Which Wireless Router?????

[Pig]

Please can you help me. My router melted its self in my loft last night so i need to replace it.

However, there are SO many to choose from.

Why cant the have a website that says:

For home use:

Good for speed, choose this one

Good for distance, choose this one

Good for nothing, choose this one.

 

Its doing my head in.

 

Please can someone help me pick one, it needs to stretch about 20 meters which is a total stab as im no good with distance, on google earth it looks like 5 and a bit smart 4/4 lengths if that helps. It also has walls to go through (i keep it in my loft as thats where my main socket it)

 

Budget - no more than £200, prefferably £100 or less.

 

Thanks and sorry to bother you with my boring stuff but I dont drive the car anymore so have no need to ask what I have broken any more!

[leelbuk]

Are your walls made from cardboard John? Going to have to be a good one to ensure you get a good signal through to the lowest floor.

 

Are any of the computers you connect to it capable of Wireless N? (802.11n) With the greater speeds these offer you should be able to see good speeds further away from the router than previous wireless b/g routers.

 

I have one of these and have no issues. Has a lot to configure if need be but simple to setup if you don't need all the extra features, plus being Wireless N and a gigabit LAN it's fairly futureproof too. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166272

[Konrad]

It would be worth telling if you have ADSL or DSL connection, d o you have a modem already?

I have Virgin cable modem and using this one sucessfully for over a year. Good range, very stable and have MAC filtering so no need for encrypted crap slowing your connection

[leelbuk]

Oh yes forgot about that ^ however assumed when you said master socket it would be ADSL and not cable

[Branners]

Always been happy with Linksys stuff. I have found Netgear units fail more often due to overheating, but thats just personal opinion.

 

I would get a .N router as eventually everything will be .N. But for the moment if you have any .G wireless devices like laptops then the wireless router will step down to .G speeds for all connections even if they can do .N.

[michael]

I'm not sure if this is a good buy or not but it dropped into my inbox earlier:

 

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?id=19442

 

I use a Linksys at home, I'm very happy with it - 320N

 

http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/products/Gateways

[Pig]

Are your walls made from cardboard John? http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166272

Thankfully not

My old belkin worked all round the house and in the furthest point but it wasnt great so not too worried about distance as im sure it wont be any worse as tech as moved on.

 

It would be worth telling if you have ADSL or DSL connection, d o you have a modem already?

I have Virgin cable modem and using this one sucessfully for over a year. Good range, very stable and have MAC filtering so no need for encrypted crap slowing your connection

ADSL

Always been happy with Linksys stuff. I have found Netgear units fail more often due to overheating, but thats just personal opinion.

.

good to know that, especially the over heating.

 

I'm not sure if this is a good buy or not but it dropped into my inbox earlier:

 

I use a Linksys at home, I'm very happy with it - 320N

 

http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/products/Gateways

 

Thats the 3rd person for Linksys so im happy with that.

Thanks for your advise, decision now made

[ronttuk]

Belkin have a life time warranty buy once thats it done never need to buy again they repair them or replace foc

[Aweegin]

I can only speak from experience.. belkin never did it for me, had lots of probs..over heating mainly.

 

Been using one of THESE for around 4 years with no bother what so ever. My laptop and PS3 both pick up an 80%+ strength signal through 2 1930's council house ground floor walls.

 

Though it has gone up in price since i bought it but other versions are around i see

 

Netgear ftw!!

 

 

Thanks for your advise, decision now made

 

Oh..missed that bit lol

[SteamAhead]

Just to open up an older thread....

I have a netgear router that came with the sky package 2 years ago.

Really needing a router with stronger wireless (router is in one corner of house and xbox in the other, cant be moved really)

so signal not to strong

I'd also would like to connect a hardrive to router for mac upstairs and mrs laptop down stairs.

 

Any recommendations for 2011 model router or could there be something from last year thats just as good?

As per Pig, so much to choose from out there