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Pushkar · 22-04-2009, 08:10

I do like the Apple one's, I currently have an Apple Airport - this one is Wireless N although with most routers, your network is only as fast as your slowest ones - so if your running a g adapter or even a b, it will be reflected as only that.

It's a good idea to upgrade your pc's usb to a n-adapter, on the XL package you can get one of those netgear wireless n sticks for just £25 from VM, so that's a decent offer there, the wireless n router is also £25 addon, so if your looking for a cheap one, go for the netgear one from VM.

Back to Apple, I have the Airport Express, it's quite a small piece of kit but so powerful - it supports upto 5ghz wireless N compared to that VM 2.4ghz frequency, so the Apple one is better, but if you have no need for speeds higher than 20mb then you should be okay.

With the Apple ones, you can also network a printer so you can share across the printer, and also wirelessly stream music to the router to connect to a pair of speakers!

They are on the expensive side, with the Express model coming in at £79, while the higher spec one (dual band, so you can run G and N mode and get the best speeds even on older laptops you may have without a N adapter). Setup guest networking and stuff like that comes in at £139.

But as I've mentioned previously, depends on whether your the type of person that will splash the cash for something that will last a while, or just looking to get a cheap medium one to replace every year or so.

22-04-2009, 08:10	#2
Pushkar Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 378	Re: Recommend me a router on a 20mb connection I do like the Apple one's, I currently have an Apple Airport - this one is Wireless N although with most routers, your network is only as fast as your slowest ones - so if your running a g adapter or even a b, it will be reflected as only that. It's a good idea to upgrade your pc's usb to a n-adapter, on the XL package you can get one of those netgear wireless n sticks for just £25 from VM, so that's a decent offer there, the wireless n router is also £25 addon, so if your looking for a cheap one, go for the netgear one from VM. Back to Apple, I have the Airport Express, it's quite a small piece of kit but so powerful - it supports upto 5ghz wireless N compared to that VM 2.4ghz frequency, so the Apple one is better, but if you have no need for speeds higher than 20mb then you should be okay. With the Apple ones, you can also network a printer so you can share across the printer, and also wirelessly stream music to the router to connect to a pair of speakers! They are on the expensive side, with the Express model coming in at £79, while the higher spec one (dual band, so you can run G and N mode and get the best speeds even on older laptops you may have without a N adapter). Setup guest networking and stuff like that comes in at £139. But as I've mentioned previously, depends on whether your the type of person that will splash the cash for something that will last a while, or just looking to get a cheap medium one to replace every year or so.