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<blockquote data-quote="Gunrunner45" data-source="post: 1338073" data-attributes="member: 12488"><p>Garrett,</p><p></p><p>Trust me, I ran a wireless Internet company for 3 years and have been in IT for over 15 years. Wireless networking is my specialty. Do not by the cheapest one you can find or something refurbished. I have thrown away enough cheap, outdated and just plain old crappy wireless routers to fill a swimming pool. The customer always thinks its the providers fault because they bought the best router @ wal-mart (been on the shelf for 4 years) or the one Aunt Emma recommended. If you were an IT guy with experience in wireless networking I'd say go for it, otherwise stick to something proven.</p><p></p><p>Because you are new to the wireless game and its your first setup go with new equipment that is getting good reviews. Wireless networking is great when it works and beyond frustrating when it doesn't. Ordering from Newegg.com is good advice. They sell enough stock that their inventory is up to date. If you want to buy local thats cool. Avoid Wal-Mart!!!!!! They sell old outdated stock. You could get one thats been on the shelf for over a year with outdated firmware. Best Buy's return policy isn't as good as Wally World but their inventory is better. Don't know about Staples. I have bought a few things there on sale. Their everyday prices tend to be a little high.</p><p></p><p>You can go with the Linksys if you want. Personally I avoid their new products. They are not the company they used to be. When Cisco bought Linksys they castrated the Linksys product line to avoid it competing with the higher end Cisco products.</p><p></p><p>We banned certain Linksys products from our Network because of known issues Linksys engineers refused to fix even though they were known issues. The only linksys routers we recommended were the WRT54G v1-4. Earlier versions we banned and latter versions (WRT54G v5+) were lockup happy.</p><p></p><p>We replaced any of the know problematic ones with the cheap Belkin "G" routers. They weren't fancy but they worked and didn't bring down our network 2-3 times a day.</p><p></p><p>If I were to buy a router today I'd go with the Netgear WNDR3700 that Maximum PC recommended. Its fast and the USB is a bonus. I paid about $100 for a device that allows me to add USB devices to my network.</p><p></p><p>My friend just bought one yesterday for around $150.</p><p></p><p>Anyway just my .02 worth. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gunrunner45, post: 1338073, member: 12488"] Garrett, Trust me, I ran a wireless Internet company for 3 years and have been in IT for over 15 years. Wireless networking is my specialty. Do not by the cheapest one you can find or something refurbished. I have thrown away enough cheap, outdated and just plain old crappy wireless routers to fill a swimming pool. The customer always thinks its the providers fault because they bought the best router @ wal-mart (been on the shelf for 4 years) or the one Aunt Emma recommended. If you were an IT guy with experience in wireless networking I'd say go for it, otherwise stick to something proven. Because you are new to the wireless game and its your first setup go with new equipment that is getting good reviews. Wireless networking is great when it works and beyond frustrating when it doesn't. Ordering from Newegg.com is good advice. They sell enough stock that their inventory is up to date. If you want to buy local thats cool. Avoid Wal-Mart!!!!!! They sell old outdated stock. You could get one thats been on the shelf for over a year with outdated firmware. Best Buy's return policy isn't as good as Wally World but their inventory is better. Don't know about Staples. I have bought a few things there on sale. Their everyday prices tend to be a little high. You can go with the Linksys if you want. Personally I avoid their new products. They are not the company they used to be. When Cisco bought Linksys they castrated the Linksys product line to avoid it competing with the higher end Cisco products. We banned certain Linksys products from our Network because of known issues Linksys engineers refused to fix even though they were known issues. The only linksys routers we recommended were the WRT54G v1-4. Earlier versions we banned and latter versions (WRT54G v5+) were lockup happy. We replaced any of the know problematic ones with the cheap Belkin "G" routers. They weren't fancy but they worked and didn't bring down our network 2-3 times a day. If I were to buy a router today I'd go with the Netgear WNDR3700 that Maximum PC recommended. Its fast and the USB is a bonus. I paid about $100 for a device that allows me to add USB devices to my network. My friend just bought one yesterday for around $150. Anyway just my .02 worth. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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