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Old 07-24-2012, 03:59 AM
Bob
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Default Need to replace Netgear Wireless Router

The small non-profit I do volunteer work for had their Netgear wireless die
recently. I do not know the model number but it has 4 wired ports in
addition to the WAN port and is probably 802.11n.

I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement that is hopefully less
than $100, supports WPA2, and at least 100mb on the wired ports. With
Cisco's recent heavy handed attempt to have the ability to deprive owners
access to their own E-series routers, I don't think I'm interested in a
Cisco/Linksys product.

Thanks!


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Old 07-24-2012, 04:41 AM
Jeff Liebermann
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:59:10 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:

>The small non-profit I do volunteer work for had their Netgear wireless die
>recently.


Have you tried raising the dead? Open up the unspecified model
Netgear router. If it's one of the flat sided "boxy" type of routers,
it will probably have bulging electrolytic capacitors on the main
board. Replace them and it will work again. I've done about a dozen
such routers without much difficulty.

You may also have issues with the power supply.
<http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/repair/slides/Netgear%20DSA-12R-12.html>

>I do not know the model number but it has 4 wired ports in
>addition to the WAN port and is probably 802.11n.


Unfortunately, that description fits about 12 different Netgear
routers. I'll guess WRN2000 only because I have one sitting next to
me.

>I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement that is hopefully less
>than $100, supports WPA2, and at least 100mb on the wired ports.


Start here:
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view>
Lots of reviews, performance tests, and comments. I can't really
offer a recommendation with such minimal requirements. It would be
nice to know if you need dual band, QoS, WMM, guest account, dual
SSID, and other optional features.

>With
>Cisco's recent heavy handed attempt to have the ability to deprive owners
>access to their own E-series routers, I don't think I'm interested in a
>Cisco/Linksys product.


Hmmm... one screwup negates years of doing it right? Got it.

Cisco apparently didn't realize the implications of what they were
doing and probably didn't bother asking any home users if they
actually wanted Cisco to manage their routers via the Cisco cloud. If
you think about it, there are some rather useful benefits. Cisco
changed their position almost instantly when the mistake was
discovered. There was no coverup. I wouldn't call that heavy handed.
I don't see a problem.



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Old 07-24-2012, 01:04 PM
George
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Default Re: Need to replace Netgear Wireless Router

On 7/24/2012 12:41 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:59:10 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The small non-profit I do volunteer work for had their Netgear wireless die
>> recently.

>
> Have you tried raising the dead? Open up the unspecified model
> Netgear router. If it's one of the flat sided "boxy" type of routers,
> it will probably have bulging electrolytic capacitors on the main
> board. Replace them and it will work again. I've done about a dozen
> such routers without much difficulty.
>
> You may also have issues with the power supply.
> <http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/repair/slides/Netgear%20DSA-12R-12.html>
>
>> I do not know the model number but it has 4 wired ports in
>> addition to the WAN port and is probably 802.11n.

>
> Unfortunately, that description fits about 12 different Netgear
> routers. I'll guess WRN2000 only because I have one sitting next to
> me.
>
>> I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement that is hopefully less
>> than $100, supports WPA2, and at least 100mb on the wired ports.

>
> Start here:
> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view>
> Lots of reviews, performance tests, and comments. I can't really
> offer a recommendation with such minimal requirements. It would be
> nice to know if you need dual band, QoS, WMM, guest account, dual
> SSID, and other optional features.
>
>> With
>> Cisco's recent heavy handed attempt to have the ability to deprive owners
>> access to their own E-series routers, I don't think I'm interested in a
>> Cisco/Linksys product.

>
> Hmmm... one screwup negates years of doing it right? Got it.
>
> Cisco apparently didn't realize the implications of what they were
> doing and probably didn't bother asking any home users if they
> actually wanted Cisco to manage their routers via the Cisco cloud. If
> you think about it, there are some rather useful benefits. Cisco
> changed their position almost instantly when the mistake was
> discovered. There was no coverup. I wouldn't call that heavy handed.
> I don't see a problem.
>
>
>

I think it reflects a broken corporate ethic. It doesn't take much
thinking from someone with a moral compass in any business to realize it
is wrong.

