Friend bought his first computer. What router does he need for AT&T DSL?
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Friend bought his first computer. What router does he need for AT&T DSL?
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06-04-2014, 04:10 AM
KISS.
Whatever ATT supplies should be more than plenty for him. Mine was a motorola. Pfft, he doesnt need "n". Overkill. Comes with a nice long password. Should be a no brainer to setup.
06-04-2014, 04:27 AM
I see really nice wifi routers pop up for $20-40 every so often on the deal sites. If the modem has an ethernet port, which it usually does, get a deal wifi unit that has a reputation for being stable.
06-04-2014, 05:05 AM
jdc wrote: I agree. If there's need for better local area speeds, n can be handy. However, from the gist of the OP, seems like this is a single computer connected to DSL for Internet access. Since most DSL users in the USA won't see speeds higher than 6 Mbps, and often times experience much slower speeds, even g should be plenty.
06-04-2014, 05:07 AM
pRICE cUBE wrote: This.
06-04-2014, 07:17 AM
silvarios wrote: I agree. If there's need for better local area speeds, n can be handy. However, from the gist of the OP, seems like this is a single computer connected to DSL for Internet access. Since most DSL users in the USA won't see speeds higher than 6 Mbps, and often times experience much slower speeds, even g should be plenty. n offers other benefits besides greater throughput, chief among them being availability of the 5 GHz band, which offers more channels than g and no interference with other household electronics that use the 2.4 GHz band.
06-04-2014, 07:18 AM
silvarios wrote: I'll disagree. $100 router for a single $350 computer with a sub 6Mbps connection? Way overkill. If only requiring a single computer, simply use the provided modem. Unless it isn't a WiFi modem/router and such a connection is needed, then grab something sub $50. To clarify my Airport Express stance. I own one, an older 802.11n model. Been a relatively pleasant experience for just over four years. While I don't discount the utility of such a device, without a clear need for any of the Express specific features, I would not go down that route.
06-04-2014, 08:58 AM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote: N doesn't actually guarantee availability of 5 GHz band. Lot of single band devices still on the market.
06-04-2014, 10:00 AM
Article Accelerator wrote: A $350 Dell laptop? That oughta work out well… I've been buying low-end Dell laptops for years. I've always planned on just tossing them if/when they go bad. But, I've not ever had a Dell laptop have any problem except 1 needing a new keyboard when a key got stuck and I broke the holding device for the key messing with it. That cost me maybe $15 for a new Dell keyboard on eBay. I think I'm on my 3rd Dell laptop--I've just replaced them when new specs make the old look pitiful.
06-04-2014, 02:42 PM
silvarios wrote: N doesn't actually guarantee availability of 5 GHz band. Lot of single band devices still on the market. Don't be pedantic, Nathan.
06-04-2014, 05:42 PM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote: Huh? I valued your opinion, I was simply offering a clarification. Saw both a 2.4 GHz only router and 2.4 GHz only device on sale last night at the store. Yes, specificity is required in such a discussion. In fact, if I got the model right by searching on Walmart.com for a Dell system with the posted specs, seems to be a 2.4 GHz only card. Could be wrong, didn't list specific WiFi card model, but that's what I gathered from a little detective work If you think I'm being pendantic because I actually read the original post and responding as such, so be it. |
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