Out of the Blue

[Oct 03, 2012, 10:03 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

I'm replacing the router here in the BlueTower today, as we've been getting very spotty wi-fi coverage in the living room downstairs. It may turn out we need a repeater somewhere in the middle, but the new unit should have better coverage, so maybe not. Since it seemed like time to get a dual-band router because there are so many devices on the network, and a couple of them can take full advantage of both bands, so this seemed like the logical first step.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 13:20

sauron

Verno wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 12:43:
I still have an old WRT54G running in the basement. Thing has been rock solid for 6 years. The only problem with Linksys/Cisco is that they love to play model lottery, some slight model variations will have half the memory and etc. The newer Netgear stuff is very hackable and pretty reliable in my experience, I didn't care for their older stuff. D-Link is bottom barrel, lots of hardware issues and their firmware is a disaster.

Yep, that's right on the money, I agree with everything you said.

I too have a WRT54G that also still functions - those things never die. They made Linksys' reputation in the household market.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 13:05

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 12:43

Verno

sauron wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 12:33:
I have a Linksys EA4200 dual-band router and am happy with it. My repeater is by Netgear and is a bit flaky. I'll probably replace it with a Linksys PLWK400 soon.

Yeah that Linksys is pretty good, nice specs. I still have an old WRT54G running in the basement. Thing has been rock solid for 6 years. The only problem with Linksys/Cisco is that they love to play model lottery, some slight model variations will have half the memory and etc. The newer Netgear stuff is very hackable and pretty reliable in my experience, I didn't care for their older stuff. D-Link is bottom barrel, lots of hardware issues and their firmware is a disaster.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 12:33

sauron

Verno wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 11:40:
I'd suggest the Netgear WNDR3700 which is dual band, supports OpenWRT/DD-WRT firmware and is fairly powerful. Asus also makes some good routers as well as 2Wire.

Steer clear of D-Link.

I have a Linksys EA4200 dual-band router and am happy with it. My repeater is by Netgear and is a bit flaky. I'll probably replace it with a Linksys PLWK400 soon.

And yeah, don't buy D-Link.




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Re: 10 Films Surprisingly Created Without CGI.

Oct 3, 2012, 12:31

SimplyMonk

Bodolza wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 12:12: ...at least 6 of which used large amounts of CGI. Yeah. Typical schlock journalism. Headline to grab attention. Completely distorts contents of article.

10 Films Surprisingly Created Without CGI.

Oct 3, 2012, 12:12

Bodolza

...at least 6 of which used large amounts of CGI.

Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 11:40

Verno

I'd suggest the Netgear WNDR3700 which is dual band, supports OpenWRT/DD-WRT firmware and is fairly powerful. Asus also makes some good routers as well as 2Wire.

Steer clear of D-Link.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 11:09

nin

sauron wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 11:02:
I tried a dual-band router to extend coverage in my apartment, but the problem turned out to be a load-bearing wall in the way of the signal. The place is L-shaped and the router is in one end of it.

A repeater seems to have fixed the problem, bouncing the signal around the corner of the L, but the repeater I have (Netgear) isn't that great. Anyone know if Cisco makes a better one?

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 11:06

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 3, 2012, 11:02

sauron

I tried a dual-band router to extend coverage in my apartment, but the problem turned out to be a load-bearing wall in the way of the signal. The place is L-shaped and the router is in one end of it.

A repeater seems to have fixed the problem, bouncing the signal around the corner of the L, but the repeater I have (Netgear) isn't that great. Anyone know if Cisco makes a better one?




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