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For 45 bucks, the Buffalo WHR-G125 or WHR-G54S is really a winner. It isn't an N unit, but for the price you can bask easily waiting for a finalized N product.

They work fine with my Macbook Pro too and if you're into hacking, DD-WRT runs on it. ]]>Jul 5th 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Oh, and they're white, too.]]>Jul 5th 2007 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://tinyurl.com/22vnnp. If these new ones are as good as the previous model, it's about the best deal going.]]>Jul 6th 2007 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
p.s. you guys rule!]]>Jul 6th 2007 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Also it's worth the time to install X-WRT on this router, as it works flawless, and has more features than you can features than you can shake two sticks at.]]>Jul 6th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Other then that, im at a loss.]]>Jul 5th 2007 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Not true for my MacBook Pro. It and my Linksys play very nicely together.]]>Jul 6th 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
I bought a barebones kit from an online retailer (either tigerdirect or newegg, i dont remember) and set it up with shorewall. I had a couple of NICs laying around, so the whole thing came in under $300. If you want to add wireless, i imagine it would be much the same process, just be sure to chose your wireless cards carefully before purchasing to verify that they work with your choice of linux distro.]]>Jul 6th 2007 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Airport Extreme 802.11n...nuh duh.

Or just get a freaking Linksys WRT54G of some sort, they're rock solid.

--neg]]>Jul 5th 2007 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Finally i settled on the Airport Extreme N, and couldn't be happier. It's a joke how bad all the other routers were (though the actiontec and netgears were okay) and either i have the worst luck in the world, or all those routers are total garbage.

My airport extreme n is rock solid, and i'll never touch another router from any other manufacturer.]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Great router.]]>Jul 5th 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 7th 2007 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/..unless Airport Extreme comes in black!! ;)
]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Try the Linksys WRT350N to name one, I am sure there are more, but the WRT350 is supported by DD-WRT. I much rather pay the ~$150 for the Linksys WRT350N and put DD-WRT on it and not be limited. You would be getting more functionality and features out of it. ]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
I have had 2 linksys routers, and i have a macbook pro and they work perfectly with eachother.

No problems at all with either the original firmware, the updated one, or DD-WRT.
I think your problems may just lie in the fact that you are an ignorant fool that does not know how to set things up properly.]]>Jul 8th 2007 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 9th 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/I'm not to sure about the Belkin products much less the Pre-N Wireless. This is not to say that they are bad in any way, I just have more experience with other brands. I am currently testing a D-Link DIR-655 Wireless N router and so far, good results. The Wireless Draft N Rev 2 Spec just landed and some routers have updates available to bring your router up to speed.

WITH ANY Wireless Router first and foremost is a FIRMWARE UPGRADE. You want to make sure your issues are not something the manufacture has already posted an updated for. As always, its a good idea to follow the upgrade instructions and perform the update via a computer on a wired connection to the router. Check your manufactures website for the latest Firmware updates for your hardware. Be sure to have the information on the bottom of the hardware for identification purposes. (i.e. WRT54G v2 Firmware is NOT MEANT for the V6 and so on..)

You may also want to experiment with changing the channel that the router is broadcasting on in case a neighboring wireless network is interfering.

It may be surprising, but most of my Router troubleshooting revolves around out of date firmware on both the Router as well as drivers for the adapters of the Client computers.]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Rock solid router. I have had mine for about 3 months, and I've installed 5 others at various locations I service. Excellent performance for every single location and I've never ever had to reset it.]]>Jul 6th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 9th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Sep 30th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
Just to note %90 of the pre N stuff wont have the 5Ghz radio in them which the final ratified N's will. If your buying it for N I wouldent expect it to work fully with the final N specefication. Works great with G and B none the less.]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/
There are also a lot of reviews on that site. It's part of Tom's Hardware as an FYI...some people love or hate certain review sites...I just always check at least 2 or 3 and see if they came to roughly the same conclusions.]]>Jul 10th 2007 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Best Router I've EVER owned.

I purchased the Airport Express when I was trying to set up wireless. This was after I purchased and returned: 2 linksys routers and 1 d-link router. After I pluged in the Express everything worked FLAWLESSLY. I recently purchased the Airport Extreme and it works even better! I will never buy another brand of wireless router. The other brands (at least the ones I tried) do not have the consistency that I needed. I even had my laptop right next to the Linksys and the tech support guy didn't know what the problem was. Apple's router has performed extremely well, and works well with Mac or Windows PCs.

-Baldwin]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 5th 2007 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/]]>Jul 5th 2007 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/ 'gaming router'

You can get routers with liquid cooling and custom paint jobs?? j/k]]>Jul 6th 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Jul 6th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/Good Luck!]]>Jul 5th 2007 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router/
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