Need help selected a wireless G router

I've researched wireless g routers for the past two days and really need someone to tell me what to buy.

I have a 3 year old DLink 524 that has been having "performance" problems over the past few months. I could not revive it this time. It has performed fine and we get a signal throughout the house (concrete block construction and plaster walls). Although in our bedroom (downstairs and through an outside wall) we could use a stronger signal. I'd like to stay with wireless G since both laptops have these cards.

Can anyone suggest a wireless G router?

Thanks

 

I like linksys. You could also buy a range extender and place it near your bedroom (on the other side of the wall) to help.

 

Thanks Nizzy. Everyone I talked to seems to like Linksys. I went with their regular wireless G router. The store clerk at Best Buy talked me out of going to cheap Wireless N router. So far the range is very good.

 

Which model did you get?

Ive had the Linksys WRT54G for years now, it hasnt let me down so far..

Make sure you get a good firmware for it

 

Why do you like linksys more than netgear?

 

I ended up with the WRT54G2. It is the new slimmer design. I was concerned since it did not have an external antenna but the range is slightly better then my old D-Link 524.

I found it interesting the salesman steered me away from Wireless N. He has not had good experiences with N working well with a wireless G card. I guess he didn't see the advantages to the higher price. He obviously knew more about routers then I did. considering I don't do gaming wirelessly or plan to upgrade my wireless card anytime soon.

 

Good choice.

 

Ive never actually tried any other brands before. but im sure my notebook has connected to different brands of router hotspots

Linksys hasnt let me down so theres no need to try other brands.

N wont be much better than G in terms of gaming. Wireless is wireless. Im using G to game and my ping on gaming is better than most players.

Since N is still the newest one, its not as reliable as good old G

btw try updating your firmware (if possible), might increase the range, reliability and performance

 

Plus, the real bottleneck is the ISP connection, not the nic-router connection.

 

I have a d-link router with d-link network adapters, all 802.11g, and I must say I'm not particularily happy with the range. I can't remember the model off the top of my head because I'm not at home right now but my room is not far from where we have our router, and I only get 1-2 bars. I've heard good things about Linksys, though I've never used one.

 

I had a D-Link B with D-Link cards, then moved to a D-Link G with D-Link cards and now have a Linksys WRT54G with the various internal cards OEM'ed in my laptops. Both D-Link's lasted about 12-18 months as I recall. They worked well, but I had to stay on top of the firmware to make them work smooth. If you read around the web, the Linksys WRT54G is probably THE best overall G router. It is a workhorse! Much happier - I am a Linksys customer now.

 

I'm in an hotel now and they have the same router and it was working, the IT guy had to come fix it, a router reset did the job. I had fun pinging the IP's though before to call him and tell him that my connection to the router was fine but the connection from the router to internet wasn't right., he confessed that they were having issues with that router.