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I'm in desperate need of a new wireless router for my house. I have a Buffalo that just won't keep a connection with my modem (I constantly have to go unplug and re-plug the cords).
I'd like something that could work up to a couple hundred feet without breaking the bank. We have an outdoor apartment that our college-age daughter lives in (with aluminum roof and siding), and our mom lives in a small house on our property (I'd love for her to pick it up - right now she can from her porch).
We have 2 iMacs, a pc laptop (shameful I know, but it's my college dd's), 2 iPads and 5 iPhones that regularly connect (though not all at once). I have satellite internet as it's my only option. I definitely want something that will keep my service at its top speed, or boost it if that's a possibility.
Any suggestions?
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If the OP was around a bit more they'd be more up to date.
btfc wrote:
Here's a few recent threads with relevant info:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1316008
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1308338
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Gee, sorry for asking. I didn't realize I needed to be on the forums all the time in order to ask questions when I need help.
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I don't think many people realize you're an old time member bro. I think I remember ur name from back in the DM days. When I saw your post, I had thought to myself that I haven't seen u around for awhile. Good to see ur still around man...and don't worry, live ur life. (^_^)
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In the Linksys, is there a noticeable difference in the E1500, E2500 and E3200?
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Actually, I'm a woman, have been on the boards a while, do get on and read when new things come out just to get input, but don't often have a need to post.
Right now I am in dire need of a new router! I always look to this forum for "expert" opinions regarding all things Mac!
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I hope that the people that know what they are talking about come here and give you some actual mac help. But I don't know if there is agreement on the router recommendation. I bought an airport extreme last year though to upgrade my old original base station. I decided I didn't want to have to deal with configuring and updating and maintaining a 3rd party router. I like being able to configure it using my ipad. whether that would be worth the money for you is not at all clear, since other 3rd party routers can do similar things for less.
But I would suggest you think about extending your network. You may have trouble with any setup getting the range you need. So having the option to add something like an airport express to easily extend the network (in either apartment) would be nice. Again, that is avail in a 3rd party option; again for me, I can't stand configuring anything that smells like a windows set up wifi utility (I do connect one windows computer with wifi adapter, and so do have to periodically deal with that). I have this naive belief that if I wanted more range I could pick up a refurb express and plug that in and have it running in minutes.
