Hi,
My Uncle recently purchased a new iPad (3rd one). He was asking me how he can get WiFi at his home and I told him that all he needs is a wireless router.
In my home, I personally use a Linksys WRT54GH for wireless connectivity.
Anybody have experience on what's a nice router I can recommend for him? I'll be personally setting that up as well.
Thanks to anyone who can help :)
Honestly, I just want something that'll work. I've tried the link and came up with two, very expensive routers following the brand I'm using.
Linksys X2000 Dual-WAN Wireless-N Broadband Router (300Mbps)
Linksys WAG160N Ultra RangePlus ADSL 2+ Wireless-N Router (300Mbps)
If you guys can recommend a brand that you've had experience with, I'd follow that :)
Well, for one, my router is only a Wireless G Router and I'm having problems with it:
You need to reset it once in a while for small wireless devices (iPod, Smartphones etc. etc.) to be able to connect to it again.
There are no firmware updates either.
Routers are very sturdy gadgets with I think no moving parts inside. You should buy from amongst those that are in the lower price range. Dlink comes to mind first although I don't myself use it because Huawei which is a pain in the neck, was supplied to me by my ISP. Huawei works fine but it is nearly impossible to configure.
There may be other good brands too in the lower price range.
Thanks for the suggestion, I might consider it.
I also found this to be a pretty good one unless someone else knows that it isn't:
Linksys E1200 Wireless-N Router
It's also pretty cheap. :)
Linksys is about the best but I think rather expensive.
I've had a couple Linksys/Cisco and had no problem with them whatsoever, but I'm really disappointed with the company because they still have not updated their firmware for many of their routers for the WPS vulnerability issue. What is worse, is the fact that the interim measures apparently work with most other brands. When the interim measure is implemented on Linksys/Cisco routers, the router ignores your setting (turning WPS off actually does nothing on many of their consumer routers).
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I use the E4200. I have had to reset it twice in maybe a year. No other problems. That is good service I think.
Last edited by HammerHead; 16 Jan 2013 at 03:42.
Indeed. I guess I should present him with options.
I know little about networking and this vulnerability? Is this critical or something the in built Windows Firewall will prevent?
That is a tad bit overboard in terms of price but I guess I should present it as an option.
Any thoughts on the Linksys router I mentioned in my earlier post?
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