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Recommend a good wireless router/modem

Elessar · 2006-01-04 16:11:14

I'm planning on getting wireless in my home soon hopefully for an iBook. Apple's Airport Extreme is unbelievably expensive at 182 euro with student discount. Can anyone recommend one which is powerful enough so that I can leave it next to my adsl modem in my bedroom and use it downstairs? Or is that even possible?…

04-01-2006 4:11pm

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Elessar

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I'm planning on getting wireless in my home soon hopefully for an iBook. Apple's Airport Extreme is unbelievably expensive at 182 euro with student discount.

Can anyone recommend one which is powerful enough so that I can leave it next to my adsl modem in my bedroom and use it downstairs? Or is that even possible? Preferably under 100 euro...

Anyone?

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#2 05-01-2006 12:30am

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Elessar wrote:

I'm planning on getting wireless in my home soon hopefully for an iBook. Apple's Airport Extreme is unbelievably expensive at 182 euro with student discount.

Can anyone recommend one which is powerful enough so that I can leave it next to my adsl modem in my bedroom and use it downstairs? Or is that even possible? Preferably under 100 euro...

Anyone?

The linksys wrt54g is pretty popular on here - dont forget to put the modem into bridge mode when you get the router.

http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=306148&cks=SER

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#3 05-01-2006 10:01am

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Before getting the linksys router have a look at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054867024
If you avoid version 5 it is a great router and seems to have a very good range in my awkwardly shaped home.

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#4 05-01-2006 9:56pm

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dub45 wrote:

The linksys wrt54g is pretty popular on here - dont forget to put the modem into bridge mode when you get the router.

http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=306148&cks=SER

Would this be powerful enough so I could use it throughout the house, if I left it in my bedroom? I mean do ceilings/walls block the signal too much?

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#5 06-01-2006 10:49am

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Elessar wrote:

Would this be powerful enough so I could use it throughout the house, if I left it in my bedroom? I mean do ceilings/walls block the signal too much?

I find it okay. It gets through my 40cm thick stone walls. I have the s version so my signal gets degraded from 125 down to 54 most of the time. That is why I went for the s because otherwise I would be down to about 24 at best!

L.

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#6 06-01-2006 11:22am

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Do NOT buy Belkin!

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