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What is the best router out there?

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Posted on June 15, 2005 at 21:15:59
What is the best router in terms of rilliability, good connectivity and speed? I want to hook up 2 computers one which will be in the basement and the other on the 4th floor of the house. Any suggestions?

 

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Two suggestions, posted on June 16, 2005 at 05:32:07
dwill123
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Assumming you want wireless then first suggestion would be:

NETGEAR 54Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Router, Model WGR614 is known for its easy setup (this is the one I have.) Also has double firewall protection included (SPI & NAT). You can't have enough firewall protection.

The other would be: LINKSYS Wireless G 54Mbps Broadband Router, Model WRT54G. Linksys has been around for along time and has many routers out there and working. Not much more difficult to setup.

 

Re: What is the best router out there?, posted on June 16, 2005 at 14:03:46
Thanks, i'm looking into their products as I write this. Do I need to buy a seperate PCI card with antenna that goes in back of my computer? If yes, one of my computers is old ( 333mhz windows 98 IBM ) I don't think the pci card will be compatible with it , is there any other solution?

 

If you have a USB port ..., posted on June 16, 2005 at 18:29:34
dwill123
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Location: Philadelphia
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Then you can try one of these adapters:
LINKSYS Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter, Model WUSB11
or
LINKSYS 54Mbps Wireless-G USB Network Adapter, Model WUSB54G

 

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