I need help choosing a Wireless Router

[Future240]

I need a recommendation on a good wireless router that can go through walls well. I have done a lot of searching on Google and narrowed it down to three. I was looking at either Belkin or Linksys or Net gear. The house is 1500sq feet, room is in the very back, and There are multiple walls to go through. i would really rather not have to do a repeater unless absolutely necessary. I have an older belkin now and it gets the job done when close, but not back in the room I need it for. I will be using this for streaming Netflix on XBL and playing Online.

Amazon.com: Belkin N750 Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router (Latest Generation): Electronics
Amazon.com: NETGEAR N750 450 Mbps Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000: Electronics
Amazon.com: Linksys E2500 Advanced Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router: Electronics

If you have knowledge on the subject, please chime in. If you have a better router to recommend, let me know.

[ZenkiKid]

anything that can run the DD-WRT firmware/software. Google it!

[Agamemnon]

I grabbed the Asus RT-n56u a few months ago. Super long range, 2 USB ports for external HD's, and 4 ethernet ports. Stylish too.

Last week I moved to a different townhouse on the otherside of my complex. I had the keys to both units for a few days and still had internet hooked up in the old unit. The ASUS could still give me 18Mbps threw 2 apartments, and half a football field's distance away.

[lucky7]

i have had an AEBS for a couple years now, and i love it. shit - apple airport extreme base station.


it takes a whopping 2 minutes to set up, and i have my printer connected to it. my roommates are big fans of it also, since they had to plug their laptops into the wall before i moved in, lol.

at home, my parents have a linksys N router, and it's alright i suppose. mine had a way better range when i was using it at my parents house. they also use an apple airport express to extend the range.


i've had a couple linksys routers take a dump on me. these ones have been pretty much flawless thus far.

[Future240]

Keep'em coming. I really like the Asus one. Looking at it now.

[ZenkiKid]

WRT610n with DDWRT

[adrians_s13]

dang that Asus one looks nice!

[wangan_cruiser]

wireless with too many walls wouldnt work properly. itll work for couple of days but theres no guarantee. if the walls were built with concrete inside or metal plates the signal would just get weaker. i deal with this problem everyday at work.

i would recommend a home plug, they are plug to ac outlets for both ends. if your ac outlets were loop these can be used.

http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFIQ8wIwAg

i never used this product but ive used one similar to this for a customer's house

im a tech from a cable company up here in norcal. so yea i deal with these probs everyday. specially the customer has a really big house. wireless shit dont work.

[SLiDe_WaYz]

I have this netgear router:

http://www.netgear.com/home/products.../WNDR4500.aspx

And it's awesome for gaming and streaming movies on ps3/Xbox. I always have HD streaming, even when I have 3 iPhones, 2 laptops, a tv, 2 xbox's, and a ps3 all on the same Internet. I never lag, ever, on ANY game online.

[Matej]

The fancy ones such as the ASUS are quite cool indeed.
However, if you just want a wireless router that does wireless router stuff, you cannot really go wrong with Linksys.

[DriftN00b]

Originally Posted by SLiDe_WaYz

I have this netgear router:

WNDR4500

And it's awesome for gaming and streaming movies on ps3/Xbox. I always have HD streaming, even when I have 3 iPhones, 2 laptops, a tv, 2 xbox's, and a ps3 all on the same Internet. I never lag, ever, on ANY game online.

what kind of internet service do you have?

[Flexin]

I would not recommend net gear, it seems to go haywire sometimes, and other things, also customer support, at least when I have called, is unsatisfactory.

[SLiDe_WaYz]

I have cable Internet. Like a 15 or 20meg I believe. It's 43$ month isn't expensive.

I've never had a problem out of the 3 netgear's I've owned.

[91cupcake240]

Originally Posted by SLiDe_WaYz

I have this netgear router:

WNDR4500

And it's awesome for gaming and streaming movies on ps3/Xbox. I always have HD streaming, even when I have 3 iPhones, 2 laptops, a tv, 2 xbox's, and a ps3 all on the same Internet. I never lag, ever, on ANY game online.

hmmm ima have to check that out. my router sucks! and need a good one for my gaming and video streaming

[SLiDe_WaYz]

They have it at BestBuy, and I went to my local BB a few days ago and it was on sale 40$ off sticker price which isn't bad at all.

[Future240]

Originally Posted by wangan_cruiser

wireless with too many walls wouldnt work properly. itll work for couple of days but theres no guarantee. if the walls were built with concrete inside or metal plates the signal would just get weaker. i deal with this problem everyday at work.

i would recommend a home plug, they are plug to ac outlets for both ends. if your ac outlets were loop these can be used.

NETGEAR Powerline AV EN kit XAVB101 Bridge - EN, Fast EN, HomePlug AV (HPAV)

i never used this product but ive used one similar to this for a customer's house

im a tech from a cable company up here in norcal. so yea i deal with these probs everyday. specially the customer has a really big house. wireless shit dont work.

I'm interested, how exactly does this work? I've never heard of this product and google tells me to just configure then plug it into socket. Seems deceptively simple.