Choosing wireless router?

Hi, Im just about to buy a dell 1525 with wireless g, and am now looking for a wireless router,

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im not sure how usefull this but this is the room layout (sorry it looks so bad)

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d = door

ok, the star in the right of the right box(room) will be the router on the ground floor,
then i will be using the router in the room above the left box(room)

from the router to the left hand side of the left room is 3.5 metres and the height between the ground and ceiling of the ground floor is about 3 metres

the wall is 29 cm width as it used to be the back wall before the extension was built

the ceiling of the ground floor is a thin layer of plaster or whatever and then a 14 cm gap then whatever make the floor upstairs.
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now ive given some measurments that probably make no sence at all, what would be the best router for virgin media (used to be ntl) that would have the range for them measurments if they made any sense

If anyone could have a look at novatech's site www.novatech.co.uk
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a842x1y0z1p0s0n0m0
and see if any of them look any good as they are my local store and seem cheaper than most places.

thanks alot

 

i personally would go ahead and get an N router for distance, even though you will be using G.

they are backwards compatible and you can get 1 for under $100

d-link, linksys..........

 

I bought a D-Link DIR-615 a couple weeks ago from CircuitCity for $49 and they tossed in a $10 gift card. I'm not sure if that deal is still going, but you should look into this router. I get 100% signal strength through 3 walls with my PS3.

 

The problem you will run into is the angle going through the floor. Most floors are 2x8 or 2x10 depending on span, the decking is normally 2+ layers to keep from flexing + the top layer (wood, vinyl). Shooting through all of this material will degrade the signal pretty bad. Now with the thick (old) outer wall have any of the foil back material it will kill a signal also.

I would avoid Belkin, they are just not reliable. They test good but seem to have a lot of failures. Netgear, Dlink, and Linksys, If you decide to go 11g vs 11n, the only model Linksys make that is any good is the WRT-54GL model. Since your in the UK you have access to Buffalo hardware. These are good cheap units and can run the Linux (dd-wrt) firmware on most of there units. Would need to check there site for compaitable models. I like the units that I'm able to install Linux Firmware on to. This normally gives you full control of the power settings, and a lot of bells and whistles. So you can tweak them for your needs. Most all problems are tied back to the firmware.

 

go with "N" .i know that my signal using a "g" card on my laptop with an "n" router my signal went fro 18- 36 mbps usual signal to 45-54 mbps signal , stong signal where it used to read weak , no more dropouts , and in the basement where no signal got through now get 250mbps strong signal with an "n" client . so it is worth getting "n" even if you only use "g" for now

 

What you ran into was a better SNR due to a better receiver probably MIMO tech. SNR can be improved in several different ways without mimo. Or you had a chip mismatch that was causing the problem. Not all routers have this in 11g, most of all of the newer 11n are using it.