Wireless router questions

[thatpfunk]

I live with 2 roomates. We all have laptops. One laptop does not have wireless capabilities so he will be using a cord still. My laptop uses a small plug-in and my roomate has built-in wireless capabilities.

I was recommended the Linksys 2.4 ghz as a cheap, good, functional router. link (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KDVI/102-2038548-3431331?v=glance)

A few questions: Is this everything we will need to go wireless? Will we have to buy anything else?

Does anyone have any reviews or thoughts on this router? Any other recommendations?

[JinX11]

That should be it. Linksys is very good, imo.

[asofel]

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That should be it. Linksys is very good, imo.

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yep. easy to setup as well. follow instructions and you should be good in 5 or so steps.

[kipin]

Linksys sucks. I have had two different linksys wireless G routers and they both had their own problems.

The first one I had worked fine for about 4 months, then it decided to stop forwarding all ports. No way around it, tried reseting the router, updating the firmware, power cycling it, all of which were futile attempts. After about 4 more months of this first crappy router I got a new one which has its own unique problems.

Every day (at least once a day) the wireless signal drops to 1 mbps, and I lose internet connectivity and networking connectivity. The only solution I have found is to go down to the router, and unplug it and then plug it back in. This fixes the problem for about 24 hours.

Linksys is a pile of crap.

/rant

[thatpfunk]

Alternatives?

[TimM]

Try this. (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=techhelp)

[kipin]

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Alternatives?

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They all suck.

I'm sure others will post horror stories about Netgear and D-Link. (The other two major manufacturers.)

[Sooga]

I bought some no-name (Airlink) wireless G router for $29.99 at Fry's, and it's been working great.