It is heavy handed to do something like that without asking. A much
better approach would be to pitch their idea and ask folks who purchased
and own the products to opt in.



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Old 07-24-2012, 09:58 PM
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Default Re: Need to replace Netgear Wireless Router

In article <ng8s08996b4d9ujojhj2bumg2u0ofanhs6@4ax.com>, jeffl@cruzio.com
says...
>
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:59:10 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >The small non-profit I do volunteer work for had their Netgear wireless die
> >recently.

>
> Have you tried raising the dead? Open up the unspecified model
> Netgear router. If it's one of the flat sided "boxy" type of routers,
> it will probably have bulging electrolytic capacitors on the main
> board. Replace them and it will work again. I've done about a dozen
> such routers without much difficulty.
>
> You may also have issues with the power supply.
> <http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/repair/slides/Netgear%20DSA-12R-12.html>
>
> >I do not know the model number but it has 4 wired ports in
> >addition to the WAN port and is probably 802.11n.

>
> Unfortunately, that description fits about 12 different Netgear
> routers. I'll guess WRN2000 only because I have one sitting next to
> me.
>
> >I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement that is hopefully less
> >than $100, supports WPA2, and at least 100mb on the wired ports.

>
> Start here:
> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view>
> Lots of reviews, performance tests, and comments. I can't really
> offer a recommendation with such minimal requirements. It would be
> nice to know if you need dual band, QoS, WMM, guest account, dual
> SSID, and other optional features.
>
> >With
> >Cisco's recent heavy handed attempt to have the ability to deprive owners
> >access to their own E-series routers, I don't think I'm interested in a
> >Cisco/Linksys product.

>
> Hmmm... one screwup negates years of doing it right? Got it.
>
> Cisco apparently didn't realize the implications of what they were
> doing and probably didn't bother asking any home users if they
> actually wanted Cisco to manage their routers via the Cisco cloud. If
> you think about it, there are some rather useful benefits. Cisco
> changed their position almost instantly when the mistake was
> discovered. There was no coverup. I wouldn't call that heavy handed.
> I don't see a problem.


Jeff,

Thanks for the reply. I found out the router is a NETGEAR WNDR3300-100NAS.
Reading reviews for the replacement models of this, I'm seeing a lot of
negative reviews, especially in the past 6 months.

Something like the WNDR3700 is good feature-wise because of the ability to
have a guest account, dual band, and the gigabit ethernet.

Thanks,

Bob


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Old 07-25-2012, 04:19 PM
Jeff Liebermann
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:58:10 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the reply. I found out the router is a NETGEAR WNDR3300-100NAS.


Not too horrible a wireless router. I had problems with the switching
power supplies on that series. Photo in previous posting. You might
borrow another 12V 1A power supply and see if it revives.

>Reading reviews for the replacement models of this, I'm seeing a lot of
>negative reviews, especially in the past 6 months.


Careful with the reviews. I usually ignore the one or two line
comments as they offer a clue as to how much effort the user put into
making it work. Despite all the aids to easy setup, getting wireless
to play nice is still a challenge.

>Something like the WNDR3700 is good feature-wise because of the ability to
>have a guest account, dual band, and the gigabit ethernet.


Most of the current Belkin routers also fit that description.

If you don't need dual band, may I suggest the WNR3500L.
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122334>
The main advantage is that it will work with various open source
firmware, all of which offer more features than the stock firmware.

The WNDR3700 barely squeezes by your less than $100 requirement. It
also run various open source firmware:
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122326>
However, you can get it refurbished for $64.
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122470>
However, if you look through the 171 out of 820 negative comments on
this router, about a third seem to hardware failures of some manner.
This is consistent with my experience with the current Netgear
wireless products and possibly explains the existence of the refurbs.

