Can someone recommend me a Router?

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Can you recommend me a good wireless router for use in the UK with Macs running Panther and a PC running XP?

- It needs to be wireless obv - 802.11g standard if poss.
- It also needs to have one physical port for wire connections in case others in the house who aren't on wireless need to use it.
- Preferably one which doesn't need a seperate adsl modem (ie, built in).

Obviously, cheaper the better...

Ta muchly!

― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 20 June 2004 11:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Dave, I can't recommend it as such, because I don't have it, but this Netgear DG834G is the one I'm planning to get when I'm less broke.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 June 2004 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I can un-recommend this one: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=601
It's always and forever knocking my computer (I share cable with a housemate) offline and randomly switching to non-shared mode. Very glitchy.

― mouse, Sunday, 20 June 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm using a Belkin 54G router at home at the minute. It's got two PCs (one XP, one Linux) and an xbox connected wired and a laptop wirelessly.
I've not had a single problem with it so far.
Heres a link - you can get it at savastore for less than £46 http://www.savastore.com/products/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Savastore&product%5Fid=10264022&pid=44

― Greig (treefell), Sunday, 20 June 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Problem with that is that it doesn't have an integrated ADSL modem. Or do people advise getting them separately?

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 June 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i have the LINKSYS model mentioned above and i've never had a problem with it!! we have three PC laptops running wireless (two 802.11g and one 802.11b) and a desktop PC connected physically. we're using the connection pretty much all day, too.

then again maybe i got a good one and mouse got a bum one :(

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 20 June 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah, of course with the linksys you'd need to buy a modem too ... sorry

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 20 June 2004 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The Belkin model just above that has integrated ADSL modem - savacentre are doing it for 70 quid inc VAT, which is 30 cheaper than the Netgear.

― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 20 June 2004 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm.. Belkin sounds like a concentration camp - I'd avoid it.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 June 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

You should maybe search the archives or ask a question at the Mac forum on adslguide.org.uk. There's a few people there that seem to know their stuff.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 June 2004 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Getting no probs on those forums, and the user reviews at Amazon and savacentre are all very positive.

― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 20 June 2004 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I wasn't serious about the concentration camp objection.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 June 2004 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Mouse, have you tried upgrading the firmware on your Linksys WRT54G? I have one at home and it causes me no problems whatsoever.

― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 20 June 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

my linksys WRT54G is excellent, the signal strength and coverage frequently astounds me.

― willdabeast, Monday, 21 June 2004 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Where would be the best place around London to buy one in person? I'd like a good price, but I also want to have it today in my hands and not have to pay for shipping.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 20 August 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.izhcom.ru/equip/cisco/3600b.jpg

― david acid (gareth), Friday, 20 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.savonarolamustburn.com/pulpimage.jpg

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 20 August 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Bumpa-lumpa.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 21 August 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I recommend the Belkin F5D7630UK 802.11g wireless router/ADSL modem. I paid about £70 for this from ebuyer, but I saw it a few weeks ago in the PC World on Tottenham Court Road for about £80-ish, which is pretty reasonable. Easy as fuck to set up too.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 22 August 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

OK so here's my router question: currently my Win98 PC is plugged into the wall via an Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 USB modem. I now want to get a wireless router so I can use my laptop too. What should I get? Am I right to think there should be something cheaper that works with the USB modem rather than getting a router/modem together? I don't intend to operate the PC wirelessly, so that can stay plugged in.

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

There might be a way of doing this, but not quite in the way you described. The router would have to sit between the PC and the modem whatever you did.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought you didn't need a router at all if you were happy to have the ADSL-connected PC on all the time that you want to use the wireless laptop?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

(just a wireless card in both machines?)

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Good point there that man.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

really? how would this work? will it slow things down at all? and how much are wireless cards anyway? i tried to find out on dabs but got confused...

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

also if i did that would there be an easy way to tranfer files between the two machines? that would be useful...

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I think transferring files should be easy this way, yes. At least it is with macs. Don't know about overall performance issues - I've never done it. I'm sure having a dedicated router is a better way of doing things if you can afford it.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

that looks like it might be a sensible temporary measure. does anyone know if i'm going to have trouble becuase the desktop is only running windows 98?

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Bear in mind that you'll have to buy a wireless card for both machines this way, when you might not really need one for the PC if you end up getting a router eventually (though having one is always handy, and will enable the file transfer thing). Still, wireless cards aren't expensive these days. 30 quid or something for PCs?

W98 - don't know.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 August 2004 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

and will enable the file transfer thing

Actually, you'd be able to do this with the router setup too, wouldn't you, so I guess this isn't a separate plus.

Things have reached a pretty pass when I am giving tech advice on ILE.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 August 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

i think i might get the belkin that james suggests upthread? or, is that a mistake?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 7 February 2005 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I've a Netcomm wireless with 4 eth ports plus USB, tis a router and DSL modem and it hasnt given me a second's trouble, also the interface is clear and easy.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck a belkin dude, you want better config options than that.
What you need is a 12000 series. Just order an extra one at work and say it got lost in the mail!
http://www.cisco.com/image/jpeg/en/us/guest/products/ps167/c1122/ccmigration_09186a008002d3f7.jpg

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Mmmm Ciscos. I miss ordering racks of 2600s and whatnot. Er, in my job, sif I could afford one.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I always happily misread this thread as:

"Can someone recommend me a Goiter?"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

nine years pass...

Anybody else have a Belkin router go splat? I was internetless this morning and narrowed it down to communication problems between my modem and router. Got through to my ISP and he said Belkin did a big firmware update last night that apparently didn't go well, and took down every Belkin router everywhere.

― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:59 (eleven years ago)

five years pass...

what's good in routers these days

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:01 (five years ago)

idk but i'm shopping for a better one too since i'm on zoom literally all day. which is weird because i have this top of the line asus joint from several years ago with like four big antennas (RT-AC87) but it doesn't seem to be keeping up anymore

my spot is a long narrow rectangle as opposed to squarish (three big rooms all in a straight line) and so i'm looking at mesh routers and man they're fucking expensive. the ones i've been pricing out are like $599 and up

― the late great, Friday, 28 August 2020 14:30 (five years ago)

yeah my new place is a similar shape so I have....similar concerns

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:34 (five years ago)

Eero 3 pack for 250

― Downtown Baby Photographers (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:36 (five years ago)

$679 in Canada :(

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:41 (five years ago)

ah, sorry. Every eero has an ethernet port. You manage it all through a phone app. They have good customer service.

― Downtown Baby Photographers (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:41 (five years ago)

err wait, 349

139 for one though, maybe that'll suffice? it's just an apartment.

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:42 (five years ago)

I think you can buy them one at a time. So 2 for 280 could be best. Maybe get one, see how it is, add as needed?

― Downtown Baby Photographers (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:50 (five years ago)

we have a relatively small apartment but needed more than 1 to get ethernet port to a room for an internet phone for wfh.

― Downtown Baby Photographers (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 28 August 2020 14:51 (five years ago)

Meshforce M3, 3 pack for $179 ($159 w/coupon). We bought this system about a year ago and it is robust and flawless. I can see my home network from half a block away in every direction.

https://www.amazon.com/Meshforce-Whole-Home-System-Suite/dp/B07YXYV9MQ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3I04D4YEVZM2G&dchild=1&keywords=meshforce+m3&qid=1598626748&sprefix=meshforce%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-3

― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:01 (five years ago)

thanks WmC, I'll look at the canadian options for that! I would prefer not to give Amazon my $$ if it can be helped.

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:05 (five years ago)

Yeah, I'm sure there are alternatives to Bezos-prime for that. Can't recommend that system highly enough.

― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Friday, 28 August 2020 15:09 (five years ago)

wow, why is that so cheap? the orbi 3 pack is like a thousand bucks! does it have a backhaul channel like the orbi? does it need it?

― the late great, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:15 (five years ago)

Eeros are supposed to be great; but I went with the Google WiFi router system, it was a little cheaper. It works way, way better than the series of netgear and Asus routers I had before, which were, frankly, garbage.

― akm, Friday, 28 August 2020 15:37 (five years ago)

I replaced an Asus w/ ubiquiti a few months back. Now the whole family can zoom w/o complaining to me. Definitely on the prosumer end, but it does work well.

― fajita seas, Saturday, 29 August 2020 03:09 (five years ago)

I got a synology router which has mesh capabilities and one expansion unit and that fills the whole house with a good strong signal.

It was only really necessary because there’s the metal kitchen counter that blocks signal from the router to E’s office. The 5G router has a really good signal all the way down the front of the house.

I chose that one partly because The range of mesh systems available in Australia is really poor and partly because it allows me to set up a VPN for the whole network and watch japanese and British tv on the Apple TV.

― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Saturday, 29 August 2020 05:04 (five years ago)

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