Wireless Routers

[msjboy]

Ask the landlord to buy a powerline ethernet adapter..... Should work provided the electrical doesnt end in the breaker box

[Maverick00]

Originally Posted by msjboy

Ask the landlord to buy a powerline ethernet adapter..... Should work provided the electrical doesnt end in the breaker box

Tried one of those when i lived at a different complex, wasnt impressed not only from performance, but also the price was close to a new router :\

[TimT]

If you buy an Asus router watch out. Some of them have a habit of corrupting firmware when they get a power surge, turned off via the on/off button on the back or get rebooted through the web interface. Get one from NCIX and test it during the first 30 days when you can get an exchange instead of having to send it back to Asus for an RMA.

[ALBERTA REEF]

Suggest staying away from Netgear routers. Set up is easy, but accessing it after words with the password to make changes locks you out.

[Maverick00]

Originally Posted by TimT

If you buy an Asus router watch out. Some of them have a habit of corrupting firmware when they get a power surge, turned off via the on/off button on the back or get rebooted through the web interface. Get one from NCIX and test it during the first 30 days when you can get an exchange instead of having to send it back to Asus for an RMA.

How would I go abouts quickly testing it?

[Ron99]

Personally, I went through numerous routers over a period of a couple years. They would all fail and give me problems after 14 or 18 months. Netgear, Belkin, others. I splurged and bought an Apple Airport base station and haven't looked back. It's been running flawlessly for something like 5 years now. Well worth the money.

[jostafew]

Do yourself a favor, before you spend money on new hardware make sure that this one configured properly. On your laptop (or any computer with a WiFi adapter) download and install INSSIDER from this location http://www.metageek.net/support/down...er-for-home%2F

Run it, you will see all of the wireless networks within range of you and what channel they're on. I suspect that most of them will be on channel 6 (which yours is probably on) and they are clobbering your connection. Find the best channel (1, 6, or 11) with the least amount of traffic on it and change your router to that channel, will probably take care of your issues.

[Maverick00]

Originally Posted by jostafew

Do yourself a favor, before you spend money on new hardware make sure that this one configured properly. On your laptop (or any computer with a WiFi adapter) download and install INSSIDER from this location http://www.metageek.net/support/down...er-for-home%2F

Run it, you will see all of the wireless networks within range of you and what channel they're on. I suspect that most of them will be on channel 6 (which yours is probably on) and they are clobbering your connection. Find the best channel (1, 6, or 11) with the least amount of traffic on it and change your router to that channel, will probably take care of your issues.

Thanks but already tried :\ At my old complex switching channels seemed to help quite abit, but here ive had no luck. Still hoping a new router will be a fix all.

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by Ron99

Personally, I went through numerous routers over a period of a couple years. They would all fail and give me problems after 14 or 18 months. Netgear, Belkin, others. I splurged and bought an Apple Airport base station and haven't looked back. It's been running flawlessly for something like 5 years now. Well worth the money.

The Airport Extreme doesn't lose connection constantly or get overwhelmed by requests. But the range on it does suck quite a bit. I can't get reliable internet unless I'm within 10 feet of it.

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

The Airport Extreme doesn't lose connection constantly or get overwhelmed by requests. But the range on it does suck quite a bit. I can't get reliable internet unless I'm within 10 feet of it.

That's weird. Mine is fine in my apartment from the one end it's in to my bedroom 50 feet away through a couple walls. And it worked fine in the the townhouse I used to live in when it was in the basement and I used my laptop on the third floor in the bedroom.

And the new taller airports have even better antenna.

Maybe you have interference from something else? I find my microwave interferes with it a lot.