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good wireless router?

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tanner123

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well my girlfriend is going to get a laptop soon and needs a wireless router so im wondering what peoples preferences are and what company and such they like.soo lets hear some examples
 
That sort of thing is hubby's responsibility, so I asked him. We initially used Belkin, but he switched to Linksys and he says it's much better. He also said to make sure that the laptop is set up to take a wireless router as not all of them are.
 
Linksys is now owned by Cisco. Cisco is one of thee most well known and respected networking companies. Thats as close as I come to recommending hardware. lol
 
If you plan to get a linksys router of the wrt54x series, let me inform you that there are many different versions that exist and from version 5.0 to todays offered 7.0, they are a much more crippled machine that is prone to crash and is reported to have unreliable usage. It would behoove you to check out this site:
Linksysinfo.org

Specifically this thread:
WRT54G and WRT54GS v5 v6 v7 WARNING

Amazon carries the good version (read the reviews):
Linksys WRT54GL

And depending on what you might specifically need a wireless router for, you might be able to get by just using an access point which I have used successfully for many years due to my lan configuration. Hope that is helpful :)
 
I work as a developer for a company that has to set up a lot of wireless networks to work with handhelds like PDAs and Palm devices. We have nothing but trouble with the clients who have Linksys equipment in general. With zero hyperbole, every single client who calls with a networking issue has either Linksys or D-Link hardware.

While suggesting industrial Symbol routers isn't gonna fly, I have a Netgear router at home and it is the bomb. This is after watching a D-Link and then a Linksys kick the bucket less than 6 months after purchase. The Netgear is now 2 years old and has yet to cause a problem.
 
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