Enduro]

don't forget to change the default passwords.  

[bbosen]

Quoting:

"How did you get 5 hooked up at once?
thought most routers only support 4."

Actually, most NAT routers support 253 hosts (255 in a typical class "C" subnet, minus the single broadcast address and minus the subnet address).

Once your router asserts routing intelligence to support a new IP subnet with up to 253 hosts over your local Ethernet LAN, you just have to add ethernet hubs or switches to add more and more hosts.

This is all explained here (13Megabyte wmv movie lasting 4.5 minutes):

http://askmisterwizard.com/NetworkBasics/Hubs/EthernetHubsExplained640x320At500Kbps.wmv

In practice, you probably don't want to avoid burdening a single router with more than a dozen hosts or so because having too many hosts can clog the available ISP or router bandwidth



-Peabody-

[Mak333]

Linksys, period.