Which router to buy?

JanJan · Aug 7, 2010

My office is buying one of these router from bestbuy. My boss wants the one with most reliable speed and especially range. The computer will be "20 feet away and behind a layer of wall"

Belkin f5d7234-4
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Belkin+...07083453&skuId=8993949&st=f5d7234-4&cp=1&lp=1

Netgear wndr3700
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...089527534&skuId=9331403&st=wndr3700&cp=1&lp=1

Netgear wpn824n
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...8179416625&skuId=9826287&st=wpn824n&cp=1&lp=1

Netgear dgn1000
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...8165770543&skuId=9744962&st=dgn1000&cp=1&lp=1

Linksys e1000 and e2000
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Cisco+L...218170521806&skuId=9770315&st=e1000&cp=1&lp=1
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Cisco+L...218170522330&skuId=9770333&st=e2000&cp=1&lp=1

Cradlepoint mbr900
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Cradlep...18161113058&skuId=9726376&st=mbr900&cp=1&lp=1

Radical_Edward · Aug 7, 2010

I love my Netgear router, easy setup, easy to manage, and it doesn't take a dump randomly/overheat. Although a lot of people complain about theirs.... My brother has had good luck with Linksys and Dlink routers.

Apokalipse · Aug 7, 2010

I'd suggest an Asus RT-N16 with Tomato firmware
ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up...

Mussels · Aug 7, 2010

Apokalipse said:
I'd suggest an Asus RT-N16 with Tomato firmware
ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up...

why hallo thar, fellow aussie.

post approved... it got caught in a spam filter since you're a newbie and were posting links.

CDdude55 · Aug 7, 2010

Whatever you do, don't pick a D-Link EBR-2310, this pos router keeps dropping the connection all the damn time, and from what i have seen this problem has been known in all of them.

IggSter · Aug 7, 2010

Casting my vote for a Netgear 3700, ive the older wnr2000 version and it is by far the best/easiest to manage. Also has been 100% reliable.

v12dock · Aug 7, 2010

Anything you can DD-WRT

DanishDevil · Aug 7, 2010

I got myself an E3000 and I really like it. Planning on upgrading my family's place with an E1000. Highly recommended.

Batou1986 · Aug 7, 2010

Ive got a Netgear WNR3500v2 from staples for 80 bucks, running DD-WRT and i love it i get great speeds and range even on G.
I can stream videos from youtube easily at my mailbox on an ipod touch and the router itself is tucked in the ceiling.
Its also super stable i have never had a single issue with it other than it takes 3 min to boot up after a full reset

As a side note if looking for this online or in reviews the v1 was apparently a piece of crap the v2 uses a diff chipset.

Apokalipse · Aug 9, 2010

The RT-N16 has 128MB RAM, 32MB ROM and a 480MHz processor (which can be overclocked)

I think the Netgear WNDR3700 has 64MB RAM, 8MB ROM and a 680MHz processor.
So far third party firmware support on it isn't good.

I like Tomato; you can do heaps with it.
You can set-up QOS (which works well in Tomato), block ad servers, run programs from a USB drive (including a torrent client), share drives of printers

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Which router to buy?

JanJan

Radical_Edward

Apokalipse

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

IggSter

v12dock

Block Caption of Rainey Street

DanishDevil

Batou1986

Apokalipse

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