Wrt400n?

I am looking for a new router at the moment as I am moving out of my current place soon and the router isn't mine. Have been reading good things about the WRT400N, are there any other similar options? Ideally I wouldn't want to spend anymore than $130CAD, but if there is somethign good out there I wouldn't mind dishing out that little but more. Mostly general usage (gaming and what not), nothing special. Canadian computers also have a recertified 400N for $88, kinda tempted. Bestbuy ca have new ones for $129, haven't found any new ones for a low price yet.

Just looking for something stable, might look in to DD-WRT and what not at some point down the line. My HP8510p have an Intel 3965AGN, I will be primarily using it with that, and maybe an Xbox 360 is I decide to buy one, via LAN.

Any opinions?

Thanks in advance.

 

I wouldn't really recommend that one. It's based on Atheros hardware, not on Broadcom one. It's not bad per se but Linksys always uses Broadcom chips and that's what they are good at. The result of these Atheros experiments are mixed but one thing that you can easily see is that firmware updates for WRT400N are rare to nonexistent (only one after the initial firmware so far).
There is no full support for 3rd party firmware that I know of either- DD-WRT is in beta stage.

I suppose you can find WRT610N a bit too expensive but it should be better.
If not there is also Asus RT-N16 with great hardware and good price. It's also supported by DD-WRT. The only downside of Asus is that is has 5GHz radio disabled (the chip that they used has it but they disabled 5GHz on purpose and it cannot be enabled in firmware)

Any specific requirements?

 

Thats true, I was wondering about that. And when I was looking through the specs it did seem like abit of an odd ball.

The RT-N16 looks interesting and seems to be available at a local store at a similar price to online stores too (NCIX). I like the 2 X USB ports.

Honestly I don't really have any specific requirements, and I understand that doesn't make recommendations any easier. heh Though I do have a preferrence in Linksys as I have had good experienc with them in the past with various products. I have a WRT54GL at home, but since I am not around there much, I have had the time to try out 3rd party stuff on it.

 

Well it does make recommendations easy actually
Asus RT-N16 has very good hardware but it's hard to tell anything about its firmware as it is still pretty new. Still if the official firmware turns out to be poor you can always load DD-WRT and enjoy the best possible hardware for a decent price.
If you don't need to go that high in specs you can always give Asus WL-500G Premium a look.
As for Linksys - I like them too- solid routers with good firmware support.
WRT610N is great but for entry level N router you can look at WRT160N v3

 

Just the opposite for the What Notebook Should I Buy forum.

The WRT160Nv3 is something I looked at too, I can get it at a decent price with free shipping form Dell.ca. I will look into that one alittle more.

 

Top three in this case would be:
1. ASUS RT-N16 (480MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, 802.11n, 1Gb switch, USB)
2. ASUS WL-500G Premium (240MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, 802.11G, 100Mb switch, USB)
3. Linksys WRT160N (300MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, 802.11n, 100Mb switch)

 

I will check back whenever I have bought a router.

Thanks for the advice.

 

Just ordered a WRT160N from dell.ca, lowest price for a new unit @ $64.99 + tax.

At the end I couldn't justify spending >$100 on a router as I don't really need the performance.

 

Yeah I can understand that. I also realize I tend to recommend a bit expensive hardware but no one ever asks for poor stuff or medium quality router so I usually end up recommending something a bit too good compared to what the user actually needs.
Anyway WRT160N should be fine- hardware is all right and additional DD-WRT support may be useful.
BTW some people have trouble with official firmware for ASUS RT-N16 so you might have spared yourself some trouble by not buying it, but as I wrote earlier that's something to be expected from ASUS, they offer good hardware but firmware support is not at Linksys' level.

 

The WRT160N is a good choice. DD-WRT is recommended. Lots more information and features.

Ive got up to 7 wireless and 2 wired devices on mine and it doesnt skip a beat.

If they somehow give you a older v2 stock, return it because that uses a Ralink chipset and also DD-WRT doesnt support it.

 

I picked up the WRT160N v3 from the delivery depot today as I missed the delivery yesterday. Am on the stock firmware (latest) at the moment and the setup went smoothly as it should. So far so good.

 

Alrights! So I got bored yesterday afternoon and loaded DD-WRT on to the 160N. The first one I flashed refused to connect with my PPPoE connection for some strange reason. But after abit of help from Flipfire, it's up and running.