linksys wrt150n vs. d-link dir-635

ok, to cut this story short. i'm really tired of using only wired connections whenever friends drop by, "mobile" family members need to connect to net etc. etc. plus i'm awaiting 2 (mine and my mum's) notes that would bump the pc count in my appartement to 4 (my "big" workstation server/gaming rig and "media center" pc).
i'd love to use the wireless on my balcony with the notes, as the weather now gets here really great - good enough to sit outside... plus i'd love to use the router for wireless gaming parties... and file transfers through dc (i'm hosting nearly 30 full dvd's of linux oses, few unixes etc. plus, 20GB of freeware i tested and "approved" for my friends, colleagues to have and use, finally - my game walkthroughs...) that do a lot of connection slowdowns on my existing oldy belkins 4port wiredonly router...
so basically i need cheap, reliable, fast, good etc. router for home use mostly. good qos, great speeds etc. required. these two routers come in almost the same price... which one would you prefer?

aaah, my desktops all have gigabit net, my ISP offers however speeds of up to 100Mb on the city wide lan... and the notes will all come in wifi draft-n (intel 4965 or something like that) flavor...

 

Linksys has said one the supplies of the WRT150n is gone, there will be no more cheap 11n, on the WRT600n. I'm surprised your belkin has worked at all. So you can mark it off your consider list.

The DIR 635 has been discontinued. So pick the DIR-655.

Being discontinued and dropped models, the mfg may not release the final 11n spec firmware for them. Or they may have discovered a problem with them, which means they may have problems with the final 11n spec. Just speculating here.

 

that's probably why dir-635 costs here about half the 655 model, just as linksys one (150n) compares in prices to the bigger brother (300n) (not to mention the 600n, if i recall it correctly, should be around 3.5 times more expensive than the 150n)... so even though the 655 would easily excel in anything i'd throw at it, it's way above my price range... any other suggestions?

well my oldy belkin was wired only and did work fairly well, occasional hangdowns that were soon taken care of by simply turning everything (desktops, router...) off for a single night in a week... that's why i need to get a new one...

 

Read the reviews done by www.smallnetbuilder.com Then make your own decision.

Take a look at what release of firmware was used. ON 11n HW this changes a lot while they work the bugs out. So some of problems encountered may or may not be fixed.

Maybe some of the other users who have these units can comment on them, or use the search feature of the forum. There should be quite a bit of data on them.

ps. Most all of my hardware is either Netgear or Dlink SMB class. With my wireless AP's being Buffalo and USR.

 

just a tiny little bump - got 2 other routers onto my "consider" list

Asus Wireless Router WL-500W (almost the same price as D-link's DIR-635)
on the "bright" side - print/file server, possible open firmware, upgradability to full N
on the "dark" side - speed and range (really weak due to using centrino card), stability (or almost lack of thereof), problems with security

D-Link Wireless N Router DIR-615
on the bright side - price, release date (hoping for possibility to upgrade to full N standard)
on the dark side - greatly handicapped DIR-655 version (or at least it seems so from the web reviews), stability (some reviews point it out), some reviews said something about problems with security, others mentioned stability and range problems...

how do these two compare to the aforementioned wrt150n-eu and dir-635?

unfortunately wrt350n, dir-655, wl-700ge (the asus n router w/ hardrive and good reviews), trendnets' 632brp and 633brp all come for far too much... actually i just had some problems on the stock exchange market so i need to take everything a tad cheaper, after all once the wifi n standard is finally set there will be a lot of new models and i might reconsider buying new one then if i won't be able to upgrade to full and stable n version of the router i'll get...

any more suggestions now?

 

If you can find the Buffalo WHR-HP-54G router, scarce as hens teeth in the US. It has a seperate (1amp) on the receiver side, increasing the range of most NB. I have one with dd-wrt firmware setup as a AP, great range and speed.

You can still get these from dd-wrt store. The WHR-G54S is a Linksys WRT-54GL clone at a lower cost. You can get a low cost router with all of the features of a high end model. Look through there supported list ans spec, then you will know what to look for.

 

i'm just checking the shops, but the first 3 of them have no buffalo products.

i just checked the web store by dd-wrt and must say that the shipment costs make the products far too "not for me"...

isn't the wrt-54gl b/g only? i'd love to be able to use the wifi draft n abilities that routers begin to offer, however i just need the thing to be stable...

 

Could anyone help me: I have wireless router DRI-635. All is functioning well during porcess of configuring. I connected it to the ADSL modem and ask my ISP if any limitations exist to do so. They told no!
But when in configuring process I reached "Check your Internet Connection Status" in some time the system told me "Internet connection problem exists, ask you ISP" and that's all.
I use XP Pro, ADSL modem works very well when is connected directly to laptop I have normal Internet connection, the wireless network I created works well, including WPA and I can to connect to this wireless network without any problem. But all is useless because evidently modem and wireless router are not in compliance - but all LEDs in two devices show normal work.
Sorry for this long strory!
Has anyone some idea what to do?

 

have you tried cloning mac address of your desktop/notebook ethernet card (whatever you used before) on the router? get into web configure, go to basic settings, there should be an option of cloning mac address. finally connect the router to the modem. it should be working from the point on.