Routers
 

Yea i know im asking alot of questions :) But this is the last one

Right what would be the best routor.

At the moment i have a linksys WRT54GS v7 is this good and can i get better.

Re: Routers
 

It's good enough. It all depends on what you are wanting to do with your home network.

if the only devices being connected wirelessly are "g" speed, then it's fine, and especially if you are using the speedboost linksys network adaptors for your devices.

If you are moving to 50 meg then the "g" speed wireless may become limiting. Theoretically "g" is fast enough but in practice your close to it's limit and thus you might want an "n" router.

"n" can also, perhaps, operated at better distances since many of these routers are dual band so are less at risk of interference.

the 10/100 wired ports are fine for most networks, but if you move loads of big files you might want gigabit wired ports?

We regularly used to suggest Linksys WRT54G range of routers as being fine for cable. It's only in the last year or two with the greater adoption of "n" wireless and 50 meg that this model is limiting for some users. But that is true of all "g" speed routers.

Re: Routers
 

802.11G isn't even close to good enough for 50Mbit and maxes at about 24Mbit. The 54Mbit figure is a long way away from actual best case throughput.

Hit Google to find out why Rob but technically you're a very long way out on this one, and if you're going to advise on technical issues like wireless throughputs a quick look into the actual throughputs of the various standards is wise. There are a massive number of overheads that cut down the theoretical 54Mbps throughput of 802.11G. That is nothing more than a headline 'sync speed' figure.

Re: Routers
 

My recommendation would be anything that is fast enough for your Internet connection and is capable of running DD-WRT:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php

I have a WRT54G v2 running this firmware and it turns an okay router into a *brilliant* router for no extra cost.

Ed.