[OT] home routers

[Dan Ritter]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:45:54AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> A number of years ago I got a Linksys WRT54G for my friend's condo. He
> has 2 computers, 1 wired and the other is a laptop. The condo is one
> floor with a long corridor from the bedroom to the living room. We had
> to put the router nearly in line of site because the signal was too weak
> because of the kitchen being in the way (too many heavy metal things
> like heater, stove, etc. Possibly wires. It generally works for him, but
> lately it has been getting flaky. I am currently using a D-Link Dir-655
> at home, with an excellent signal from the downstairs to all the
> upstairs rooms. I'd like to see some recommendations on home wireless
> routers. I certainly recommend the D-Link, but I want to see a few other
> informed opinions. My last Linksys died, and I'm not high on them any
> longer.

I put in a Cisco/Linksys 160NL, and it was awful. I tried
swapping firmware, and that didn't fix anything.

Replaced it with a NetGear WNDR3700, which is pretty spiffy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122326                 

Works well.

-dsr-


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