Home Network Configured.

[Eclecticos]

My home Wifi is enabled, and I am now connected to TBCS on my Dell Latitude D610 Laptop.
Watching american chopper in the livin room now. 8)

I had some problems with the initial installation of the software with the Linksys N+ Ultra Range Router. I checked out the reviews at newegg and some said it was uncompatible with vista. So I returned it for a Netgear Rangemax with 7 Internal Antennas.

http://images.tigerdirect.com/itemdetails/N100-1672-out4-wg.jpg

Anyway the Netgear Router installation was a success. very simple.
Basically all I had to do was plug it up, and configure the security settings.

[Eclecticos]

Anyway, I was wondering what types of wireless routers you all are using,
and how satisfied you are with the internet connection speed.

[Luke122]

I'm using a D-link DIR-655 Xtreme N. (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530) Gigabit ethernet for my wired machines to share files, and killer range on the wifi. I dont use anything in the N space yet, but my G devices are rock solid. I have this unit in my basement, and I get full signal strength on the second story in my house, and all the way out to my garden shed. :)

[Spidermeld]

Here's mine (http://trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=140_TEW-632BRP&cat=41). It was on sale at Best Buy & my old router was wired and on its last leg with only one of 4 ports working.

[Cymae]

I actually use a WAP. I find it works a bit better than a wireless router, though it's a little more expensive :D

[Eclecticos]

What is a WAP? Never heard of it.

[Cymae]

Wireless Access Point.

It's a seperate wireless for the router so you plug it in like a network device.

[XcOM]

my home network is wierd,
the modem comes into the house, then it goes into a wireless N router with 4 10/100 ports, off the wireless is my laptop and my bro's laptop both using N so the router is set to N only,

off the 10/100 we have the rest of the network, hooking into a gigabit network managed switch which all the wired PC's plug into.

Off the next 10/100 port is a WAP G for all the other devices that use wireless but don't have N.

It works, and my router is a no-name generic brand, i think its a rebranded TP-Link

[SgtM]

Everything I have is wired, but I do have an older Linksys wireless B router.

[nevermind1534]

I have a wireless router hooked up to my modem, but since I lost my antenna, I have been using wired only. My parents' computer has always been plugged directly into the router, since it is right next to it. Kind of nice without the wireless, because the Wii, and the microwave both disconnect my wireless.

[rendermandan]

I use a Linksys N+ Ultra Range Router and it works with vista just fine! Its actually made by Cisco FYI

[Bopher]

I have a Netgear Wireless G router hooked up with my media server wired right in. Both my desktops have wireless cards along with the laptop, wii palm and cell. I have a second Linksys router downstairs in the basement that wasn't keeping the computers connected so I reflashed the system and running a Linux system and running as a wireless bridge so I didn't need to run 50ft of open CAT 5 to my workbench.

[Eclecticos]

I use a Linksys N+ Ultra Range Router and it works with vista just fine! Its actually made by Cisco FYI

May have just been that particular router.
I tried it on 3 different computers, and was receiving unidentified network errors on all of them.
I was also unable to complete the installation of the norton internet security software
that was included with the router.

[XcOM]

i had that error with a belkin router i tried the other week,

XP machines would throw a wobbly about not having a certificate for the network, Vista would say it was an unidentified network, the wireless card that came with the router was also belkin, would drop the signal now and again but then start them errors about connecting, i would have to delete the wireless information from the system and then connect again.

My new wireless N router is much better, i get a constant 150MBs (Im confused though as the box says 300MBs, and when i do a speed test i get about 280MBs ish)

[crenn]

I'm currently using a Cisco 857W. This wireless ADSL router is not for beginners.... took me 2 months to learn enough to program it. I'm currently hating wireless, so I'll have a 30m Cable to my bedroom (I'm going to be getting a couple of gigabit switches to make things better).

[XcOM]

why on earth would you need to program your router, unless you a business that has some wierd spefic needs, in which case you would use a domain server to manage the internet.

i suppose aslong as you like it thats all that matters though

[crenn]

why on earth would you need to program your router, unless you a business that has some wierd spefic needs, in which case you would use a domain server to manage the internet.

i suppose aslong as you like it thats all that matters though

When I say program.... I mean configure it. Here:


!
interface Dialer0
ip address negotiated
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
encapsulation ppp
ip route-cache flow
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
no cdp enable
ppp authentication chap callin
ppp chap hostname [username]
ppp chap password [password]
!

That's literally stuff I have to put into the router (via a serial cable). And there is a lot more. Technically the house is labelled as a business.... but it hasn't done very businessy things (CS:S anyone?).

[Outlaw]

Using a Linksys WRT54G with WPA 128bit i think (if not its 64bit) encrypted password and MAC filtering. Our apartment is concrete and the laptop has to use a crappy usb card which disconnects, but it works great with the PS3. The router is in the back bedroom and the PS3 is in the living room. Have had it several yrs now and its been great. Just wish it were Gigabit.

[XcOM]

just buy a cheap gigabit switch, and hook port 1 into the uplink, job done.