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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Frodo on May 22, 2004, 11:38:47 AM

Title: Router choices?
Post by: Frodo on May 22, 2004, 11:38:47 AM

Looks like my router is shot. Any wireless models that are any good?

Don't need any thing fancy. Only have one other machine to run.

Frodo

Title: Router choices?
Post by: Nilsen on May 22, 2004, 12:11:49 PM

Im very happy with my 3com wireless gatway. Very easy to setup and manage +good range and firewall.

I recomend it.

Title: Router choices?
Post by: Thud on May 22, 2004, 04:02:39 PM

All the major manufacturers, USR, MS , ASUS, Cisco etc. etc. etc. effectively field similar products. The only thing you have to check is the protocol (802.11g instead of 802.11b) and the price. You can check a speed test but I found that the data transfer differences only existed significantly under test conditions and in practice were negligible. I'm not particularly fond of Ad-hoc connections (since you only got 2 stations) because they tend to have inferior transfer and are less appreciated by the average home OS (XP), does save you a few dozen bucks though.

GL

Note: Some do excel in the quality of the accompanying manual though, it might be a wise thing to ask the salesman which he finds the most comprehensive and/or accessible manual...

Title: Router choices?
Post by: Ouaibe on May 22, 2004, 04:25:30 PM

Without DSL modem my pick would go to the DLink DI 624 rev C2 or greater (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6).
With DSL modem i'll go for the Netgear DG834G (http://www.netgear.com/products/prod_details.php?prodID=223&view=).

They are both B and G compliant.

Title: Router choices?
Post by: DiabloTX on May 22, 2004, 09:21:33 PM

If ya want a real router, there really is only one choice:

(http://www.childhooddreamz.com/acatalog/router850.jpg)

Title: Router choices?
Post by: Frodo on May 22, 2004, 09:47:55 PM

Thanks for the info. I have DSL and this router is a NETGEAR FR114P.

:D Diablo


Frodo