Wireless Router, Range

shortys94

Hey,

I need to buy a new wireless router for home and was wondering whether anyone can recommend a router with great range and reliability, price I guess no more than around 100 euro......

Any suggestions would be great, was thinking of getting one of the new Linksys routers with Cisco, yet Ive read some bad reviews and want to make sure I get a reliable router.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks, not too bothered if it isn't N, but whatever us best.

PogMoThoin

Great reliable router, I get through lots and lots of these and they never let me down:
http://elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1136421&productID=S3107041

This is the GL (linux version), with the older specs before Cisco started chopping and changing components to cut costs

shortys94

Thanks alot! Is the range good on it? I presume its compatible with Vista.

KennyLegend

It's perfect for 11G. Very popular router and runs DD WRT firmware too if you so wish

shortys94

Sorry but 11g?

PogMoThoin

shortys94 wrote: »

Sorry but 11g?

802.11g, its a wireless standard as in a "g" router.
There's also the newer 802.11n which is faster, but all devices would need to be "n" to see the benefits as it would downgrade to "g" speeds on "g" devices. You nowadays see laptops advertised with wireless "n" cards

dub45

shortys94 wrote: »

Sorry but 11g?

Wireless can be a complicated business and it really is worth reading up a bit on it - there is loads of stuff on the net if you care to search.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=wifi+introduction&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

shortys94

ahhhh sorry i didnt know thats how you write it short hand, no i understand b,g,n etc, just need a router with a good range, thanks for the help

shortys94

Got the router and set it up, works well, but I thought the range would be alo better, would that firmware version you mentioned earler do anything for the range?

KennyLegend

shortys94 wrote: »

Got the router and set it up, works well, but I thought the range would be alo better, would that firmware version you mentioned earler do anything for the range?

I'm not certain about that router but generally with ddwrt u can adjust power output and tweak settings. Doesn't always mean you'll have better range though.

Try locating the router as close to the centre of ur hse as possible fir maximum range and throughput. Generally, most decent routers have similiar range,but where u place them really makes all the difference.

Microwaves, cordless phones, baby monitors etc all operate on the 2.4Ghz band so will interfere with wireless networks.

JonMac

You could try higher gain antennas.

KennyLegend

JonMac wrote: »

You could try higher gain antennas.

On most top end routers nowadays the anennas are internal and any modification would void the warranty.

Using higher gain antennas wouldn't always guarantee better range & throughout. Ur still limited by ur client.