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  • Aug 8, 2009, 01:59 PM
    mudweiser
    Routers? How to purchase one and what to look for.
    Hi I need a router for my laptop- I have wireless and get connect to wherever I can, but the connection goes on and off-- I'm tired of it.

    I don't know anything about routers, only that you can connect it to the internet and use it on your laptop- right?.

    Anyway, before I enter the store to buy one I'd like to know what I should be looking for - I don't want to be conned into buying the most expensive one.



    I've tried Googling this, but all I get is a whole bunch of mumbo jumbo I don't really understand-- so bear with me.

    Thanks!

    Sarah
  • Aug 8, 2009, 03:49 PM
    justcurious55

    My boyfriend recommends lynksis routers. My aunt used to have some other one that was always disconnecting too. It finally just burnt out completely and he replaced it with a lynksis. She doesn't have problem with it anymore. I have a lynksis router too and I never experience any problems.
  • Aug 8, 2009, 04:16 PM
    mudweiser

    Okay thanks-- is there just one type of Lynksis router?

    Thanks justcurious for the quick reply:)

    Sarah
  • Aug 8, 2009, 04:19 PM
    J_9
    I have the Linsys 2.4GHz router connected to my PC so that my laptop will get access throughout the home and about 200 feet or more beyond.
  • Aug 8, 2009, 05:14 PM
    mudweiser

    Oh thanks J.

    Is 2.4GHz good?

    I have fast internet connection installed at home, I heard that some routers are slow even if you have high speed internet- if that's true then what type of router should I be looking for if I want high speed internet?

    Hope I made sense.

    Sarah
  • Aug 8, 2009, 05:30 PM
    J_9
    I'm loving it. It's the Linksys Wireless-G. Works wonders.
  • Aug 8, 2009, 07:46 PM
    justcurious55

    There are N band routers out now. They are much faster than G band for wireless and LAN. With the N band you can get up to 1000 mbps (LAN) and 270 mbps (Wireless). The G band is 100 mbps (LAN) and 54 (Wireless). If you get a 2.4 Ghz router then 2.4 Ghz telephones may interfere with your signal. They do make 5 something Ghz routers. Those should not have any interference.

    And that up there is what my boyfriend says. Not me, I'm not the computer whiz :)

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