turbospec29 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 I'm in the market for a new wireless router. I recently bought a new house and will now need something to carry a stronger signal further and hopefully increase speed. After some research I want wireless n technology (better than the g router I have) and gigabit ethernet ports , but I don't know if I need 5 ghz. Right now I'm liking the D-link dir-825 and dir-655. Any input? Right now I have 3 wireless laptops, 2 wired desktops, and 2 xboxes that can go either way, prefer wireless if speed is good enough. One of the xboxes is the new slim one and has a built in wireless n card (but limited to 2.4ghz). For the other maybe I can bridge my current router to become an access point, anyone done this? I've been out of the game on wireless for some time, been living in apartments and just hard wired everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbospec29 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Also, I'd like the ability to add a network printer and some NAS would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 i have a linksys im not using, 15 bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbospec29 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 i have a linksys im not using, 15 bucks? What model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicranium Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 i have a linksys im not using, 14 bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 I have an linksys E2000 that I have running modded firmware that I really like, and also have a netgear WNR3500L that i got for free courtesy of the government for doing broadband testing that I also use and kicks ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supplicium Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 yo keith whats up. read this site:http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index , pick a compatible router, buy it and flash it with ddwrt. you can do all your bridging with it and it works perfect with xbox live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 wrt54g. had ours for about 7 years without a lick of issue from it. featureful too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbospec29 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 yo keith whats up. read this site:http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index , pick a compatible router, buy it and flash it with ddwrt. you can do all your bridging with it and it works perfect with xbox live. it says the dir-655 I was looking at isnt supported. What are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Buffalo makes routers with DD-WRT preloaded for pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supplicium Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 it says the dir-655 I was looking at isnt supported. What are you using? linksys wrt54gl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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