wireless router suggestions

[The Great Wallsendo]

About to take the leap (finally) and go wireless

Any brands to steer clear of? any pitfalls to be wary of?

cheers in advance

 

[Gazz]

Netgear are decent. Just remember to put a password on whichever you decide to get & use atleast a WEP

Default username & passwords are usually Admin & Password so obviously if you dont change the password you are inviting others.

 

[KeithB]

Ring Vermin Media, tell them as they give new customers free wireless routers you want one!!!

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Avoid Belkin stuff.

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Oh yeah and definately use mac authentication.

 

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got to agree with gazz,had no probs with netgear.:yltype:

 

[5150]

I've just replaced our old 54g with a wireless N, got a Cisco but it's actually a re-branded linksys - had nothing but a right chore on with it. Now it's working it's not bad, but bleh for a week of clarting on getting it sorted for all the machines.

 

[captnginger]

I got a free router with virgin for upgrading so i can use a lap top as well as my desk top,as i know nowt about computers i got my mate to sort it out,or so i thought, he spent 5 hours at my house yesterday and used the helpline 4 times and it still didnt work so when he left i rang virgin to ask for a new router and after 15 minutes of a heated conversation i have finally got a new router in the post,the problem i have now is how to sweet talk my mate into coming from blyth to wallsend again to set it up ps the router they gave me is a D-LINK made in china

 

[bud37]

Agree with steve stay well clear of belkin products , they dont see eye to eye with microsoft therefore nothing seens compatible, you search for software patches for hours.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

took a bit longer than anticipated but finally became a wireless household last night with a Netgear Wireless-N 150 WNR1000

need to now figure out best location/solution to eliminate blind spots

just a quick question?...can you daisy chain wireless routers? e.g. could I have one router in my lounge then another daisy chained through to another part of the house to give me the widest range possible?

 

[mark]

yup. the second/third/fourth etc routers need to be set up as repeaters

usually means going to each router with a laptop, plugging an ethernet cable and accessing the routers control panel through a browser

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

sounds relatively easy - cheers

...will try relocation first though before forking out for another router and 100ft of ethernet cabling

 

[Gazz]

took a bit longer than anticipated but finally became a wireless household last night with a Netgear Wireless-N 150 WNR1000

need to now figure out best location/solution to eliminate blind spots

just a quick question?...can you daisy chain wireless routers? e.g. could I have one router in my lounge then another daisy chained through to another part of the house to give me the widest range possible?

Just hardwire 1 to where you want it or use a hub, no need for 2 wireless routers unless u have lots of comps on wireless

 

[KeithB]

I need to do the same thing, the PC's upstairs connected via the wireless router don't see the PC's on the wired router downstairs. Been told the second router needs to be set as an access point which involves giving it an IP address on the first router and disabling DHCP. Simples!!!! (Apparently )

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

well I only live in a two bed flat so I guess I was getting carried away with the whole networking thing

mebbes just need to move the router to a more central point and that should solve my problems...

 

[mark]

must be something more serious going on if you can't get full coverage in a 2 bed flat.

router is on the top floor, our place is 250 years old, 3 storey 3 bed house, walls are all 3 foot thick, I get full signal everywhere, only use the wireless to mine and the bairns laptops for 'netty stuff, the rest of my network is wired as wireless is too slow otherwise

wireless even works on the ground floor in the neighbours house 3 doors down which is 4 3 foot thick walls and about 100' away.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

the router I've got is a middle of the range one and is currently wired in more or less the back wall of the flat so I'm prob halfing my range at the minute

anyway I got distracted with playing about with more pressing issues...such as wiring it into my TV and surround sound

just need the bluetooth mouse and keyboard now and all those moments of nagging "why you always in the other room on the computer - spend some time with me" are gone

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

minor adjustment in location and I can now pick up the signal sat in my car outside in the street

 

[peter.m]

Just a minor technical question

















Is that Sunrise Yellow on the top?

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Is that Sunrise Yellow on the top?

Could be