Wireless Router recommendations?

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dELfONiK

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Hello! I was wondering what you guys would recommend for a wireless router. I have a Linksys Cable Modem. I plan on getting a router to hook up another PC and my X-Box. I was planning on getting a Linksys wireless router since my modem is by Linksys, but I wasn't sure if that mattered.

Thanks,
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Hi

I run a D-link adsl router at my uni flat, but at home i run Linksys kit, the main reason for this is because linksys is a very good make, and the technology behind linksys kit has been desinged by Cisco, one of the biggest networking companies world wide.

So i recommend staying with Linksys

Regards
 
No, the tech behind a Linksys is not developed by Cisco. Cisco bought out Linksys to be able to have an entry into the home market, but Linksys designs the tech.

Linksys is still superior to Dlink though (don't tell my wife I said that. She works in the french division of Dlink tech support).

There is a Linksys WRT54G that will do it. From what I understand it can be tricky to set up with the XBOX, but you can do it I'm sure.
 
SirKenin said:
There is a Linksys WRT54G that will do it. From what I understand it can be tricky to set up with the XBOX, but you can do it I'm sure.
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That's what I have, and it works quite well.

Whatever you do, don't buy a D-Link. Linksys and Netgear are both good, but D-Link sucks.
 
netgear is crap, my mate has one and the signal is terrible

my dlink is superb, never had a problem with it and as far as linksys goes, cisco own linksys so whatever linksys design is identical to the technlogy that cisco use of some of their products,

i know this because i work with a guy who deals with cisco everyday of his work
 
Well if he told you that he doesn't know shit about Linksys, Cisco or the vision that these companies have. There is absolutely NO comparison between Linksys and Cisco. None. I have both. You have to have an engineering degree to be able to use that stupid Cisco. Indeed, you have to take special courses to become Cisco certified.

Cisco bought Linksys in 2003 to have an entry into the home market. They invisioned that all of your home services would one day be delivered via IP, and indeed Cisco has laid the backbone for that to happen. In a press release on the $500M acquisition, Cisco stated that Linksys would still be developing products under the Linksys brand, but as a division of Cisco.

Cisco carries the backbone, Linksys brings it into your home. Cisco is not identical to Linksys in any way, shape or form.

I have also used Dlinks. The ones I have used were shit. Blech. I don't like them at all. I know my wife is kept busy for an entire shift five days a week answering phone calls about them, strictly from Quebec. I don't know about Netgear though.
 
Linksys WRT54GL is the best router for the buck IMHO.

You can load DDWRT firmware on it, which makes the 45 dollar router equivilent to like a 500 dollar router

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php

I got the router from newegg.com

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168331241

I had a larger rebate than 10 dollars when I bought, but it is still a steal.

Oh, and for the record linksys still uses broadcom based hardware. Cisco amy implement a few things here and there, but it is still a linksys router. Cisco wants you to buy their higher priced routers for enterprise solutions, they aren't reinventing the wheel here, they just bought out Linksys is all.
 
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I have a Linksys WRT54G and I love it. I don't know about D-Link or any other company but I know Linksys is a good company to buy for wireless routers.
 
I bought a refurbished Netgear WPN824 of eBay, I absolutely love it, except for the lights on the 7 antenna's that wont turn off. =/
 
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