Recommendations please for wireless router
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Everyone's a bloody comedian! :) Better advice: Don't put cups of tea near technology! (It is not the first time either!) I bet there are loads of people here who have had to purchase new keyboards because of coke/coffee etc.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I bet there are loads of people here who have had to purchase new keyboards because of coke/coffee etc.
I especially cannot recommend the application of jelly to keyboards, especially if allowed to pass between the keys. The best was of removing said jelly is to immerse the keyboard in ants and allow them to carry it back to the nest.
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If you're in the US, I have a Netgear you can have for the cost of shipping. In fact, I have a number of routers sitting in their boxes not being used. I was intending to throw them in the garbage, but if anyone is interested, I can list what I have... Off the top of my head, I have a Xincomm, a Netopia, and the NetGear, and maybe one more.
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
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My ex-GF bought the cheapest belkin she could find. It was a nightmare: the network randomly vanished and it lost the adsl signal on average five times an hour (it was an adsl wifi router). Coverage was also terrible - she needed about 8 meters with a couple of thin walls - well, she had to rearrange the room to get connected. In the end, she just bought a linksys and had no problems since. No network-related problems, that is. ;)
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
Dalek Dave wrote:
comments or advice?
I would suggest going to http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices[^] or http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato[^] and check out what hardware they support. Either of these firmware patchs will give a cheap router features found in $600+ routers. Even if you don't need them now, using the hardware they support gives you an upgrade path for the future. They also let you adjust the wi-fi signal strengh, either turn in down to limit range or turn it up to improve a poor connection. I personally chose the tomato version because the QOS worked better for my usage. Good Luck with the next sandwich.....
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modified on Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:42 PM
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Everyone's a bloody comedian! :) Better advice: Don't put cups of tea near technology! (It is not the first time either!) I bet there are loads of people here who have had to purchase new keyboards because of coke/coffee etc.
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
My house mate has ruined two laptops with cups of tea. Yes he is an idiot and will never learn. I on the other hand have only ruined the odd keyboard one with lemonade and another was with a pint of beer. With regards to the router I have used two or three netgear routers and not had any trouble on the setup and usage. Infact the first one I bought is still going strong now (3 years on) and have no need to upgrade.
Some people are like slinky's... They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs
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My house mate has ruined two laptops with cups of tea. Yes he is an idiot and will never learn. I on the other hand have only ruined the odd keyboard one with lemonade and another was with a pint of beer. With regards to the router I have used two or three netgear routers and not had any trouble on the setup and usage. Infact the first one I bought is still going strong now (3 years on) and have no need to upgrade.
Some people are like slinky's... They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
Dalek Dave wrote:
I need something cheap,easy and waterproof
How about the D-Link RangeBooster?[^]
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Everyone's a bloody comedian! :) Better advice: Don't put cups of tea near technology! (It is not the first time either!) I bet there are loads of people here who have had to purchase new keyboards because of coke/coffee etc.
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
Dalek Dave wrote:
because of coke/coffee etc.
Not that, but because of my fist when the computer wouldn't do what I wanted. :-O In fact it was a keyboard built for adverse environments, spilling liquids wouldn't hurt it.
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My longer reply is below, but I've had nothing but headaches with my Linksys router (WRT54G). The variation in quality with their offerings is huge. (When I first got the router, among other things it would crash every time there was any streaming video. Took five firmware releases to get it fixed and it still periodically slows to a crawl.)
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I had a WRT54G too, and it would completely freeze up about 3-4 times a week. The only way to get it to work again was to cycle the power on it. I suffered with it for 2 months before my wife gave up on it and ordered me to buy a decent one that works. She works from home and needs a reliable internet connection to do her job, and it was really getting on her nerves. I ended up buying the D-Link DGL 4500[^]. It's expensive, but it's also the best home router I have ever had. I would never use a Linksys router again.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I need something cheap and easy
Ok, my first thought was, you're talking about Jim Crafton, then I read the rest of what you said ... I highly recommend LinkSys routers. I have one and it's been great. Gets excellent range, has a really good feature set, and was a snap to set-up.
You're just jealous cause Dave likes me more than you... Oh, and I'm *not* cheap.
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
Dalek Dave wrote:
I need something cheap, easy and waterproof
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
I'm just after buying one of those and have had no major problems, although noticing today that i'm rarely getting a full 54 Mbps (and i'm in the room straight above). Bought a cheap Netgear one last week, but had to dump it after spening an hour or two elbow deap in the configuration, as it wouldn't work with the VPN into the office...
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
The one I'm using is over a year old so probably now superseded many times but is made by linksys and I've been very happy with it. It was the cheapest adsl modem router that PC World had to offer on a Sunday morning after I bricked my old d-link router through attempting a firmware upgrade after a couple of bottles of red the night before. Not got any experience of belkin apart from their kvm switches I'm afraid. Russell
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
We use Draytek. Can't recommend them highly enough. :)
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I'm beginning to envision a CodeProject Hardware 'eBay' like service . . . :)
My stuff is "cost of shipping". If I can't give it away, I'll just throw it away.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
For home or business use? I suggest a Vigor router (we use a 2800VG) 4-port/+wifi. You're provided with a robust set of features, the firewall is also pretty good, we've had very few problems in our use. I've also previously configured the router to connect to an external secure company network. The downside for our wifi connections was not being able to assign names to MAC addresses.
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I am looking for a new one after an unfortunate accident involving a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. (Choked on sandwich, coughed and spilt the tea all over the router). I need something cheap and easy, so thought of a Belkin 54g, but anyone got any comments or advice?
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
This little Belkin beauty what I got Clickety and I have to say that it is the dog's bo***cks. I even recommended it to a friend who was fairly IT agnostic and he installed it easily - the setup cd is probably the best installation cd I have yet come across as it is actually works!!! It has the advantage that you can turn off the broadcast of your SSID (not all routers have this). So I would recommend it without any reservations.
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You're just jealous cause Dave likes me more than you... Oh, and I'm *not* cheap.
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