Buying a Router

[CleanSweep31]

My old Router just kicked the bucket, short of just grabbing the best router on sale this week I was wondering if you had any input. I am trying to stay in the $40-$90 price range.

Thanks for your advice,

[Curry]

Linksys WRT54G is worth its weight in gold, whether you need wireless now or not.

[cybermans]

Originally Posted by Curry

Linksys WRT54G is worth its weight in gold, whether you need wireless now or not.

*wrong buzzer*
some wrt54G(s) (read: upto V4) are worth its weight in gold , the latest revisions (5.0 and 5.1) are using a new system, this means you cant flash any cool 3rd party firmware in it

[Curry]

I've never needed to flash third party stuff in there, the thing works great out of the box while I have very bad experiences with products of Asus, Edimax, Sweex and SMC.

Pity if they removed the option though, but it's certainly not a reason not to buy it

[Number 13]

I've been using a 3Com for ages and it's always been perfect for me

[mace1337]

The thing is with those linksys routers, is that the OS used was linux, up until v5

After V5 they started to use vxWorx, which is some closed source crapola embedded OS. I also believe they put in less ram (4mb vs 16 or something) but i'm not sure about that.

[Curry]

vxWorks is indeed embedded, and is used in professional Cisco and Juniper networking hardware as well. As such I wouldn't call it crapola, and considering Linksys is a Cisco-owned brand not really a surprising move. Decreasing the RAM is also quite probable, vxWorks is a lot friendlier on RAM than Linux could ever be as it's embedded. All it has to do is store some routing tables and a TCP-stack anyway.

[newmodel]

I prefer the Linksys BEFSR41 over the dual model. I have had trouble with them, while the Linksys BEFSR41 has always been rock solid. Wired > Wireless for me as far as gaming is concerned. You can get it at walmart pretty cheap.

[lowfi]

whatever you do dont buy d-link... utter crap

Right now i have 2 airport express from apple... works great

[Curry]

Edimax and Sweex suck cocks too and crash when they get too many simultaneous connections.

[RyKn0w1]

Originally Posted by lowfi

whatever you do dont buy d-link... utter crap

Right now i have 2 airport express from apple... works great

I have been using a D-link DI-604 since the inception of XBOX live and never once had a problem, complication or anything of the sort.

I will swear buy This little router(maybe not others) till the day i die..AWESOME and only about 40-50 right now!

[MrMoen]

Originally Posted by Curry

Sweex

I use an E-Tech router and I never had any issues (with my router that is)

[Rival24]

I use a brandless €15,- 54Mbit wifi router without any problems. It doesn't have a big range though, my internet dissapears every now and then outside so i'll get a linksys thingie as well.

Linksys WRT54G (4x 100Mbps, 54Mbps) € 56,79
Linksys WRT54GC (4x 100Mbps, 54Mbps) € 42,-
Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router (54Mbps, 4x 100Mbps, € 58,54
Linksys WRT54GR (54Mbps, 4x 100Mbps) € 78,30
Linksys WRT54GS (4x 100Mbps, 54Mbps) € 67,56
Linksys WRT54GX (4x 100Mbps, 54Mbps) +2 euro € 115,24
Linksys WRT54GX4 Wireless Router (54Mbps, 4x 100Mbps) € 116,30
Linksys WRT55AG (4x 100Mbps, 54Mbps) € 68,94

What the hell

[Curry]

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper

[knickersnot]

WIRELEGG LYNKSEYS 54G IS THE DOGS BOLLOCKS I AM IN LOVE WITH MINE AND HAD IT A FEW YEARS NOW

LIKE A DOG TRUSTING RELIABLE AND LASTS FOR YEARS

[Rival24]

Originally Posted by knickersnot

WIRELEGG LYNKSEYS 54G IS THE DOGS BOLLOCKS I AM IN LOVE WITH MINE AND HAD IT A FEW YEARS NOW

LIKE A DOG TRUSTING RELIABLE AND LASTS FOR YEARS

I think your keyboard is broken But thnx for the advice