What is the best wireless router?

[Dwight Schrute]

It's time for me to upgrade to a decent wireless router. I have a two-story home and am constantly using the Internet for my home VoIP, torrent downloads, Netflix, iPad, and trolling WickedFire.

Any suggestions?

Gracias kindly.

 

[potentialeight]

I've used a Linksys WRT54GL for years in a small two-story home and I get decent signal out in the yard too, but I don't know if there's newer and better shit.

 

[lschmidt]

While not "the best", I have one of these and have no issues:

Newegg.com - NETGEAR WNR3500L-100NAS Wireless-N Router RangeMax Opensource 802.11b/g/n up to 300Mbps/ DD-WRT Open Source support/ USB x1

 

[HiGhPeR]

The Asus RT-N56U looks like it has some good reviews.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

The Asus RT-N56U looks like it has some good reviews.

I was gazing at that just now on Amazon...

 

[Deliguy]

The wireless router i took a chance on is now over 2.5 years old and still kicking ass

http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/59831-sick-brand-name-wireless-routers.html

It's out of stock on newegg but its still available in a few places
ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL X-550NH Wireless router - 4-port switch (integrated) - EN, Fast EN, Gigabit EN, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0)

 

[flx89]

i used linksys and wasn't satisfied at all. I am now using D-link, it's much better, but still can't say it's the best

 

[(O_o)]

Linksys router with DD-WRT ( http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index ) or Tomato ( http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato ) firmware installed on it !

 

[shawnhag]

Get a $300+ Cisco small biz router and program the ios yourself...a very fun project I did recently and do not regret!

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[suave]

i have a belkin pos that i bought at home depot 3 years ago for 40 bucks


it bout to go thru da windoes

 

[pocketrockets]

I've used the AirPort Extreme Base Station for the last few years... pricey, but one of the most stable wireless routers I've ever used.

Apple - AirPort Extreme - Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station

 

[roclafamilia]

Just recently redid my network because of the modem comcast gives me has a built in switch/router and I have a large area to cover, put in a couple netgear switches and was about to get a high end netgear AP, but then decided to go with the Airport Extreme. The Airport Extreme was about 100 bucks cheaper, and I like it a lot, It covers My entire house, three stories, and my brothers house too (which happens to be the house right next to mine). I never really thought these could possibly be worth the money... ...until I owned one. I'd say it's totally worth the extra 50-80 bucks for this.

No down time or anything, extremely fast and handles high volumes of bandwidth, internet and local, and extremely easy setup too. Another nice thing is you can plug external hard drives into it, which makes wireless time machine backups and I have frequent backups now. Also acts as a NAS for other files.

 

[gtownfunk]

My opinion might be different than most, but I find with Wifi routers your best bet is to buy the absolute cheapest you can and just replace it when it becomes problematic.. rather than overpaying for something that will eventually start crapping out but being $250 into it and feeling attached and wasting a bunch of time and frustration with it.

That's my opinion anyway.

 

[conv3rsion]

ok but for real cisco / linksys e4200. its a fucking beast. its got so much awesome built in to the firmware i didn't even have to flash ddwrt on it. $160 shipped on amazon.

 

[ayzo]

Looking at the airport extreme, but it looks like you can't change the mac address on it? If so thats a serious downside.

 

[Berto]

Linksys router with DD-WRT ( www.dd-wrt.com | Unleash Your Router ) or Tomato ( Tomato Firmware | polarcloud.com ) firmware installed on it !

Are these the router OS mods that you can set to pump a bunch of extra power into the transmitter and get further range? If so, how far?

I want mine to go like 1000 feet without spending that many dollars

 

[ayzo]

i used linksys

die

And in case anyone is interested, here are the wireless router benchmark rankings:

Router Charts - Total Simultaneous Throughput - SmallNetBuilder

Gonna grab the asus

 

[thrule01]

ive used netgear and linksys in the past and this d-link gamerlounge is my favorite by far...when i do game it don't lag nearly as much if someone else if on the web surfing or downloading...

D-Link Systems D-Link GamerLounge Xtreme N Gaming Router DGL-4500 Wireless router - 4-port switch (integrated) - EN, Fast EN, Gigabit EN, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0)

 

[Netphase]

Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT or Tomato firmware installed.

It has won the NewEgg customer choice award for 48 months.

Newegg.com - Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Broadband Router 802.11b/g up to 54Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)

 

[thehobbster]

I'll tell you this. My damn Linksys WRT54G won't let me adjust the TCP connections. So anything running more than a few threads (Megapinger, proxyfinder) just crash my router out. Had to bust it back out since getting business class net. I had a bad ass Motorola modem/router combo. I miss it already.