comfortablynumb
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In my first post here I was looking for some buying advice to replace a Netgear MR814 router I've had 8 years.
I at first tried the Netgear WGR614 Version 10, since I've had such good luck with Netgear. Version 10 of this router introduces some new green aspects of the company, it has a power button, wireless radio on/of some other changes. I'm not sure if I had a flaky router, half baked firmware (I checked there where no updates) the wired side would just die, all my tabs in Firefox went 404 skype and my instant messaging logged out, 20 - 30 second go by and it all came back with out touching anything. I checked the logs, my internet had been up and solid for hours, no drops there. I checked the lease and that hadn't been exceeded and or renewed. I also has some issues on the wireless side with one of the computers via WPA getting a IP address if that computer was off over night, reboot router it would assign an IP.
Next up the Linksys WRT54G2, I was never a big Linksys fan but that stems from my days in support and seeing so many issues with them. This router runs really well but since it can't be put vertical it runs really hot I have it right here on my desk, if I pick it up the desk is hot to the touch. It hasn't crashed out like the Netgear was, but I had some issues the other day with speeds dropping from 10mbs to 1mbs, power cycled a few times to no avail. It was really warm, I plugged in my old router and my speeds where fine. I hooked the Linksys back up after it cooled down and it's been ok for 2 days so far.
The Linksys also leaves much to be desired in it's interface, to say it's basic is would be an understatement. When compared to the Netgear it's lacking a log file, there is no way to setup static routes, all and all very very basic. I wasn't running static yet with the 614 when I had the problems, but my old 814 I've had set up to assign static IP's.
So moving forward, I'm looking at what my options are from here. I'm not expecting to run a massive network off a 40 dollar appliance, my needs here are very basic and thus I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars. I prefer to stay with G as this is going in a bedroom and I don't want a high powered radio in here for many reasons. If I have to a single band N running in G only mode, might be alright. I prefer something that can sit vertically, and runs cooler. Also an interface that has a few options would be nice.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
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Also as for as needs are concerned, I have 2 wired PC's, 2 Wireless PC's...Basic web surfing, Skype sometimes, Hulu nothing extremely intensive by any means.
I at first tried the Netgear WGR614 Version 10, since I've had such good luck with Netgear. Version 10 of this router introduces some new green aspects of the company, it has a power button, wireless radio on/of some other changes. I'm not sure if I had a flaky router, half baked firmware (I checked there where no updates) the wired side would just die, all my tabs in Firefox went 404 skype and my instant messaging logged out, 20 - 30 second go by and it all came back with out touching anything. I checked the logs, my internet had been up and solid for hours, no drops there. I checked the lease and that hadn't been exceeded and or renewed. I also has some issues on the wireless side with one of the computers via WPA getting a IP address if that computer was off over night, reboot router it would assign an IP.
Next up the Linksys WRT54G2, I was never a big Linksys fan but that stems from my days in support and seeing so many issues with them. This router runs really well but since it can't be put vertical it runs really hot I have it right here on my desk, if I pick it up the desk is hot to the touch. It hasn't crashed out like the Netgear was, but I had some issues the other day with speeds dropping from 10mbs to 1mbs, power cycled a few times to no avail. It was really warm, I plugged in my old router and my speeds where fine. I hooked the Linksys back up after it cooled down and it's been ok for 2 days so far.
The Linksys also leaves much to be desired in it's interface, to say it's basic is would be an understatement. When compared to the Netgear it's lacking a log file, there is no way to setup static routes, all and all very very basic. I wasn't running static yet with the 614 when I had the problems, but my old 814 I've had set up to assign static IP's.
So moving forward, I'm looking at what my options are from here. I'm not expecting to run a massive network off a 40 dollar appliance, my needs here are very basic and thus I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars. I prefer to stay with G as this is going in a bedroom and I don't want a high powered radio in here for many reasons. If I have to a single band N running in G only mode, might be alright. I prefer something that can sit vertically, and runs cooler. Also an interface that has a few options would be nice.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Edit:
Also as for as needs are concerned, I have 2 wired PC's, 2 Wireless PC's...Basic web surfing, Skype sometimes, Hulu nothing extremely intensive by any means.
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