Wireless router?

[FleurDuMal]

Well, I've put my Netgear on its side and it seems to have made a lot of difference. My speeds are more 300kbs than 30kbs now, which is good. It might just be a coincindince though. If their routers are incapable of working to their potential lying flat, then perhaps Netgear should start selling stand up only routers?!

Edit: 300kbs still isn't quite 1mbs that I'm supposed to be getting, but I think that might be more to do with Tiscali than Netgear's router.

 

[benthewraith]

I have a PC with a cable modem, and just bought an iMac G5 core duo and want to hook it up to the internet as well. What wireless router works well with the built-in Airport card?

Thanks from a newbie...

Alright. A good router, Belkin.

Why, two reasons.

1) With a bit editor, you can change the Linksys firmware to the Belkin's firmware code, which allows you to install Linksys firmware on Belkin routers (which I don't recommend you do). A reason for this is the very very very strong similarity in hardware.
2) Pretty much after v.5 of the Linksys WRT54g, it's crap. It's pretty much unanimous with those that've used it. Just complete, utter crap.

 

[benthewraith]

Well, I've put my Netgear on its side and it seems to have made a lot of difference. My speeds are more 300kbs than 30kbs now, which is good. It might just be a coincindince though. If their routers are incapable of working to their potential lying flat, then perhaps Netgear should start selling stand up only routers?!

Edit: 300kbs still isn't quite 1mbs that I'm supposed to be getting, but I think that might be more to do with Tiscali than Netgear's router.

I think they've been moving towards that, actually.

 

[ironic23]

Always liked the Linksys WRT54G but the Airport Extreme Base Station is pretty good as well. Only thing is that it is pricey but i guess the design should offset the cost.

 

[bodeh6]

I like the Linksys WRT54G. I had a D-Link DI-624 but after 2 years it decided to die.

 

[bst]

belkin

we bought a belkin router, the new mimo G....I have an old win98se, that is dying but need net access still....had to go on tele support to get my new black macbook to work with the router but now it works great....only caveat is that when I tried to secure the router, the macbook then wouldn't accep my password, so we decided not to password enable it....
PS i turned on the macbook and tried to see if i could use any the signals i was picking up in my condo, but none of hte avial. connections would let me on....
so I give belkin an ok rating because of the phone support i needed in the beginning...btw I took belkin because of price....over the apple product...i got 30 dyas with best buy if i stil want to return it...but for $40 it works well....

 

[macaddicted]

Alright. A good router, Belkin.

Why, two reasons.

1) With a bit editor, you can change the Linksys firmware to the Belkin's firmware code, which allows you to install Linksys firmware on Belkin routers (which I don't recommend you do). A reason for this is the very very very strong similarity in hardware.
2) Pretty much after v.5 of the Linksys WRT54g, it's crap. It's pretty much unanimous with those that've used it. Just complete, utter crap.

I can't speak to the quality of Linksys but I have been very happy with my Belkin. I too had some problems but phone support fixed it up, and they even sent me a coupon for a discount on their web store. Bought a holder for my iPod.

 

[rafifreak00]

I hate all wireless routers except for Belkin's... they are cheap, exceptionally easy to set up, and they do the job without any problems.

My brother-in-law has a Linksys router and it kept resetting every 20 minutes, so we returned it, got a new one, and this one you had to unplug and replug every 20 minutes just to get it work. Linksys are crap in my opinion.

As for Netgear and Apple Airports, I wouldn't know cause I've never had or even tried one...

But from what I hear, the Apple Airport Bases really suck.

 

[raleigh1208]

I just researched wireless routers, particularly the Linksys WRT54g, and found that many people have had problems with the current versions of that router, but have had very good results, including with Macs, with the WRT54gl version. Turns out that after version 4 of the WRT54g, Linksys made changes to more recent versions, creating problems for users. OTOH, the WRT54gl version is just a rebranded version 4 of the WRT54g, with a new name and higher price. The "l" in the name means it is compatible with Linux, but that's just a name change, and the gl version is just the old version 4 of the WRT54g, the more powerful version. You can also upgrade the firmware on the gl version to flash it with more sophisticated firmware versions, allowing you to do more with this router. I know this is confusing, but if you read the reader reviews on Amazon for the WRT54g and the WRT54gl, you'll see the difference. If I remember correctly all the buyers of the gl version have been very happy.

Raleigh1208