Topic Wireless Router

anirban3598

I have been looking online for info on wireless routers. It appears the D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme and the Linksys WRT-160N is quite good. I am preferring D-Link because of its range and capabilities to include printers in the network.

Anyone out there have any hand on experience with this unit? I will be recommending this to a friend to whom I helped with their purchasing of laptop which has an N card built in. The laptop is HP 9000 series with an Intel core Duo 2.0 chip and 800 mhz front side bus.

-HAL-

What do you need the router for?
Both of those looks pretty good and both D-Link and Linksys are very good wireless brands, but depending on the price they may seem to be a bit "overkill" for a simple home network (unless you have a big house)

chavyanu

If you want extreme functionality get a linksys WRT54G and flash it with dd-wrt firmware. You'll get all your functionality plus itll be a conversation starter!

mmarsh

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I set up a few wireless networks with D-LINK. They are pretty good. They are abit more advanced than the Netgears so its slightly more tricker to set them up. Personally I don't like they way they set up the Administrator console, but its not a deal-breaker. They have better range than Netgear G6xx+8xx series but are more expensive too.

The biggest weakness is the documentation, which is CRAP and totally insufficient. I got my Grandma a DSL-605 (modem+router) I was setting up the WSA-PSK but unlike most other routers I use, setting changes for security are not retroactive, plus I was getting an odd error message relating to having 2 SSID (which I didn't have).

In fact, the setting changes had to be finalized in a separate area of the console (which wasn't that easy to find) and the error message I was getting was normal. But NOWHERE was either of this mentioned in the documentation. It was unbelievable, I had to call the help desk to get an answer. Once that mystery was solved , it works fine.

I am more of a fan of Linksys (as its part of Cisco) but they are much more expensive.

Cassie

I have a home networking system and use Netgear. We have a total of 6 computers that are online at once in a 3000 sq ft home. I hear that Linksys is better, but it cost more than my netgear. I am happy with Netgear.