View Full Version : Wanting to go Wireless
poley
12-14-2005, 03:38 PM
What is a good wireless router. I will be hardlining to the PC but need a wireless connection for my 360(and possibly a second computer and regular xbox).
My wife ordered the Netgear wgt624 or something like that but everything I have read on it says its not that great of a router. Loses connection alot
Any info on a good wireless router would be great. Thank you
Ratman
12-14-2005, 05:23 PM
I'm a Linksys fan...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=5250774&productCategoryId=pcmcat25300050001&type=product&cmp=++&id=1051384663529
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=5943517&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat25300050005&id=1061127609830
kevinw
12-14-2005, 05:40 PM
I am in favor of D-link. I have had both Linksys and D-link and found D-link easier to set up- My opinion ...Reason was that I could not set up a Linksys router from either the install Disk or from the IP address. I had to use the online wizard from the Linksys site. After finally installing and getting it working , I did a firmware upgrade from th Linksys website. This meant having to re-do the install. BUT since it would not insatall with the Disk or IP address I was again resorting to uising the online wizard ----Only the wizard does not work with that firmware,
Same goes for this particular game bridge -A beast to set up ended up taking the whole mess back
This be the bad mamajama
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00007KDVI/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/002-0612302-5346432?%5Fencoding=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=172282
Ratman
12-14-2005, 05:49 PM
LOL... I have both of the Linksys devices above. I've had no problems.
I just bought the gaming adapter last week. Plugged it in, powered up my PC and .... I'm in.
In the long run... they're all fine and compatible. But IMO... stay with one vendor for additional devices (all Linksys, NetGear, D-Link, et.al.)
kevinw
12-14-2005, 06:10 PM
LOL... I have both of the Linksys devices above. I've had no problems.
I just bought the gaming adapter last week. Plugged it in, powered up my PC and .... I'm in.
In the long run... they're all fine and compatible. But IMO... stay with one vendor for additional devices (all Linksys, NetGear, D-Link, et.al.)
YEAH but your a network geek any way :D
Funny thing I use a Linksys game bridge-
poley
12-14-2005, 06:22 PM
thanks everyone. I should be getting the netgear today. gunna try it and see how it works. I have 21 days to return it so I will give it a trial run. But as it is I am leaning to return it.
mikehbkwm
12-16-2005, 02:51 AM
Im personally thinking about putting in a gigabit card on the computers and switching over to a Netgear gigabit switch. Im using all cat 6 in the house so I will easily be able to transmit a gig a second.
potisyourfriend
12-17-2005, 01:20 PM
I'm a Linksys fan...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=5250774&productCategoryId=pcmcat25300050001&type=product&cmp=++&id=1051384663529
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=5943517&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat25300050005&id=1061127609830
I've had mine for 2yrs without ever being off and has never once dropped a connection to any of my computers or Xbox and now Xbox360.....