I've had the same Netgear router for about 5 years now. Recently I've been noticing issues.. once in a while it drops the wireless for a few seconds and the connection to other computers on the LAN seems REALLY slow! (when using a VNC to a local computer over the wireless, it takes about 10 seconds from the time I click to see a response).
I think it was a refurbished router anyways.. I'm ready for a new one. Checked out newegg but it's hard to find what I'm looking for if I don't have any idea.. just end up staring at a wall of routers.
My problem is I know almost nothing about them. We have 4 computers on the network (3 gaming PC's and one HTPC (hardlined)). Also, I think there's a Wii and an XBOX 360. I think the Wii and XBOX can only pick up wireless G (and maybe B), but I'm not sure. In either case, I know at least 2 of the PC's can pick up N.
Is it possible to get a router with 2 antennas that can broadcast two SSID's, one for G and one for N? I have DD-WRT installed on my current router and I know they had an option like that .. but it never seemed to work well. Is this an option on any routers and does it work well?
Besides that, I like to host multiplayer games on my computer, so it's nice if the configuration of port forwarding is available and done well.
I'm looking for quality more than price, but it would be nice if the price wasn't over $150 (I can't imagine it would be). As far as brand goes, I've only dealt with Netgear, Linksys, Belkin, D-Link, and Cisco.
If anyone has any recommendations, I greatly appreciate it.
I think it was a refurbished router anyways.. I'm ready for a new one. Checked out newegg but it's hard to find what I'm looking for if I don't have any idea.. just end up staring at a wall of routers.
My problem is I know almost nothing about them. We have 4 computers on the network (3 gaming PC's and one HTPC (hardlined)). Also, I think there's a Wii and an XBOX 360. I think the Wii and XBOX can only pick up wireless G (and maybe B), but I'm not sure. In either case, I know at least 2 of the PC's can pick up N.
Is it possible to get a router with 2 antennas that can broadcast two SSID's, one for G and one for N? I have DD-WRT installed on my current router and I know they had an option like that .. but it never seemed to work well. Is this an option on any routers and does it work well?
Besides that, I like to host multiplayer games on my computer, so it's nice if the configuration of port forwarding is available and done well.
I'm looking for quality more than price, but it would be nice if the price wasn't over $150 (I can't imagine it would be). As far as brand goes, I've only dealt with Netgear, Linksys, Belkin, D-Link, and Cisco.
If anyone has any recommendations, I greatly appreciate it.
