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 Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 05:12 Post subject: Need Router suggestion |
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My router that i have right now sucks. I cant play any Steam games when im on it and i keep getting disconnected from Live so he's a fuckin pain in the ass. Give me some suggestion of good wired router. Dont need the lattest ones, even if its old but good, im up for it. Something i can maybe get for a cheap price on Ebay. Right now i have the Linksys BEFSR41.
I need sonthing that is plug and play without having to set everything up cause i dont know shit about networking.
Thanks
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 05:40 Post subject: |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 11:19 Post subject: |
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I'm using Linksys WRT54GL with a custom firmware by DD-WRT, and it's pretty much plug and play.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 11:49 Post subject: |
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any of the linksys WRT54's are fucking superb. everyone i know using a router uses it. I've got the 54G
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LeoNatan
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I got the GL one because it has more memory and runs on Linux, so you can put custom firmwares for it. I've read the Linksys UI was awful so I didn't even bother. I just installed the DD-WRT and was happy. 
SkypeZ, if you have an older model of the G, you can also put the DD-WRT firmware.
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Surray
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 15:43 Post subject: |
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I have a TRENDnet TEW-633GR that I got on sale for $ 50 its worth about $90. If you can find a similar sale like I did you'll be VERY happy. Its never given me a problem and I have 2 PC's and 1 wireless laptop connected to it. The wireless works so well no matter where my wife goes around the house or yard she always gets full signal strength and goes just as fast as me and my PC is right next to it wired!
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 16:10 Post subject: |
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Something to remember about the Linksys WRT54 routers is that they can only NAT about 30mbits maximum so if you're on a connection faster then 30mbits you're limiting your own internetspeed.
I'd say the D-Link DIR655 is pretty sweet. I know it's D-Link but it's stable and supports NAT up to 267mbits.
Behold his GLORY! Bow for the technical master!
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LeoNatan
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Hahaha  same here. But fucking Europeans have access to 50mbit+ very cheaply.
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Support81
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LeoNatan
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Fucking retard ISPs, what's the point in 50mbit connections when you limit to 50GB? 
But I was talking more along the lines of Sweden, the capital of fast bandwidth.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Aug 2008 22:44 Post subject: |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sun, 24th Aug 2008 03:17 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Aug 2008 00:12 Post subject: |
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Thats Wireless...im wired
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Aug 2008 01:47 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: |
Thats Wireless...im wired |
they are both. Theres 4 ports on back for hooking up cables so you have the option of both. The wireless can be disabled via the firmware
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Aug 2008 02:09 Post subject: |
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Oh..thanks for clearing that up
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Aug 2008 07:01 Post subject: |
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Have another question, If i use the Braodband wired, does the signal goes WiFi? Im asking cause a lot of poeple i know steal connections that way because if our ISP capping us and dont feel like having a firewall and shit like that.
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Surray
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Aug 2008 10:30 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | | Have another question, If i use the Braodband wired, does the signal goes WiFi? Im asking cause a lot of poeple i know steal connections that way because if our ISP capping us and dont feel like having a firewall and shit like that. |
As SpykeZ said, wireless can be disabled.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Aug 2008 14:12 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | | Have another question, If i use the Braodband wired, does the signal goes WiFi? Im asking cause a lot of poeple i know steal connections that way because if our ISP capping us and dont feel like having a firewall and shit like that. |
When you get a new router (at least with these wrt's) the wireless is disabled by default. You can enable it if you'd like.
Those people using wireless and having their net leeched deserve it. If your going to use wireless, you secure it, their idiots for not doing it. When running secured you'll need a 26 character key provided by your router to use it (windows will save it if you use it on a laptop or something).
Also check your modem, some modems like mine will come with wireless as well...but usually defaults to disabled.
But ya, all in all, if you don't want wireless, all you do is select disabled from a drop down menu.
Heres a screenshot of it. Where it says network mode: mixed, there will be an option "disabled"
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Aug 2008 16:49 Post subject: |
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Alright, thanks SpykeZ. Found a good price for it on BestDirect so ill probably buy it
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:18 Post subject: |
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Just got my new WRT54GL, installed those custom Tomato firmware but now the setting pages are different, where can i find the setting to disable the Wireless like SpykeZ showed in his screenshot???
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:25 Post subject: |
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Post some screen shots of the pages.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:28 Post subject: |
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These are my settings. Perhaps you have something similar. |
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| Posted: Thu, 4th Sep 2008 18:29 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | Post some screen shots of the pages. |
Theres way too much of them as i dont know what i am really looking for cause its not labeled the same.
Also, about the settings, is there something i need to do to be fully compatible with Xbox Live and Steam since the previous router had some serious issues with those?
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