I should probably kick myself for recommending Belkin products. I've
had good results with some of their current wireless routers. Unlike
the products sold 2 years ago and before, these seem solid. I have a
F5D8235-4 v2000 running. The only problem is that it might need a
reboot once per month, when someone's wireless client can't connect.
Not bad for a 4 year old router. Customers with some of the current
models seem to be doing about the same. Not perfect, but good enough.

I much prefer Linksys/Cisco hardware but since you have political
objections, I won't offer any suggestions.

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Old 07-26-2012, 02:15 AM
Bob
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Default Re: Need to replace Netgear Wireless Router

In article <vf5018pabqditcpc81ho9lnls18j66o0q0@4ax.com>, jeffl@cruzio.com
says...
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:58:10 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the reply. I found out the router is a NETGEAR WNDR3300-100NAS.

>
> Not too horrible a wireless router. I had problems with the switching
> power supplies on that series. Photo in previous posting. You might
> borrow another 12V 1A power supply and see if it revives.
>


The power light comes on, but the wireless light never does and the laptop
doesn't see the router. Since the problem happened when there was a nearby
lightning strike, and the wired port it was connected to also is dead, I
suspect it got zapped pretty good. All my testing was done with a known
good wired port and cable.

> >Reading reviews for the replacement models of this, I'm seeing a lot of
> >negative reviews, especially in the past 6 months.

>
> Careful with the reviews. I usually ignore the one or two line
> comments as they offer a clue as to how much effort the user put into
> making it work. Despite all the aids to easy setup, getting wireless
> to play nice is still a challenge.
>
> >Something like the WNDR3700 is good feature-wise because of the ability to
> >have a guest account, dual band, and the gigabit ethernet.

>
> Most of the current Belkin routers also fit that description.
>
> If you don't need dual band, may I suggest the WNR3500L.
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122334>
> The main advantage is that it will work with various open source
> firmware, all of which offer more features than the stock firmware.
>
> The WNDR3700 barely squeezes by your less than $100 requirement. It
> also run various open source firmware:
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122326>
> However, you can get it refurbished for $64.
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122470>
> However, if you look through the 171 out of 820 negative comments on
> this router, about a third seem to hardware failures of some manner.
> This is consistent with my experience with the current Netgear
> wireless products and possibly explains the existence of the refurbs.
>


I've read the reviews on newegg and amazon and a high hardware failure rate
with the horrible Netgear technical support trying to sell people a 3rd
party support contract rather than trying to troubleshoot the problem makes
me leery of going with a Netgear product. If this was for my own use, I'd
probably take a chance on getting a bad unit, but this is for use in an
environment where there is no technical support available other than me
after working hours.

I'll even push for spending more than $100 if that's what it takes to get
reliable hardware.


> I should probably kick myself for recommending Belkin products. I've
> had good results with some of their current wireless routers. Unlike
> the products sold 2 years ago and before, these seem solid. I have a
> F5D8235-4 v2000 running. The only problem is that it might need a
> reboot once per month, when someone's wireless client can't connect.
> Not bad for a 4 year old router. Customers with some of the current
> models seem to be doing about the same. Not perfect, but good enough.
>


I agree with your assessment of older Belkin products. After hearing all
the horror stories from early Belkin products, I've never given them a
second thought. I'll take a look at suggestions if you have any.

> I much prefer Linksys/Cisco hardware but since you have political
> objections, I won't offer any suggestions.


I have a Linksys WRT54GL that I use at home. I don't have any problems with
it but before I'd recommend a Linksys/Cisco product I'd want some assurance
that they won't play anymore games with people.

Bob


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Old 07-26-2012, 06:58 PM
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Jeff Liebermann (for it is he) wrote:

> Cisco apparently didn't realize the implications of what they were
> doing


Call me cynical, but I'm pretty sure Cisco knew *exactly* what they were
doing. Dumb luck meant there was an outcry and they had to backtrack.

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Old 07-27-2012, 12:25 AM
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:15:11 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:

>The power light comes on, but the wireless light never does and the laptop
>doesn't see the router. Since the problem happened when there was a nearby
>lightning strike, and the wired port it was connected to also is dead, I
>suspect it got zapped pretty good. All my testing was done with a known
>good wired port and cable.


