need a new wireless router

shostopper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

Shadow Soldiers

N/Mo

22 May 2008 at 12:22 - 1
Im in need of a wireless router what are some good ones thats aren't over a $100

thx for the help

Rothan Celt

Rothan Celt

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Aura

Mo/R

22 May 2008 at 13:05 - 2
Ask ebay

I have a shitty £25 one i guess thats like $100000000 however but meh
It always worked fine for me.

IrishCB

IrishCB

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2008

Maine/NH

AxE

A/Mo

22 May 2008 at 16:25 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by shostopper
Im in need of a wireless router what are some good ones thats aren't over a $100

thx for the help
Depends on what your requirements are. How far do you plan on using your PC? Does your PC support b/g/n?Either way I would suggest Belkin N its like 80$ at CCity. The range and speed is very nice, I get 52Mbps @ aprox. 400ft. My ping for GW usually hovers between 39-100ms. However if your PC is b/g not N your range will be much smaller.

Bramwell

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

22 May 2008 at 16:27 - 4
I have been using a Linksys WRT54G wireless router for about 2 years. It works flawlessly. They are 49.99 with free shipping at newegg.com

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...010&Tpk=wrt54g

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

22 May 2008 at 16:28 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishCB
Depends on what your requirements are. How far do you plan on using your PC? Does your PC support b/g/n?Either way I would suggest Belkin N its like 80$ at CCity. The range and speed is very nice, I get 52Mbps @ aprox. 400ft. My ping for GW usually hovers between 39-100ms. However if your PC is b/g not N your range will be much smaller.
I have that same router, and it is very nice and stable. I could recommend it, it's also pretty easy to set up.

Stay away from cheap Linksys crap, god their cheaper routers really suck, burned out two of them in one year. If you go Linksys, buy the more expensive ones.

Tarun

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

22 May 2008 at 16:51 - 6
Best Linksys router you can get is the WRT54GL. Load it with Tomato firmware and you're good to go.

IrishCB

IrishCB

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2008

Maine/NH

AxE

A/Mo

22 May 2008 at 16:54 - 7
Oh yeah, forgot to mention;with that Belkin I made a parabolic reflector for it and it boosted my signal strength from 2-4 bars over 400ft. So cheap and so easy to setup just like Brianna said.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

22 May 2008 at 17:18 - 8
As IrishCB said, make your router a paper hat - it works!

As for Tomato - anyone who knows anything about Linksys (and Buffalo?) will recommend this firmware. Read about it and download here - http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato