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macdave
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 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: Best wireless router for mac |
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Ok i,m thinking about buying a macbook soon so it would be nice to have wireless web.
I've heard of people complaining about the reliability and price of apple routers.
I'm looking at the Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G at the moment, has a good price. The main thing really is that i want ease of configuration and good speeds/ reliability.
I also have a mini on the same connection so i want to leave that wired.
I'm wondering what wireless routers are other mac users using? |
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I have a Belkin F5D7230-4 and an Airport Express. They're working together with WDS, the Belkin as the main and the Express as the repeater.
I don't have any complaints really. Both do what they should, and I rarely have any issues.
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Futa_Mill
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Best wireless router for mac |
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| macdave wrote: | Ok i,m thinking about buying a macbook soon so it would be nice to have wireless web.
I've heard of people complaining about the reliability and price of apple routers.
I'm looking at the Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G at the moment, has a good price. The main thing really is that i want ease of configuration and good speeds/ reliability.
I also have a mini on the same connection so i want to leave that wired.
I'm wondering what wireless routers are other mac users using? |
Do not get a Linksys router ever there are not good at all. I have had trouble with at least 3 of them. But i would definitely recommend the belkin very good, ease of use is pretty good and it is very reliable.
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macdave
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ok i've been checking out the belkin and it looks good at only €40 here in europe. Like i say its just for a macbook so i didnt want anything expensive. See you can set up a printer too.
Do you find the speed good?. g is the latest right. |
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Jrb599
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| macdave wrote: | ok i've been checking out the belkin and it looks good at only €40 here in europe. Like i say its just for a macbook so i didnt want anything expensive. See you can set up a printer too.
Do you find the speed good?. g is the latest right. |
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macdave
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ok i see n is 300mb and g is 54mb. but does this only matter is your networking you computers and sharing large files.
im sure theres a drop in connection speed between router and computer but would it be that bad as to really afffect web browsing.
Ya i havnt to a clue about all this wireless stuff |
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Jrb599
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G is what you want since your computer most likely has a G card in it.
And I've had Linksys along with everyone else I know and they're great. Much better than D-Link or Netgear, that's for sure.
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| Jrb599 wrote: | G is what you want since your computer most likely has a G card in it.
And I've had Linksys along with everyone else I know and they're great. Much better than D-Link or Netgear, that's for sure. |
Linksys is definetly the worst, I still am going to say to get a belkin. I bought my linksys about 3 years ago and they are still the same crap and the same price today. Belkin was cheaper and a far better product.
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I've had good luck with most of my WRT54G variety linksys routers. You can flash some models with a Linux based firmware giving you better control of the device.
I find d-link to be the worst, netgear works well. But it's basically universal that people like the Apple based routers. Should my d-link router ever die I'll replace it with an Airport from Apple.
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