Yeah, lighning damage is difficult to repair. OK, it's dead.

>I've read the reviews on newegg and amazon and a high hardware failure rate
>with the horrible Netgear technical support trying to sell people a 3rd
>party support contract rather than trying to troubleshoot the problem makes
>me leery of going with a Netgear product.


Hint: All commodity router tech support sucks. However, you can get
decent results from users on their forums. Watch out for those
expiring articles after very short periods in order to avoid
embarassing questions. I forgot who was doing that and am too lazy to
check.

When they work, the current "boxy" style of Netgear routers are fine.
However, I got tired of replacing electrolytics and gave up on them
about 6 months ago.

>If this was for my own use, I'd
>probably take a chance on getting a bad unit, but this is for use in an
>environment where there is no technical support available other than me
>after working hours.


What's a service call cost the customer? If the cost of a single
service call exceeds the cost of the router, I suggest you get
something better than bottom of the line. Look at Sonicwall wireless
routers:
<http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/TZ_Series.html>
Prices are high, and there are user count licensing issues. However,
they don't break. I have about 6 of them in service, and know of
about 5 more installed by others, mostly at businesses, medical
offices, and hospitals. Other than firmware updates and snarling with
security issues, I've had no surprises.

If you want reliability from commodity junk, the easiest fix is a
nightly reboot. DD-WRT has this built into the firmware. I'll
confess that I do that with my few remaining coffee shop customers.
It's nice to show off high uptimes, but I just want to keep the phone
from ringing. If the router doesn't have cron to do reboots, then I
add an electronic AC power timer. Woods is better than Electromec but
either will do. Be prepared to replace batteries about every 2 years.

>I'll even push for spending more than $100 if that's what it takes to get
>reliable hardware.


Ummm... quite a bit more than $100.
<http://www.sonicguard.com/TZ105.asp>
Either buy something good up front, or pay for it over the years in
service calls. Do the math.

>I agree with your assessment of older Belkin products. After hearing all
>the horror stories from early Belkin products, I've never given them a
>second thought. I'll take a look at suggestions if you have any.


I had fairly well given up on Belkin as a lost cause. Bad hardware,
lousy reliability, hangs, missing features, incomprehensible manuals,
and wide variations in wireless performance even among units with the
same model numbers. Costco was carrying Belkin for a while, so some
of my customers bought them. They immediately had QoS issues running
VoIP (both Skype and SIP). That was later fixed with a firmware
updates, but meanwhile, I replaced the routers with Linksys hardware
(mostly E1200 and E2000). Meanwhile, I decided to try the various
Belkins in my office to see if I could duplicate the symptoms. That
was about a year ago, and it's still there, mostly because I'm too
lazy to put the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 with DD-WRT back. Except for
erratic failures of various wireless devices to connect, they've been
totally stable and free of surprises. I recently bought a feature
starved Belkin N300 router on sale at Radio Shock for $30 just to see
how it works.

>> I much prefer Linksys/Cisco hardware but since you have political
>> objections, I won't offer any suggestions.

>
>I have a Linksys WRT54GL that I use at home. I don't have any problems with
>it but before I'd recommend a Linksys/Cisco product I'd want some assurance
>that they won't play anymore games with people.


Don't ask me. I don't work for Cisco. Try the support forum:
<http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/bd-p/Wireless_Routers>
<http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/About-Cisco-Connect-Cloud/td-p/536584>
and see if you can find or extract any promises.




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Old 07-27-2012, 04:01 AM
Bob
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In article <92m318d3co6fis2si70j5qpd0bfqioh7o3@4ax.com>, jeffl@cruzio.com
says...
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:15:11 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >The power light comes on, but the wireless light never does and the laptop
> >doesn't see the router. Since the problem happened when there was a nearby
> >lightning strike, and the wired port it was connected to also is dead, I
> >suspect it got zapped pretty good. All my testing was done with a known
> >good wired port and cable.

