Best router ?
 

hiya, I did a search but not much luck so thought I would ask.

My work need me to be able to work from home and have given me a new laptop, I need to be able to conect it to the internet so they have sais buy a router and they will pay :) so which one shall I get?
at the mo i have a cheap wired one but want a good wireless one .
I have a pc and xbox 360 which may as wel be wired as they are right where the router will be, and now a laptop which is wireless.
I'm on 10meg if that makes any diff and will be going to 20 as soon as i can
thanks
rob

Re: Best router ?
 

Personally I use linksys - the router I have in my house has been on for the last 3 and a half years with only the occassional (maybe weekly) restart needed!

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I've resently bought a Netgear 624WGT never hand any problems

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moved to networking ;)

I've found the Linksys WRT54G series to be good, although there are now a number of different versions. However, the Linksys firmware has been known to have problems with torrents so flashing with third party firmware can reap results. http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=47159 the DD-WRT seems to be popular

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I'll second Rob's comments.

Cheers

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I have been using a D-Link DI-634M (MIMO) router and PCI card for over twelve months now without a hitch. Previously I had a Belkin (kept dropping link) and a wired LinkSys.

The D-Link seems rock solid at 108M.

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I'm a big fan of the Linksys WRT54GL - and it'd be rude not to get it at this price:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=NW-052-LS

Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router/4-Port Switch
£25.99
£30.54 inc VAT
10+ in stock

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yeah Gareth, but his works paying for it, cant we find him the fastest available 11N MiMo or WiMax kit ;)

then he can report back and let us all know how it went, and dont forget the matching PCCARD/pcmcia card to got with the router , or perhaps even a matching PCi card too.
im busy right now so cant look up on the 3rd party firmwares whats available......

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Anything that can run DD-WRT firmware, most functional firmware ever.

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funny you mention that
http://www.graynetwork.org/ddwrtx86/
Requirements:
An X86 compatible pc (i386) or greater with at least 16MB of RAM, 2 network cards, and a hard drive.
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he said works paying for the kit, so he's best looking for something with 11n and gigabit router to the wired bits for the future id think.
i cant say if its any good as i dont have it but the WRT350N. It's got Gigabit switch for your lan, it's well supported by DD-WRT(v24 latest betas for the moment) and it has 802.11n. seems ok , need to look into it for the full spec.

wimax kit doesnt seem to be covered very well as yet though .
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.php

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Yeah, good point, popper... I forgot that he's not paying for it himself.

I wonder if you can get gold-plated routers anywhere...? :D

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Would waste loads of energy though, and wireless would be a hassle?

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i've got abit lost here, what was a good one i should get? lol

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Another vote for D-Link here. Using a DGL-4300, fantastic piece of kit IMO, not a glitch ever.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/29890/89/

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If you're using it for work you'll probably need to ensure it supports VPN pass through.
Personally I'd stick with a wired router (I'm using a Linksys befsr41). Faster speeds, more reliable connection and no security issues.