new wireless router

[cadillac1234]

After going through 8 different wireless routers over the last 6 years I bought an Extreme last year.

I have both bands running with 4 iOS devices, 2 sling boxes, 2 cable DVRs, a Wii, a xbox360, a pogo plug, 1 Mac and 2 pcs connected to it.

I've had to reboot it exactly 1 time since I've got it.

Better to buy it and cry once at the price. Refurb store always have them at a discount as well. Very nice peice of kit and the express works well in as a bridge if needed

 

[systole]

Cisco

While cisco makes rock solid enterprise products, their home routers still have the same problems from the linksys days... It has been my experience that for whatever reason, Linksys by Cisco routers do require reboots from time to time. If your willing to spend more look at apple's line of products.

 

[MisterMe]

While cisco makes rock solid enterprise products, their home routers still have the same problems from the linksys days...

I don't believe that we disagree, but it is time to stop making excuses for Cisco. Linksys has been owned by Cisco since 2003. Virtually every Linksys router on the market was designed and manufactured on Cisco's watch. If it were within Cisco's ability to improve the quality of Linksys routers, then it should have done so by now.

 

[TimShady]

I'm also in the market for a new router. I have a MBP, 2 iPhones, and an Xbox 360 in an apartment setting. All are capable of using wireless so I was considering just getting the Airport Express. I know you can run it at 5GHz instead of 2.4, but not both simultaneously. Can all wireless N devices run 5GHz? I thought that might cut down on interference in an apartment building.

Best Buy has them refurbished for $59 and the Extreme for $119. I also found the Extreme for $97 at cowboom.com, no warranty info though.

 

[b-rad g]

I'm also in the market for a new router. I have a MBP, 2 iPhones, and an Xbox 360 in an apartment setting. All are capable of using wireless so I was considering just getting the Airport Express. I know you can run it at 5GHz instead of 2.4, but not both simultaneously. Can all wireless N devices run 5GHz? I thought that might cut down on interference in an apartment building.

Best Buy has them refurbished for $59 and the Extreme for $119. I also found the Extreme for $97 at cowboom.com, no warranty info though.

MBP: yes
iPhones: no
Xbox: ??

 

[HighRes15]

If you're a Costco member, Linksys E3000s are selling there for $119 - less that Newegg or Amazon. Works fine with my MBP and iPhone4, in addition to assorted other PCs and game consoles at home.

 

[DaveTheRave]

I'm also in the market for a new router. I have a MBP, 2 iPhones, and an Xbox 360 in an apartment setting. All are capable of using wireless so I was considering just getting the Airport Express. I know you can run it at 5GHz instead of 2.4, but not both simultaneously. Can all wireless N devices run 5GHz? I thought that might cut down on interference in an apartment building.

No, not all wireless N devices can run 5Ghz. I think you might need to Google the specs for each one to determine if they can do that. If you're stuck on 2.4ghz you might want to run a program like iStumbler and see which channels are being used by other 2.4ghz devices nearby. If they're mostly using channel 6 or 11, try switching yours to channel 1 to reduce interference.

 

[TimShady]

Gotcha, thanks for the info Dave.

 

[shaun319]

get the airport extreme. it works flawlessly

 

[jmy2469]

Airport Extreme? How are they with the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360?

New Macbook Pro on the way,got the 17" with the antiglare screen and 500gb 7200rpm drive. Anyway, I am in the market for a new router,wanted to know how the aiport extreme is with the sony ps3 and the xbox 360? Any issues? Thinking about picking up the airport extreme.Thanks for the help.

 

[GoKyu]

I was seriously considering getting an Airport Extreme a few months back to replace my older Linksys router - I decided against it after finding out that you can't really log into the router to do any advanced setup.

I found a great replacement though, at an even better price - the Netgear NDR3700 - it's gotten a LOT of great reviews, and the consensus seems to be that it's one of the most powerful routers out there, range-wise.

I definitely noticed a speed increase as well as better signal strength on our downstairs computers with the Netgear. It has all the advanced features you could want, and is significantly less expensive than the Extreme. The only thing Apple's router has as an advantage is the quality of the materials, which for a router isn't as important as a computer...

 

[nizmoz]

The Apple product to what I have read maybe expensive, but it's very reliable!

I purchased the WNDR3700 and it is now dead after only 9 months and Netgear refuses to replace it! Terrible customer support. So I went and purchased the new Cisco Linksys E4200. It was working fine for a week, now I have weak WIFI signals and now it's dropping my internet. Already did a firmware upgrade which didn't help either. I disconnected it and reconnected my old D-Link Gamers Lounge Router (forget the model) and no issues at the moment. I want to get my devices back on a N network though so I am returning it today before my 45 days is up for a Airport Extreme and hoping for the best as I am sick of buying routers that are worthless junk. Per the reviews many are having the same issues too and switched and now are happy.

 

[PG(Austin)]

all i can say is get the extreme. It works great and looks great with your other apple hardware. I know it may cost more but its worth it in my opinion.

I agree! I just replaced a 2 year old Linksys WRT150n because of dropping the WiFi signal. I researched and this is a big problem with Linksys and Apple. I set up the AP Extreme in about 15 mins. and it just seems to WORK better. True the signal is the same stadard, but my Apple hardware just seems to work better. Apple TV connects faster, browsers load pages faster and no more dropped signals on Pandora on my iPad in the middle of the night.

Buy the Extreme and have future wired expansion, you won't regret it.

 

[PG(Austin)]

I was seriously considering getting an Airport Extreme a few months back to replace my older Linksys router - I decided against it after finding out that you can't really log into the router to do any advanced setup.

I found a great replacement though, at an even better price - the Netgear NDR3700 - it's gotten a LOT of great reviews, and the consensus seems to be that it's one of the most powerful routers out there, range-wise.

I definitely noticed a speed increase as well as better signal strength on our downstairs computers with the Netgear. It has all the advanced features you could want, and is significantly less expensive than the Extreme. The only thing Apple's router has as an advantage is the quality of the materials, which for a router isn't as important as a computer...

Advanced setup can be done just like any router, with the extreme you just use the airport utility and configure all you want. True you can't use a browser to log into it with an IP address, but the utility is better.