[mudweiser]

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

[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.

[mudweiser]

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

Thanks justcurious for the quick reply:)

Sarah

[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.

[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

[J_9]

I'm loving it. It's the Linksys Wireless-G. Works wonders.

[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 :)