Best stuff to use in a wireless network?

**sublim21** · 05-20-2003, 01:54 AM

Decided to take the plunge, and get a wireless going in my house, however what brands are the best are unbeknownest to me. It's even harder to fine some reviews on all of them.
In essence,
Whats the best 4-port wireless hub,
and best recieving cards?
Thanks,
Peter.

**toastbim** · 05-20-2003, 02:01 AM

linksys has always been good to me..
i have used smc in the past and i always rated them to be the best, the barricade routers with built in print servers are the awesome..samething goes for the cards.

**TheSpegmaster** · 05-21-2003, 10:32 AM

I picked up the Netgear all-in-one router wireless combo for $80 at Best Buy with a $30 mail-in rebate. It has worked well so far. I use a Linksys WPC11 PCMIA card for my laptop and that works very well too. I would stick to companies such as Linksys, Netgear, and SMC for wireless ethernet equipment.

**The Void** · 05-21-2003, 01:10 PM

My dad just got a DLink 614+ wireless router along with a DLink wireless PCI card to match it. It works great in his house. Good signal strength going maybe 50ft and through 2 walls. Two different 2.4GHz phone don't affect it at all. I was impressed.

Whatever brand you get I would still stick with 802.11b and not G. People are having alot more problems with G products. They don't even have the standard finalized. I think it will be great once they get all the bugs worked out and the technology matures.

**herbtv2** · 05-21-2003, 05:53 PM

Would it be useful to go with G now and firmware upgrade when the standard gets finalized?

**The Void** · 05-22-2003, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by herbtv2
Would it be useful to go with G now and firmware upgrade when the standard gets finalized?

That's possible. But there is a chance making it standards compliant may not be possible in a firware update. The companies may ditch their current 802.11G products and release new models that meet the standard. We won't know till it happens. G is a possibility now but it is in no means perfect.

I advised my dad to get a wireless router that has been around awhile and matured with several firmware updates. His setup is working great. I'm just not comfortable with g products yet. 802.11b is cheap, it's been around awhile, and performs as well as most people need.

**mjg** · 05-25-2003, 02:15 PM

Cisco Aereonet. It will cost you and arm and a leg. Their cards and WAPS are the best, in my opinion.

**O.o** · 05-27-2003, 03:07 AM

ya, cisco makes the best stuff
but its also evil... pure evil
i hate IOS

**Rustbucket202** · 05-28-2003, 02:39 PM

Originally posted by mjg
Cisco Aereonet. It will cost you and arm and a leg. Their cards and WAPS are the best, in my opinion.

Very true otherwise I would go with the Netgear MR814v2 router/WAP
I have one at home and it gives me 80% signals almost anywhere in my house. Also it has a host of security features and has a dyndns.org updater built in.

**anfpunk** · 05-28-2003, 02:53 PM

I have a cisco 350AP and cisco pcm352. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I would suggest at least the card to be cisco. They're a lot more powerful. cisco is 100mw and linksys and the like are around 20. plus you know the cisco cards will be able to do everyting (ie. cisco leap and all other standards) The AP's are awesome too but they are very pricey.

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