Wireless Routers

Wayne3765

BexTech wrote:

We need to know whether she uses cable broadband or ADSL.

I'd avoid Belkin, they are often very problematic.

Linksys and Netgear are good.

Look around the internet and you'll probably find Belkin and Linksys routers have the same internals , i.e Broadcom Airforce

AirForce solutions can be found in leading brands of Wi-Fi gear such as Apple, Belkin, Buffalo, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP, Linksys/Cisco, and Motorola.

Belkin give free phone support ( admittedly poor until you get escalated ) and a lifetime warranty , just had a brand new ADSL 2+ router as a replacement for one that was dropping connections when Bit torrent programs were running , apart from that it worked fine for the two years I had it.

Ganyam

I use this Netgear DG834PN Integrated ADSL2+ Modem and RangeMax MIMO-G Wireless Router

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/99752

Find it great, where all the others ive used drop, this holds full speed...

Well it holds as long as my connection stays on..

espresso

monomer wrote:

I had a quick look at the specifications page at the PC World site for the LINKSYS router. Wish I'd known about that earlier (I already have a wireless router on order).

Should we be worried when it says:

Windows SE Compatible No
Windows 2000 Compatible Yes
Windows ME Compatible No
Windows XP Compatible No
MAC OS10 or Higher Compatible No

It doesn't make sense to me to manufacture a router/PCMCIA card that's only compatible with one operating system, so I'm guessing it must be a mistake or something...?

It is obviously a mistake! If you want to know the real specifications go to the manufacturers site.

:rolleyes: