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AskGadgets: Can you recommend a good wireless router? (self.gadgets)

submitted ago by westenskow

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My trusty 'ol Linksys just died on me and since I haven't had to shop for anything network related in years, I feel a little behind the times. I do a fair amount of gaming and torrenting, if that has any bearing. Thanks!

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[–]lilumpy 2 points3 points ago

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I have a spare Netgear RangeMax WPN824, just sent you a pm if you want it.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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This. Then install Tomato.

[–]Andybaby1 2 points3 points ago

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ive had the older verson of the same router and DDWRT for over 7 years. its still awesome

[–]squidgy 1 point2 points ago

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Agreed. The 54GL and the old (2003/4ish) 54G's are some of the best consumer routers ever made in my book. The new ones, on the other hand, are utter rubbish.

Plus, with DD-WRT or Tomato, they can work as bridges, and they're far cheaper than buying wifi adapters for consoles and such.

[–]ViaConNada 1 point2 points ago* 

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I have and like this one

Gigabit ports, Wireless N, USB for network storage, you can flash it with dd-wrt.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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How long have you had it?

[–]ViaConNada 0 points1 point ago

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Since last November.

Except for a few instances of power outages it has been up continuously since then.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Cool! Is N reliable?

[–]ViaConNada 0 points1 point ago

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I only have 1 N device, wife's laptop, but we haven't had any trouble with it.

[–]inspired2apathy 0 points1 point ago

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Guess you're on your own. I just bought a cheap Rosewill from newegg. Pretty standard, but cheap for 802.11n

[–]timperry42 0 points1 point ago

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I am by no means an expert, but all I can say is don't go cheap. I always think I can save a few bucks and they crap out within a month.

[–]Curtisbeef 0 points1 point ago

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I have a WRT54G-TM with DD-WRT and it Rocks I have months of uptime without a problem.

[–]pyroman8813 0 points1 point ago

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Sorry to hi-jack this thread but since this got brought up I too have been looking to get a new router. What I have right now works but I was messing around with gigabit Ethernet the other day and instantly became addicted to the pure speed. Now I am looking into getting a gigabit router with wireless N. Does anyone here have any suggestions?

I don't have a whole lot of money and when it comes down to it its really not that important so unless I find a really great deal i probably wouldn't get anything but I figured I would throw it out there. Perhaps someone here knows something I don't.

(btw my computers are wireless N compatible so I would actually be able to use it)

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