Buying new wireless router
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mmoore5553
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I will tell you right now that get a router with an actual antenna. I have worked on too many peoples issues with built an antenna. The worst one of them all is the cisco wireless router with the weird oval shape. I throw those away at any client house or business I see them at.
If anything stay away from cisco but that IMO . I have thrown 40 of them away this year alone because of intermittent connectivity issues.
Also the netgear range extenders are excellent. I have them paired up with a netgear router at six houses.
If you do get one with built in antenna get anything but cisco.
If anything stay away from cisco but that IMO . I have thrown 40 of them away this year alone because of intermittent connectivity issues.
Also the netgear range extenders are excellent. I have them paired up with a netgear router at six houses.
If you do get one with built in antenna get anything but cisco.
Adam Howard
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Avoid Linksys. They use to be my all time favorite, but their newer models just suck (poor signal, reboots, slower speeds, ect...) 
An unlikely brand that is growing on me is TP-Link. Their stuff isn't as small and compact, but OMG can their stuff "sing". Extremely strong signal and their wireless is so fast, that you'll think you were physically connected.
An unlikely brand that is growing on me is TP-Link. Their stuff isn't as small and compact, but OMG can their stuff "sing". Extremely strong signal and their wireless is so fast, that you'll think you were physically connected.
Adam Howard
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Anything TP-Link
To put it into prospective. I can connect using just my wireless usb adaptor from the ground floor, when the unit is 8 floors up in the city.
mmoore5553
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I have netgear one and it is very good. It is the N model but you can not go wrong. One thing i do like those is mine has a usb port on it. This makes it very handy to use is as a network storage and for every computer to get . Any netgear I have not went wrong with clients or any dlink N routers. But with DLink i have always had to update firmware even when i just got it.
mmoore5553
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I will have to take a look at TP-link because normally with usb stick you do not get a good signal at all.
Adam Howard
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TP-Link router is outstanding, but the USB surprised me. Some how it picks up everything within 1 block. I get my neighbors behind me, on another street (weak & not stable, but there).
This is the one I just found on Amazon that seems like their top of the line model
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR1043ND-Ultimate-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B002YLAUU8/
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR1043ND-Ultimate-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B002YLAUU8/
mmoore5553
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That looks good but only downside is not have QOS . That basically means logical routing in simple terms. So if you have a skype call going on it is going to route more bandwidth towards keeping the calling clarity good . It can also route for gaming too. If you do not mind not having that then it is a good buy.
I personally look for QOS but that is preference only.
<yes i know explaining QOS can mean several things but I am breaking it down very basic>
I personally look for QOS but that is preference only.
<yes i know explaining QOS can mean several things but I am breaking it down very basic>
Adam Howard
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http://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wirel...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335585661&sr=1-43
They have other models (for less), but that is what Google turned up
Adam Howard
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This is a good model and it does support QOS
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR1043ND
I have the same one
Adam Howard
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But this is the one I'm waiting for when / if I decide to update
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=2166&model=TL-WDR4300
Only because I have more wireless stuff now
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=2166&model=TL-WDR4300
Only because I have more wireless stuff now
ManagerJosh
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I have the predecessor to this Router 
(E4200)
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Ro...bit-USB_stcVVproductId145330245VVviewprod.htm
(E4200)http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Ro...bit-USB_stcVVproductId145330245VVviewprod.htm
Taylor J
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Next pay period, I might just pick that up.
Gene Steinberg
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The E4200 is yesterday's news, replaced by the EA4500.
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Ro...productId145330245VVcatId543809VVviewprod.htm
It's a good router, but the Cisco Connect software does some screwy things, at least on the Mac.
And there's always the Apple AirPort Extreme, which works on the Mac and PC, and has a decent user setup app.
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Ro...productId145330245VVcatId543809VVviewprod.htm
It's a good router, but the Cisco Connect software does some screwy things, at least on the Mac.
And there's always the Apple AirPort Extreme, which works on the Mac and PC, and has a decent user setup app.
Isil`Zha
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You have to be talking about the Cisco branded Linksys, not an actual Cisco Aironet WAP.
agison
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NetGear R6300, the most fastest speed
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/wirelessrouters/ultimate-performance/R6300.aspx#two
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/wirelessrouters/ultimate-performance/R6300.aspx#two
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