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Old July 11th, 2004, 06:21 PM
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a good wireless router

i was wondering what a good router is, i have been using the Linksys BEFW11S4 and frankly aim kinda tired of trying to configure it, and i heard that Linksys ares kinda crappy so if any one could recommend one...

also i found one for cheap: Zonet ZEW3000PF 802.11b Access Point

if any one knows if this is a good one or not,

i plan to hook up a computer via eithernet wire, and to wireless laptops. and i have DSL bellsouth, Xtream.

i think that should cover the information part, let me know if you need any more information.

and thanks in advance.

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Old July 16th, 2004, 11:28 AM
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I use a netgear router however recently it has been unreliable and needs to be rebooted about once a week. Dlink usually make good stuff and it's quite easy to configure if you are a novice.

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Old July 17th, 2004, 06:22 PM
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Ahhhh I can't recommend D-Link.

I bought a D-Link wireless router (DI-624) and I've had nothing but problems with it. It worked fine with just the wired connections, but wireless was a real pain in the bum.

The ASUS motherboard I bought came with a free wireless card. When trying to wireless network, it worked alright but pinging the router I get replies upwards of 2000ms. At first I started looking for interference but couldn't come up with anything. Reconfigured the router to operate on a different channel and whatnot. Still no luck.

The wireless network was going up and down. One minute I could see it, the next I couldn't. But the router was actually dropping everyone (even those connected via ethernet, as this particular model is also a 4-port switch) and rebooting itself.

I reset the entire thing, upgraded firmware, reconfigured it... still no luck. Thought it might be the dodge asus wifi card, so I went out a bought a D-Link PCI wireless card. This didn't help either. Still had 2000ms+ pings, router constantly rebooting itself, 2kb/sec local transfers.

I tried turning off WEP encryption and enabling mac-based filtering. Bingo! She worked. Haven't had a problem with it since. I'd still consider it a ****ty product though, and as such.. cannot recommend it.

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Old July 17th, 2004, 10:00 PM
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Hey, maybe you can check this site.
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Depends on the purpose...if it is for home use you migh find that the SMC 802.11g High Power Wireless Router with Built-in USB 1.1 Print Server (Recertified) is a good option.

The data rates are satisfactory, good built in trx. security and not a bad price.

Maybe, you could let me know what you think.

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I'd probably recommend a Netgear one, like this:

http://www.netgear.com/products/pro...rodID=214&view=
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Ahhhh I can't recommend D-Link.

I bought a D-Link wireless router (DI-624) and I've had nothing but problems with it. It worked fine with just the wired connections, but wireless was a real pain in the bum.
hey i was thinking about buying that one

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I'd probably recommend a Netgear one, like this:

http://www.netgear.com/products/pro...rodID=214&view=
hey that's the other one i was thinking of buying check up on my thread please

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