help: wanting to get a wireless router

[tylork92 10+ year member]

Well i want to get a wireless router b/c im gettin a laptop for xmas hopefully and i would like it for my Itouch. We have RoadRunner internet so wat kinda of router should i be lookin at as i have NO clue...links to places like Walmart and Best buy would be great.

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

i got this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR+-+RangeMax+Dual-Band+Wireless-N+Router+with+4-Port+Ethernet+Switch/8669915.p?id=1197074537600&skuId=8669915

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

i would suggest Linksys. They are solid good working routers.

 

[MoneyMike 10+ year member]

If your a gamer get a D-LINK DGL4500

 

[Boomintempo 10+ year member]

Don't get the Linksys WRT106N V2. It sucks monkey balls, but if DNS errors all the time are your thang...then you may love it.

But yeah, the router sucks.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

If you want to do any video streaming or file transfers go wireless N and thank me later

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

wireless N ftw. linkys is cisco. NUFF SAID

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

if the laptop doesn't do wireless N, you are wasting your money

pretty sure the Ipod wont do N either

it will read the G from the same router though

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

What kind of retarded fucking advice is that?

We rarely see eye to eye, and I generally find your approach less than respectable, but I have to admit your blunt replies sometimes make me laugh.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

As long as you continue to not respect my approach, we will always get along.

That was a much nicer reply than I was expecting.

 

[Sevening 10+ year member]

If the computer does Wireless-N get an N router. The touch is only Wireless-G, but it will still work with a Wireless-N router. I have a Netgear RangeMax Next Wireless-N router and I had me and my three roommates playing COD4 wirelessly on separate xbox 360 consoles (Which isn't Wireless-N) while streaming music from computer to computer for listening pleasure, and one of us was always host. Granted I have business class roadrunner, but a Wireless-N router will handle all of the traffic just fine. I've used Linksys and Netgear and I've never had any trouble with any of my Netgear routers, and none of my Linksys routers were bad except the last one. The Netgear Wireless-N beat that Linksys Wireless-N router in speed, distance, and reliability too.

I'd get a Netgear and look for one that says Rangemax Next because that's their fancy stuff.

If the computer you get doesn't support Wireless-N then I'd say pretty much any Linksys or Netgear because Wireless-G is old and everybody makes them these days. Wireless-N is still fairly new (depending on how tech-savvy a person talking to you is, it's either 8 years old, or 6 months).

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I have a netgear rangemax also. Like it so far.