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My Netgear WNR834B is on it's way out, the wireless card in it is starting to make some funny noises.
One of my pet peeves with it is how often I'd have to power cycle the thing to regain connectivity to my laptop. There's also probably at least 10 other access points in the area and I'd have trouble streaming movies from my desktop to my laptop in my bedroom at the other side of the house.
I'm thinking of putting down the cash for something commercial grade.
What I'm looking for is something extremely stable, and will pretty much outpower all my neighbors.
I can get u a telus 2wire mondem/router if u want. The modem function can be turned off and made into a pure router. The 2wire has really good wireless strenght and signal but the modem function is well not good but that wouldn't matter in this case.
I think routers like the WRT54G w/ DD-WRT make excellent routers -- that's what I have, however, I found that DD-WRT didn't do a great job of boosting the power of the antennas just through it's software.
If you need commercial POWER, then you'll need bigger antennas, not just new firmware. If you need commercial grade FEATURES, then just get any DD-WRT compatible router, and go with that.
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I can get u a telus 2wire mondem/router if u want. The modem function can be turned off and made into a pure router. The 2wire has really good wireless strenght and signal but the modem function is well not good but that wouldn't matter in this case.
I've had problems with the 2wires in the past with connection issues and such.
Yea as a modem the 2wire isnt very good but as a wireless router its pretty damn good. The modem itself isnt too bad its all the Telus firmware that causes the issue however like I said before converting the 2wire to be a pure router is something I highly recommend as it will be very strong and stable.
I have one setup upstairs near the front of the house and get a strong signal when I'm outside in my garage
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My problems could just be my Netgear Router acting sickly. I'd get stuttery video on my media center PC (connected wireless N) with just 700meg xvid files. And it's basically 4 feet away on the other side of a plaster wall from the router.
The WRT54G's don't do wireless N, which is an important for me as I want the bandwidth to be setup to be able to stream full hi def video in the future.
I think routers like the WRT54G w/ DD-WRT make excellent routers -- that's what I have, however, I found that DD-WRT didn't do a great job of boosting the power of the antennas just through it's software.
If you need commercial POWER, then you'll need bigger antennas, not just new firmware. If you need commercial grade FEATURES, then just get any DD-WRT compatible router, and go with that.
Might set you back a grand but I don't think you'll have any problems with getting a good signal.
If the PC you want to stream to is just on the other side of the wall and if it's not too hard to get through, why not just bust a hole in the wall and hardwire it? No matter how good the gear you get, a hardwire connection will always be better than any wireless connection. Buy a few keystone RJ45 jacks to make it look nicer.
Might set you back a grand but I don't think you'll have any problems with getting a good signal.
If the PC you want to stream to is just on the other side of the wall and if it's not too hard to get through, why not just bust a hole in the wall and hardwire it? No matter how good the gear you get, a hardwire connection will always be better than any wireless connection. Buy a few keystone RJ45 jacks to make it look nicer.
I don't own the wall I need to bust through (I rent)
I see those Aironets in the government datacenter I sometimes have to work at, and that's what I was thinking when I made this thread. I had no idea they were THAT much money.
edit: the d-link isn't 802.11N though, and it may be PoE only, which would mean you'd have to buy a PoE injector as well. The cisco(linksys) one above is PoE but also comes with a regular power adapter.