New Wireless router suggestions

jaritta

Hey guys, I am toying with the idea a geting a new wireless router, You guys helped me with my wireless issues...somewhat. It is better, but I think that i may need a new one, I am looking for some suggestions on what to get.

This is what i am wanting it to do, I am going to hard wire several devices. xbox, a reciever, I am looking at geting a sonos down the road....and possibly adding a nos device. I am wanting to use wireless for my laptop. I was wondering what router would work best for me. Also any suggestion for a nos device

Thanks
Jaritta

Sherardp

D-link 655 which is a great router, has USB also so you can use NAS storage drive or printer. Also gives you 4 gigabit lan ports on the back for hardwiring in, so you get 10/100/1000.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127215&Tpk=dlink%20655

If you open source support then go with the Asus. The Dlink does not have DD-WRT support as of yet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320038&cm_re=asus_router-_-33-320-038-_-Product

PrazVT

+1 for the D-Link 655 -> one of the more reliable routers. Parents have this one.

The Netgear WNDR-3700 is the one I have right now and it's been rock solid as well. Gigabit LAN, USB, media server, dual band N. A little more expensive though.

jon s

Netgear are highly rated... they have a new model (4000) out with dual band wireless N. Cisco (Linksys) has the E4200. Note that the range on wireless N 5GHz band has a shorter range than 2.4Ghz.

PrazVT

Netgear are highly rated... they have a new model (4000) out with dual band wireless N. Cisco (Linksys) has the E4200. Note that the range on wireless N 5GHz band has a shorter range than 2.4Ghz.

The Beauty of these dual band routers is that you can have 2 wifi networks running concurrently right. For internet, it doesn't really matter, but transferring files via the 5ghz LAN is a bit faster than the 2.4ghz LAN.

CNWDI

Another +1 for the D-Link 655. I have one, used it with great success for ~1 year. It's currently unplugged since the basement FiOs CPE (customer endpoint) had built-in WiFi, but I'm probably installing it soon (as a second subnet, or bridged with the existing WiFi if I can mesh them) to have better coverage on the top floor. If I can't get it working in a mesh, I'd consider selling it--PM me if interested.

For NAS, I'd recommend looking at the Buffalo LinkStation. LS-CH2.0TL is their current low-end NAS, which gives 2TB of storage for $155 shipped. It's not incredibly fast (low-end embedded CPU running optimized Linux) and it doesn't provide RAID mirroring, but it's pretty cheap and there are higher-end Buffalo products available. I picked up a 500GB Buffalo for $80 when that was the normal price just for the drive, and it's been chugging along with no maintenance for years.

Good luck...