Best wireless router for home

[tRidiot]

DD-WRT was always rock solid for me. I don't think it needed rebooting even once a year.

And I agree that Linksys' quality has gone downhill in the last... oh, probably 3-4 years, I think.

 

[VitruvianDoc]

seeing as linksys was bought out by cisco and thats when the quality dropped...

 

[Blinocac200sx]

I bought it for the price, but I have to say, my Trendnet router would be very easy to use for the average joe and has been very reliable.

 

[okietool]

Okay, I want to know. I have a WRT-54G (it's about 6 years old) what will installing Tomato or DD-WRT do for me?

 

[tRidiot]

Gives you a lot more configurability, can boost transmission strength, etc. For me, it got rid of the need to reboot my router every few hours because of goofy Linksys firmware.

 

[Werewolf]

Have had 3 Linksys routers. They last about 1.5-2 years then they're junk. Bought a Comtrend router and have had it for 4 years. I'll never buy another Linksys. YMMV.

I've been using the same linksys WRT54 for well over 5 years. Narry a hiccup. 3 dead in 1 to 2 years. Either I've been lucky or you're doing something wrong.

 

[Neanderthal]

Make sure you get wireless "N" instead of "G". N will reach further distances and give you more speed, and will still work with G computers,(but not vice versa). All newer computers come out with N, may as well take advantage of it. I use a Cradlepoint MBR1000 router with wireless EVDO.

 

[BadBadJohn]

I've been using the same linksys WRT54 for well over 5 years. Narry a hiccup. 3 dead in 1 to 2 years. Either I've been lucky or you're doing something wrong.

Well, I can find my way around with personal computer hardware pretty good. Every time I hooked up a new router it worked from the get go. My latest router, the Comtrend, I hooked up myself as well and its running fine (going on 4 years now)! I'm done with Linksys routers. IMO they're junk. But like I said.... YMMV.

I think you've been lucky and got a Thursday model instead of a Monday model.

 

[elance]

If you go with the N be sure your blue ray and printer are capable .
Elance