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Recommend a router?

  • 28-05-2010 6:25pm
    #1
    BraveDonut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone recommend a wireless router for home use?
    I would like to be able to stream content from my home-pc through windows (7) media centre on my Xbox.
    Thanks,


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  • #2
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    Linksys WRT54GL

    Flash it with a third party firmware (tomato firmware) to make it the most feature rich router you will find for its price.


  • #3
    BraveDonut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭BraveDonut


    Doesn't that say "g"? Don't I need "n"?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    BraveDonut wrote: »
    Doesn't that say "g"? Don't I need "n"?

    Depends if your pc uses wireless n or g? Or if your xbox (360 i presume!) has the wireless n or g adaptor?


  • #5
    BraveDonut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭BraveDonut


    Thanks,
    My PC has a linksys wireless N USB adapter and the xbox wireless adapter is the N one with the two aeriels.
    So, does that mean I can just go ahead and get any N router?


  • #6
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    BraveDonut wrote: »
    Thanks,
    My PC has a linksys wireless N USB adapter and the xbox wireless adapter is the N one with the two aeriels.
    So, does that mean I can just go ahead and get any N router?

    Yes, but buy a proper one and don't buy Belkin cos they're shíte :D

    Get the Buffalo in this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055922896


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  • #7
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    Belkin are good, Ive been using them for years and had no problem with them.


  • #8
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    stevek93 wrote: »
    Belkin are good, Ive been using them for years and had no problem with them.

    I setup a few hundred routers a yr as part of my job, believe me, they're shíte, can't trust them. We set them to dial pppoe every 30 seconds to keep a customer logged in, a simple job for a router, they can't consistently do that


  • #9
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    Ive only used 2 routers from belkin and they gave no trouble, had a wireless laptop card n1 think it was and gave me terrible trouble couldn't be 5ft away from the access point without losing it and the customer service is horrible.


  • #10
    corkcomp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭corkcomp


    anything linksys (cisco) is good in my experience


  • #11
    simoniz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭simoniz


    corkcomp wrote: »
    anything linksys (cisco) is good in my experience
    +1

    Belkin not good at all.


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  • #12
    Griffin87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Griffin87


    i was thinking of getting one of them Linksys WRT54G. i have a eircom netopia router. can i replace this with a Linksys WRT54G or do i have to use both of them at the same time.


  • #13
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    Griffin87 wrote: »
    i was thinking of getting one of them Linksys WRT54G. i have a eircom netopia router. can i replace this with a Linksys WRT54G or do i have to use both of them at the same time.

    You'll have to use both. The WRT54G is an "Ethernet router" and has no DSL modem.


  • #14
    corkcomp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭corkcomp


    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    You'll have to use both. The WRT54G is an "Ethernet router" and has no DSL modem.

    +1 im running that config and it works fine, you need to put netopia into bridge mode.. O/T but it looks like eircom are using zyxel routers now?


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