The BEST Wireless Router

[pokerblogger]

I'd like to know your suggestions for the BEST (home/small business) wireless router out there.

I need something that is easily configurable, stable and provides port forwarding, strong security, long range, etc.

 

[Brad]

Linksys WRT54G.

End of thread.

 

[ming]

>Wireless Modem Router - Netgear DG834GT(UK)

 

[Lee]

Ordered this one last night from amazon Linksys WRT54GS-UK 125 Mbps Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster hope it's good.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Got some kind of Linkysys, slightlky newer one that doesn't look like those above.

Not impressed with it at all, its off by deafult (ie after a powercut you need to press a button to turn it on) and after that it takes about a minute to connect to the Internet (tho i did change a few settings recently and it seems a little happier)

Looking at giving these a go when I can:
http://www.netgear.co.uk/extra/h_rangemaxnext_wirelessrouters_wnr854t.php
http://www.netgear.co.uk/extra/h_rangemaxnext_wirelessadapter_wn311b.php

I don't use Wireless on my main rig myself, but do on my laptop and a gig connection in an all-in-one solution is gonna be nice, if not a pretty late market feature.

 

[ray_gillespie]

>Wireless Modem Router - Netgear DG834GT(UK)

I second that, mine is fantastic!

 

[Lee]

I have this free thing given to me by my I.S.P.

It's a Thomson SpeedTouch 576.

It gets very hot, it causes severe shut down and boot up problems, hence I am going to buy my own rather than this hot potato.

So a question I am going to add on this subject.

Are there any routers with a fan built in?

 

[ShepsCrook]

Linksys WRT54G. (I agree).

Although there are some others that are very good. I wouldn't have advised the "SpeedBoost" models. Really you are then stuck with only Linksys speedboost products afterwards.

 

[Henyman]

linksys wag54g

Lee, routers tend not to get as hot due to a better design. i presume modem isp gave you is a usb brick with no hint of air gaps? my linksys just has large amount of air holes, but no fan so it stays warm + silient without getting too hot.

 

[ShepsCrook]

I do have this to say about the Linksys routers. Upgrading their firmware isn't always the best, as well as a lot of the routers have a year of life to them before they start dropping your connection and needing resets a lot.

But I just do the buy and switch return technique.

 

[muzikool]

I'm going to go a bit of a different route here (no pun intended). I have the Belkin Wireless Pre-N router. I get incredible coverage, even without the Pre-N card. Configuration is simple and there are loads of options for advanced configuration.

Reviews:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1668050,00.asp - 4/5 Stars
http://laptopmag.com/Review/Belkin-Wireless-Pre-N-Router - 4.5/5 Stars (Editor's Choice)

For those who might say that adopting an unset standard is a bad idea...

Forget all the nonsense about the Belkin Pre-N Router being "non-standard." When it runs faster than everything else, including with regular 802.11b and g clients, and offers triple the range, who cares if the high-speed mode isn't Wi-Fi certified? Certainly not us. It was the first home-oriented router to cover our entire house and yard, with no dead spots. It even gave speedy performance and reliable connections at the farthest reaches, rather than dropping down to snail's pace, as with normal Wi-Fi routers.

Source

 

[lancer]

i hate belkin, it will be a mistake to buy one, anything netgear is the way to go, they are cheaper and better than linksys in my book, i've used them for almost a decade, with voip, routers, switches, access points, bridges, gateways... never ever have i had one die....

 

[muzikool]

i hate belkin, it will be a mistake to buy one...

Why do you hate Belkin? Why would it be a mistake to buy one?

I've had 5 different routers in my life -- DLink, 2 Linksys, Netgear and Belkin. My Belkin now has been the best one so far.

 

[lancer]

because any belkin router i have personally had has had crap range and badly unstable, dlink is also terrible.

 

[_kC_]

netgear dg834g great router..

 

[ElementalDragon]

and yet surprisingly Netgear doesn't allow you to play some games? seriously..... try playing Gunz: The Duel Online with a netgear router..... 99.9% sure you won't be able to..... even in their forums they say Netgear routers and Gunz don't get along. Gunz uses a type of connection that the Netgear router don't support.

 

[tzepp@cox.net]

Not impressed with it at all, its off by deafult (ie after a powercut you need to press a button to turn it on) and after that it takes about a minute to connect to the Internet (tho i did change a few settings recently and it seems a little happier)

isn't that what a UPS is for?

 

[LordOfLA]

Just dont get a netgear DG834PN until they fix the rangemax and ADSL2+ issues

 

[rushm001]

The 3com OfficeConnect range is pretty good, and reasonably priced too!

 

[muzikool]

because any belkin router i have personally had has had crap range and badly unstable, dlink is also terrible.

I can't speak for older Belkin routers, but I guess you can from experience. Check the reviews (and customer ratings) for the Pre-N router though -- apparently Belkin has gotten better.