>
> Yeah, lighning damage is difficult to repair. OK, it's dead.
>
> >I've read the reviews on newegg and amazon and a high hardware failure rate
> >with the horrible Netgear technical support trying to sell people a 3rd
> >party support contract rather than trying to troubleshoot the problem makes
> >me leery of going with a Netgear product.

>
> Hint: All commodity router tech support sucks. However, you can get
> decent results from users on their forums. Watch out for those
> expiring articles after very short periods in order to avoid
> embarassing questions. I forgot who was doing that and am too lazy to
> check.
>
> When they work, the current "boxy" style of Netgear routers are fine.
> However, I got tired of replacing electrolytics and gave up on them
> about 6 months ago.
>
> >If this was for my own use, I'd
> >probably take a chance on getting a bad unit, but this is for use in an
> >environment where there is no technical support available other than me
> >after working hours.

>
> What's a service call cost the customer? If the cost of a single
> service call exceeds the cost of the router, I suggest you get
> something better than bottom of the line. Look at Sonicwall wireless
> routers:
> <http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/TZ_Series.html>
> Prices are high, and there are user count licensing issues. However,
> they don't break. I have about 6 of them in service, and know of
> about 5 more installed by others, mostly at businesses, medical
> offices, and hospitals. Other than firmware updates and snarling with
> security issues, I've had no surprises.
>
> If you want reliability from commodity junk, the easiest fix is a
> nightly reboot. DD-WRT has this built into the firmware. I'll
> confess that I do that with my few remaining coffee shop customers.
> It's nice to show off high uptimes, but I just want to keep the phone
> from ringing. If the router doesn't have cron to do reboots, then I
> add an electronic AC power timer. Woods is better than Electromec but
> either will do. Be prepared to replace batteries about every 2 years.
>
> >I'll even push for spending more than $100 if that's what it takes to get
> >reliable hardware.

>
> Ummm... quite a bit more than $100.
> <http://www.sonicguard.com/TZ105.asp>
> Either buy something good up front, or pay for it over the years in
> service calls. Do the math.
>
> >I agree with your assessment of older Belkin products. After hearing all
> >the horror stories from early Belkin products, I've never given them a
> >second thought. I'll take a look at suggestions if you have any.

>
> I had fairly well given up on Belkin as a lost cause. Bad hardware,
> lousy reliability, hangs, missing features, incomprehensible manuals,
> and wide variations in wireless performance even among units with the
> same model numbers. Costco was carrying Belkin for a while, so some
> of my customers bought them. They immediately had QoS issues running
> VoIP (both Skype and SIP). That was later fixed with a firmware
> updates, but meanwhile, I replaced the routers with Linksys hardware
> (mostly E1200 and E2000). Meanwhile, I decided to try the various
> Belkins in my office to see if I could duplicate the symptoms. That
> was about a year ago, and it's still there, mostly because I'm too
> lazy to put the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 with DD-WRT back. Except for
> erratic failures of various wireless devices to connect, they've been
> totally stable and free of surprises. I recently bought a feature
> starved Belkin N300 router on sale at Radio Shock for $30 just to see
> how it works.
>
> >> I much prefer Linksys/Cisco hardware but since you have political
> >> objections, I won't offer any suggestions.

> >
> >I have a Linksys WRT54GL that I use at home. I don't have any problems with
> >it but before I'd recommend a Linksys/Cisco product I'd want some assurance
> >that they won't play anymore games with people.

>
> Don't ask me. I don't work for Cisco. Try the support forum:
> <http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/bd-p/Wireless_Routers>
> <http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/About-Cisco-Connect-Cloud/td-p/536584>
> and see if you can find or extract any promises.


Jeff,

OK, the sonicwall and similar products are out of their price range.
I have no problem telling them that for what they want to spend they are
going to get a piece of equipment that they will throw away when it breaks
and all the company's tech support is useless.

What would you suggest for a consumer grade router?

Thanks,

Bob


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Old 07-27-2012, 06:59 AM
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:01:42 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:

>What would you suggest for a consumer grade router?


