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From: Otto Pylot on 2 Jan 2010 13:47 I've been using a Linksys WRT-54G for a very long time but my neighborhood has become more crowded with wireless overtime and I think that has affected my ability to reliably find my signal and lock on. I resorted to getting the Linksys Wireless-G Range Extender and placing it about mid-point from my router and where we usually sit and use the laptops. That works but the extender has lots of issues like losing the connection to my router or bouncing back the signal to the laptops to where I either lose connection, get a slow connection, or am unable to connect at all and get the "self-assigned ip address" problem. I don't seem to have any problems seeing my neigbors routers. I've gone thru all of my configuration settings and checked them for correctness and all seems well. I've had to replace the extender twice because the first one failed altogether about 5 months into its warranty period. It seems to me that range is my primary issue so my question is this: what do ya'll recommend as a replacement router with longer range for simple home use that is easy to configure for Apple laptops, Dell laptops, iTouch, etc? I have a mix of B, G, and N devices but use B and G because my current router doesn't support N and most of my devices are either B or G. Do the newer Linksys's (the ones that look like a little spaceship) have better range so I don't have to use an extender or is the Apple router better as far as range, reliability, and configurability? Oh yeah, the router also has to have wired ability as well. Thanks, -- Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before. My address has been anti-spammed. Please reply to: scasse(a)invalid.net replacing invalid with sonic.
From: nospam on 2 Jan 2010 15:08 In article <020120101047205928%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > what > do ya'll recommend as a replacement router with longer range for simple > home use that is easy to configure for Apple laptops, Dell laptops, > iTouch, etc? I have a mix of B, G, and N devices but use B and G > because my current router doesn't support N and most of my devices are > either B or G. get an 802.11n router. it will have better range, even with a g client. apple's airport routers are easy to set up but are fairly limited. linksys, netgear, etc. can do a lot more but may not be as simple to configure and if there's a problem, everyone will blame someone else. 'that's not our product, we don't support it.' apple's airport is also dual band so that g clients don't slow down the n network. you can also keep your wrt54g (an excellent router) for b/g only clients and use a new router for n-only, and set it up as dual channel network for the fastest speed.
From: Otto Pylot on 2 Jan 2010 20:22 In article <020120101208306423%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <020120101047205928%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot > <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > > what > > do ya'll recommend as a replacement router with longer range for simple > > home use that is easy to configure for Apple laptops, Dell laptops, > > iTouch, etc? I have a mix of B, G, and N devices but use B and G > > because my current router doesn't support N and most of my devices are > > either B or G. > > get an 802.11n router. it will have better range, even with a g client. > apple's airport routers are easy to set up but are fairly limited. > linksys, netgear, etc. can do a lot more but may not be as simple to > configure and if there's a problem, everyone will blame someone else. > 'that's not our product, we don't support it.' > > apple's airport is also dual band so that g clients don't slow down the > n network. you can also keep your wrt54g (an excellent router) for b/g > only clients and use a new router for n-only, and set it up as dual > channel network for the fastest speed. Thanks. I just purchased the AEBS. I like the idea of using the Linksys for my older devices but have no clue on how to set that up as you suggested. -- Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before. My address has been anti-spammed. Please reply to: scasse(a)invalid.net replacing invalid with sonic.
From: nospam on 2 Jan 2010 21:54 In article <020120101722258318%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > Thanks. I just purchased the AEBS. I like the idea of using the Linksys > for my older devices but have no clue on how to set that up as you > suggested. it's actually very easy, but if you just bought an airport extreme, it is already dual band so there's not really a need for a second router. nevertheless, the easiest way to do it is to connect the linksys to the airport between their lan ports. ignore the wan port on the linksys entirely. be sure dhcp is enabled only on one router (likely the airport) and set the linksys ip address to something on your network (probably 10.*.*.* or 192.168.*.*) that is not within the dhcp range. it's easier than it sounds, but as i said, the airport is dual band so you don't need to bother.
From: isw on 3 Jan 2010 00:13
In article <020120101047205928%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > I've been using a Linksys WRT-54G for a very long time but my > neighborhood has become more crowded with wireless overtime and I think > that has affected my ability to reliably find my signal and lock on. I > resorted to getting the Linksys Wireless-G Range Extender and placing > it about mid-point from my router and where we usually sit and use the > laptops. That works but the extender has lots of issues like losing the > connection to my router or bouncing back the signal to the laptops to > where I either lose connection, get a slow connection, or am unable to > connect at all and get the "self-assigned ip address" problem. I don't > seem to have any problems seeing my neigbors routers. I've gone thru > all of my configuration settings and checked them for correctness and > all seems well. I've had to replace the extender twice because the > first one failed altogether about 5 months into its warranty period. It > seems to me that range is my primary issue so my question is this: what > do ya'll recommend as a replacement router with longer range for simple > home use that is easy to configure for Apple laptops, Dell laptops, > iTouch, etc? I have a mix of B, G, and N devices but use B and G > because my current router doesn't support N and most of my devices are > either B or G. Do the newer Linksys's (the ones that look like a little > spaceship) have better range so I don't have to use an extender or is > the Apple router better as far as range, reliability, and > configurability? Oh yeah, the router also has to have wired ability as > well. Thanks, Get something like iStumbler and find out which channels are least-used in your neighborhood, and use one of them. Odds are, that most folks just brought their WAP home, plugged it in, and never changed from the default channel -- that's sure the case around here. Isaac |