What's better, a LINKSYS wiresless G router or a D-LINK wireless G router?
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Theyre both top companies. Its only a matter of personal preference I'd say if the DLink because of price as you have no brand bias yet.
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Get D-link or Netgear, they are both really good gigabit routers. They have wireless ones, but if you just want a normal router that is very trusting and decent in price and works well with networking, then I suggest either of those two.\n\nTry going to http://www.newegg.com or http://www.tigerdirect.com for some good prices, but always check the warranty first. I think most come with 4 ports, but I am sure there are ones where you can extend to 5 ports. If you need more help, just let me know.
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802.11 G & B routers transmit at 2.4 ghz.  802.11a routers transmit at 5 ghz.  You may be able to pick up your router signal with an old school cordless phone where you can change channels, but you won't hear anything but fuzz really.
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Whichever one you want. Not really any differences. I got a $59.00 one from best buy or somewhere, handles 4 at a time, I only have 1, never a problem yet. I have a linksys unit.
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G will give you a little more distance, but not much.\n\nYour first fix would be to vary the channels.  Some 802.11 channels end up with reflective interference with cordless phones and other RF devices.  Play around with the channels to see if you can get the range you need.  if you can, then this was free!\n\n2nd measure is to improve your antenna (if that is an option).  If you are using a Linksys or D-Link router, odds are that there are replacement antennas for your unit that will boost your signal strength anywhere from 7 to 12dB.  This is less expensive than a new router.\n\nI wouldn't waste my time with a wireless extender unless the space you are trying to paint is HUGE (3000 sq ft or more), or if you have gobs of metal in your walls.  if you can vary the location of the router any, try not to put a wet wall between the router and where you want the signal.\n\nIf all else fails, there is always a spread-spectrum solution like Linksys' SRX routers and cards.  I've gotten pretty decent range with mine -- though for maximum effect, you have to change out both the router and the card.  I only had to change out 2 of my cards (both desktop units the farthest away from the router) with the "pickle fork" design external antenna.
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linksys makes good routers. check out http://www.pricewatch.com/networking/
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Try looking up your router and modem on this site(make sure you include the model #, for example "linksys wireless g broadband router, etc.:\nhttp://www.dslreports.com/\nsometimes they will have the instructions on how to configure your router.
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The short answer, because it's belkin.  I bought two belkin usb wireless adapters for my roomates and they are completely horrible! Very poor reception.   \nThe longer answer,  in what way does the adapter not work?  Is it simply not connecting to the router, is it not seeing the router?  Did the adapters ever work?  Did you change some configuration when they stopped worked.\n\nMy experience with the belkin usb wireless adapter says that they just randomly drop connections and loose their settings and it takes a good 5 minutes of running through the connection wizard 4 times to get it back up and running.\n\nIf your still within your return policy i would strongly recommend returning them and getting yourself a netgear set up (router and wireless adapters)  These things are awesome.  I've used a number of different brands of networking hardware and i find netgear to be the best, coming in a close second would be Linksys and close to that would be D-Link, anything else in my opinion is not even worth it (on the home consumer side of things)
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Yeah....I have a Netgear DG834...reasonably priced, easy to set up, and so far (touch wood) no problems.
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I do not recommend the router in the ad.  You should go to Wal-Mart and pick up a Linksys router for around $45.00.  If your laptop is already set up for wireless, then that is all you will need.  If it is not set up, then you will need to purchase a PCMCIA Wireless card.  They are about $40.00 as well.  I recommend Linksys, but there are many brands to choose from.  Two good places to see what is available at the lowest cost are http://www.geeks.com and http://www.pricewatch.com  D-Link also makes a quality Product.  Shy away from Airnet, as they are cheaply made, Blanco also are junk.  Hope this helps
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I had the exact same problem with Linksys router. I finally just got so sick and tired of all the droped connections I went and purchased a Belkin Pre-N instead and have not had one drop since. \n\nI am not telling you to change your router, just what I decided to do. You need to decide for yourself what to do about this situation. I do suggest however you contact Linksys and ask what is up. I tried this but did not get far with them. They have this help section which while seems to have extensive assistance, it also showed me how many are having many different types of problems with this manufacturers products. It was a deciding factor in researching different manufacturers. \n\nGood luck in deciding what you need to do.
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You are correct that a broadband router will help protect your 1 computer, even though you dont have to have it to use DSL with only one computer, I'd still recommend it for the added safety. Built into the router is a firewall and it will pretty much prevent anyone from attempting to connect to your computer form the outside while still allowing your computer to connect to most anything you want to, like online games, web, email etc. Since you are thinking of wireless in the future and I assume maybe adding another computer maybe, you can go with a wireless broadband router. I personally like Linksys alot, you can get a wireless router for about $70. basically any router currently sold is going to be fine for you. almost all suppor the two common types of wireless, called 802.11B and 802.11G ,, they basically will say on the package.. "B and G" supported or something along those lines. When you get the wireless router, make sure you follow the instructions to secure it, or else you may have your neighbors using your wireless router without you knowing which can be a problem.
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d-link or cisco is the way you can go
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I agree that a Linksys is best, specifically WRT54G. I personally have one and love the features and the interface. It covers all the bases, although if you have a large area to cover with signal you may want to at a later date buy the huge Linksys antennas for the router. I have never used them but supposedly they greatly increase the range.
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I have linksys wrt54g. I love it and so will you. It's pretty easy to install. It will work well with comcast which I have too.
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the 54g will choke off some of ur speed if ur downloading a large file from a good source ... other than downloading large files you will never notice it ... if ur into downloading alot of stuff then get the faster router .. simple.
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I'd recommend a Linksys as I've used them before and they're not a let down.\nI wouldn't recommend a Belkin. The first one I bought, I found many security flaws in it and was able to crash the network easily (through 2 different methods, one intetionally, one unintentionally).\nI have a newer Belkin router atm (was free). \nIf I had a bit of money, I'd get a Linksys WRT-54G\n\nDependant on what you want to do on the network (gaming, file transfer), you may want a router with more bandwidth. The speeds that I know of on routers are 11Mbps, 54, 108, 125 & then they start hitting 300/400+