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    Belkin or Linksys N Draft for T61?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Arabian, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. Arabian

    Arabian Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    I would like to buy N ADSL router, so what do you recommend for me? Belkin or Linksys?
     
    Arabian, Aug 22, 2007
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    I have always favoured Linksys, probably because of their stemming from Cisco Systems. Also I find that their firmware is easy to configure too.
     
    nickmak, Aug 22, 2007
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    Personally I always use and recommend Linksys to my clients
     
    gridtalker, Aug 22, 2007
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    Any decent models in particular?
     
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    I know that you said Linsys or Belkin, but I would go with the D-Link. If you got your T61 with the Thinkpad wireless it uses the same family of chipset as as the D-Link DIR-655. I've had a DIR-655 for a couple of months with my T61 and it works great.

    If you can hold off, you may want to get the DIR-855 since it uses both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency ranges which the Thinkpad chipset is capable of (of course, I don't know what the drivers are capable of). I had asked D-Link when it was coming out and they responded with August.

    I really haven't had very much good luck with Belkin wireless products.
     
    kckevin, Aug 22, 2007
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  6. Arabian

    Arabian Notebook Consultant

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    Mine is T61 but with Intel ABGN, not ThinkPad wireless.

    Does it have WDS for connecting range extender?
     
    Arabian, Aug 22, 2007
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    i wouldnt trust belkin with a router, however their newest router with the touch screen LCD is very impressive. If it was cheaper I would've picked one up to toy around with it.

    I personally always have and probably always will use linksys equipment.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 22, 2007
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    I like the D-Link Xtreme DIR-655 mentioned above. It is really fast with my T61.
     
    lskeys, Aug 22, 2007
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