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azulyn · Post by **azulyn** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:22 am

Looking for some advice on purchasing a decent wireless router, and also some methods of increasing their bandwidth.

Currently looking at parkervision, as it boasts the best range, but 99$ is bout the priciest.

Lax · Post by **Lax** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:30 am

I have no idea about parkervision, but ..
All i can tell you is .. do NOT purchase a linksys WRT55AG

I got one to replace my WRT54G, but it's got the buggiest firmware ever, and Linksys wont update it or give out the super-sekrit beta firmware for it. Not to mention the range on it SUCKS (I shit you not, 35 feet it still has a "good signal" but gets heavy packet loss!). In fact, dont get a linksys router at all. Their tech support blows. I submitted a tech support request, they said they'd send me the beta firmware, and never did. I emailed again a week later and asked where it is, they said to wait. Right. Two weeks later they close the support request and say it's resolved. What the fuck did they resolve besides getting rid of a customer?

I will say that my D-Link DI-624 is far better than any linksys router I have ever owned (one or two before the WRT54G). UPNP works visibly, it has better firewall rule settings, I've only had to restart it once other than configuration settings (I had to restart my linksys routers every couple days), range is perfectly acceptable, ...

Anyway, just thought I'd share my experiences. If you dont go with a d-link or a linksys I have no personal experience to help you

dedpoet · Post by **dedpoet** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:06 pm

I had a similar experience with a Linksys wireless. I've since had a Netgear and a D-Link. My Netgear died on me and was out of warranty so I replaced it with a D-Link DI-524. I don't like their web UI as well as Netgear, but once you're set up, that's not really an issue. It has superior wireless range to anything else I have used and has handled 10+ EQ sessions simultaneously without issue.

Night Hawk · Post by **Night Hawk** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:38 pm

I use D-link. The thing itself wasn't too bad, but the wireless card for the other computer added to the price

notadruid · Post by **notadruid** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:09 am

Avoid the Netgear WGR624v1 It reboots itself very often and randomly dumps wireless connections.

If you're getting a Netgear WGR624 make SURE it's at least version 2. The ONLY way to check is to open the box itself and look at the bottom of the unit. It will either say "108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGR624" or "108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGR624v2"

They fixed the problem in version 2.