I only recommend routers that I've used or at least setup. Since the
customer doesn't want to go for higher quality, the 2nd best strategy
might be to keep the price low, and replace it with the latest when it
blows. Considering the obvious lightning hazard, that might be the
cheapest way. You haven't supplied a real list of "must have"
features, so please double check the spec sheet to make sure
everything you need is present.

Spend the first $15 on a timer for nightly reboots.

For 2.4Ghz only, I suggeest the Linksys E1200 v2 (N300) for $45. One
item I like is QoS by MAC address. DD-WRT does not have this in the
free version, which is why I bought this router.
<http://home.cisco.com/en-apac/wireless/e-series/specs>
<http://home.cisco.com/en-apac/products/routers/E1200/>
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/31727-inside-story-cisco-linksys-ea-series>
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31478-new-to-the-charts-cisco-linksys-e1200-wireless-n-router>
Try the reviews on Amazon. Note that there's some baloney mixed in
with the "most popular" reviews, such as someone claiming that it only
supports 802.11n.

Dig through the emulator and see if it has all the setting and
features you'll need.
<http://ui.linksys.com/files/E1200/2.0.00/>
It's fairly new and too soon to see if there are any complications.
It's cheap enough that you could purchase a spare if reliability is an
issue. Too soon to get a track record on longevity.

For dual band, I don't have any recommendations. The E3200 for $77
will probably be good enough since you're not into multimedia or
useless speeds.
<http://ui.linksys.com/files/E3200/1.0.00/>
However, I haven't had the opportunity to play with it, so can't be
sure there are no surprises.



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Old 07-28-2012, 02:39 AM
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Default Re: Need to replace Netgear Wireless Router

In article <9ed418povlr816qvkq62jhb53tsd1g7l7n@4ax.com>, jeffl@cruzio.com
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>
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:01:42 -0500, Bob <tooslow42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >What would you suggest for a consumer grade router?

>
> I only recommend routers that I've used or at least setup. Since the
> customer doesn't want to go for higher quality, the 2nd best strategy
> might be to keep the price low, and replace it with the latest when it
> blows. Considering the obvious lightning hazard, that might be the
> cheapest way. You haven't supplied a real list of "must have"
> features, so please double check the spec sheet to make sure
> everything you need is present.
>
> Spend the first $15 on a timer for nightly reboots.
>
> For 2.4Ghz only, I suggeest the Linksys E1200 v2 (N300) for $45. One
> item I like is QoS by MAC address. DD-WRT does not have this in the
> free version, which is why I bought this router.
> <http://home.cisco.com/en-apac/wireless/e-series/specs>
> <http://home.cisco.com/en-apac/products/routers/E1200/>
> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/31727-inside-story-cisco-linksys-ea-series>
> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31478-new-to-the-charts-cisco-linksys-e1200-wireless-n-router>
> Try the reviews on Amazon. Note that there's some baloney mixed in
> with the "most popular" reviews, such as someone claiming that it only
> supports 802.11n.
>
> Dig through the emulator and see if it has all the setting and
> features you'll need.
> <http://ui.linksys.com/files/E1200/2.0.00/>
> It's fairly new and too soon to see if there are any complications.
> It's cheap enough that you could purchase a spare if reliability is an
> issue. Too soon to get a track record on longevity.
>
> For dual band, I don't have any recommendations. The E3200 for $77
> will probably be good enough since you're not into multimedia or
> useless speeds.
> <http://ui.linksys.com/files/E3200/1.0.00/>
> However, I haven't had the opportunity to play with it, so can't be
> sure there are no surprises.


Jeff,

Thanks for your suggestions. I haven't specified a list of "must have"
features because I don't know exactly what was the purpose of the dead one.
It sat one one person's desk connected to the internet via that person's
wired drop. This person then used the wireless connection on their laptop
to connect to the the wireless router sitting less than three feet away. No
one has seen this person carry their laptop around and use it anywhere, so
the wireless router may have just been a toy. I do recall some one once
asking for the password so they could download a book to their Kindle that
they forgot to do before they left home. Yes, we live in a very strange
world sometimes.

I just want to have a recommendation ready if and when it's decided to
replace the dead one.

Thanks again,

Bob


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