OT: any good routers on the market?

Nate Nagel · 2011-01-22T23:13:04+00:00

currently using a Netgear WNR3500 v2 and I think it's starting to die. this is the second Netgear I've had; the previous one bricked itself after about 2 years. This one is less than a year old and while it works fine on wired the wireless will drop its connection to the internet randomly throughout the day. It's not my laptop, we've got plenty of wireless devices throughout the house (other laptops, Wii, etc.) and all exhibit the same behavior. Oddly, disconnecting and reconnecting to the wireless connection will restore functionality... for a while. I updated firmware with only slight improvement. This just started maybe a week ago so I suspect that something is failing in it. I've also had a Linksys but was disappointed in that as well as I was never able to connect to it at greater than 54 MBPS.So...does anyone make a GOOD wireless/wired router? Would like wireless-n and gigabit.thanksnate

Jan 22, 2011 64 Replies

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aemeijers 15 years ago

That is pretty much SOP at the hotels I stay at- the 'business center' and guest floors are barely secured, and the corporate AP for the staff is locked down hard, if it is broadcasting at all.

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Mark Lloyd 15 years ago

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Then what happens when nothing is connected to the WAN port? The ROUTER can't be used that way. What about the AP?

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Tony Hwang 15 years ago

Hi, It becomes switch then

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clare 15 years ago

Like I said - some routers can be used as an AP - nothing on the wan port. Some cannot. If set up as a router, not an AP, they will not function without the WAN connected. To use as an AP the router portion is dissabled in the setup.

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