Wireless 802.11g router

rrwfotr

Hi I wanna buy a good Wireless 802.11g router, there seems to be loads of them around can anyone advice of good well priced one. I need the router and a laptop pcmcia card as well.

alanobrien

rrwfotr wrote:

Hi I wanna buy a good Wireless 802.11g router, there seems to be loads of them around can anyone advice of good well priced one. I need the router and a laptop pcmcia card as well.

Well this gets good reviews for 69 quid inc vat with a free PCmcia card;

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=82066

scotswarvet

I just bought a router from ebuyer and a network adapter for my laptop which connects through my usb port.

Belkin Network Adapter

Linksys Wireless-G 54mbps Broadband Router

MoneyMonkey

rrwfotr wrote:

Hi I wanna buy a good Wireless 802.11g router, there seems to be loads of them around can anyone advice of good well priced one. I need the router and a laptop pcmcia card as well.

I can definately recomend the one I have - Nergear DG854G. I have had it about 7 months and had no problems at all. Setting it up was a doddle, even for the WEP encrypted security.

I got mine from Amazon (see link above), but you may be able to get a better deal else where.

I also have a Netgear WG511 PCI Wireless card for my laptop that is good.

Jay1b

Opt for a well known name, your get a better reception, meaning faster downloads.

Also be aware that a 55mb connection will usually only transfer data at about 25mb, due to error checking.

Tim_L

I have a 3com ADSL router + PCMCIA card like the one in the first link - works very well (I'm using it now).

rrwfotr

Has any one used these routers with the security functions switched on, I have heard that when the security functions are switched on there a big impact on performance. Any one had any experience of this?

alanobrien

rrwfotr wrote:

Has any one used these routers with the security functions switched on, I have heard that when the security functions are switched on there a big impact on performance. Any one had any experience of this?

I suspect you are referring to the NAT firewall.
This has no visible effect on performance but you will need to set it up correctly for applications to access the www.

nbt

if you haven;t bought one yet, you van get the linksys wag54g with free pcmcia card for £68.6 from amazon.co.uk. Iuse thefre postage option andit arrived three days after I ordered it.