Wireless Router

[HD-Christopher]

Hey I am in need of some help. I am getting a new wireless router today. so I wanted to know some suggestions on what to get. I am thinking Cisco or Netgear. please help me out?

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Thank you,
Christopher Lynch
Cixso Tech Manager

[paul4wolves]

Wireless N FTW

[J0SH]

Netgear, I've never really heard of Cisco so personally I don't go with unknown brands.

[Robbie]

Cisco is nowhere near unknown and is one of the biggest I.T companies :)

[Janet Snakehole]

i've got a Netgear router, works perfectly for me :)
as Hatchet said, don't go for unknown brands as personally I haven't heard of Cisco either

[HD-Christopher]

Cisco is one of the biggest I.T companies. It also has IT certs for networking.

[Delatory]

Cisco is one of the biggest I.T Companies in networking. They mainly specialise in Data Center/ISP network hubs. They also own linksys.

[N!ck]

Cisco kit is a waste of money for home networking.

[J0SH]

Never heard of them hence why I said I don't go with unknown brands ;)

[Mentor]

Didnt know cisco did any low end routers, not much ive seen they sell below a 1000, and most home users dont need a terrabyte backbone to their network :p

netgear are pretty stable though, most the time. But with all wirelsss stuff its pretty touch and go, lookup reviews of the router your actually looking to buy, some are much better than others :)

[HD-Christopher]

Yea ok well the last time my dad had netgeae it kept droping the signal. and Cisco makes Wireless N and N+. And I think I will read some reviews.

[N!ck]

Never heard of them hence why I said I don't go with unknown brands ;)

Cisco make probably the best network products in the world. You've probably not heard of them as they're way overkill for home use and very expensive.


Didnt know cisco did any low end routers, not much ive seen they sell below a 1000, and most home users dont need a terrabyte backbone to their network :p

netgear are pretty stable though, most the time. But with all wirelsss stuff its pretty touch and go, lookup reviews of the router your actually looking to buy, some are much better than others :)

Exactly.

I think when the OP said Cisco they were maybe referring to Linksys, who are basically the home user product end of Cisco.

But yeah, get a Netgear or Linksys router and you shouldn't have any problems.

[AgnesIO]

I would say anything but Belkin (I am currently using one, and if you have a fairly big house they suck)

[J0SH]

If you're not keen with Netgear I'd recommend Buffalo, very good. In my parents company they have a Buffalo router that about 15 computers connect to and it's very stable. They also have their wireless HDD too so their products are really good. Got us using a Buffalo router too but now we use the Sky one as we changed packages :P

[HD-Christopher]

Well there are no linksys or any of the others you say at the Best Buy near my house. There is a Cisco Wireless N for 70 dollars. (USD) I think I might go with that. As I have had problems with netgear. Thanks for the help.

[J0SH]

Damn, post above I meant Buffalo router not Netgear, ha.

[Tim.]

Im using a Belkin Wireless N router, works reasonable, but Id reccomend the N1

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=200340

As its got a larger coverage area, and you'll notice it. We're having to use 2 Routers at the minute, a N router and a G+ Router, as some things on the network take different types.

So you need to check what type your adapter takes, and if your buying a new one make sure if your buying a N router, you get a N adapter.

(It can cause slow down on the network, and disconnecting regularly isn't uncommon)

[Recursion]

You do realise N is backwards compatible with B/G generally Tim?

[Tim.]

You do realise N is backwards compatible with B/G generally Tim?

Well, we thought this originally, but we had some really bad problems, because my PC is N, two of the printers are B, 2 of the laptops are N, and the rest are B

Now my first suspicion was there were too many devices on the network, but that shouldn't have been the case because you can have up to 15 devices. We had 14 - I know its cutting it a bit fine, but you would expect this. Anyway, we're just connecting b to b router, n to n router - Problems solved.

However it may have been too many items, but this seems to work fine now.

[Recursion]

Fair enough, odd problem, although I do get problems with some devices, for e.g. our network camera drops its wireless-G connection to out HomeHub which is N, good idea though...

[HD-Christopher]

Ok so I have a Wireless 2200BG that came with the comp. Do I need to get a Wireless G or do I need a BG or can I go with an N?

[Recursion]

Wireless B or G, but G is better.

[HD-Christopher]

Thank you. I think I'm going with Linksys G.

[AgnesIO]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150955

Dunno what is better N or G

But that one looks alrite.

[paul4wolves]

N is better.

[Recursion]

N is faster, but it actually still isn't a wireless standard and is subject to change and incompatibilities.

http://gizmodo.com/5319507/did-you-know-80211n-isnt-a-final-spec

[Jam]

I have a Belkin N1, tis' very good.