Need help selecting a router. Please help!

Hello All,

I need some help in selecting the best router for our wireless setup. I have never setup a wireless network, so please forgive if I am a little lost. I have an older laptop, HP Pavilion ze4400 (windows xp) and a brand new gateway (windows 7). The gateway has a built in wireless adapter. The HP came with an 802.11b cardbus thingy. I have been told that an N router is the best, but I am concerned that it will not work with the older HP. Will an N router be backwards compatible with the b? If not, can I just buy a new adapter for the HP? If so, what router and adapter should I select?

Thanks in advance

n is backwards compatible with b and g. g is backwards compatible with b.

if you only need one router, get an n. capacity you can grow into.

if you are a tightwad, find a D-Link, or Linksys WRT54G. I paid $13 each for the last 3 WRT54Gs I bought.

don't buy a b.

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