retired_jhr2211

and if you have issues with this good stuff then more people will be able to help as mainstream equipment has more support.

I must apologise for getting wound up, but Ive spent the best part of 6 weeks sorting out one wifi network because the user insists on the cheapest stuff.

He couldve solved it with an extra £40 initial investment.

Instead Ive billed him over £600 to date as he still wont take my advice.

Incidentally, one of the other reasons I recommend linksys is that you can expand their wifi range with a £40 bit of kit. So if you have a large house, why pay for 2 x routers (which wont work anyway as Ive mentioned, youll need a switching subnet access point which is gonna be £150+) when you can spend £40 on a linksys range expander.

retired_mhamedmmn07

No worries, ive posted about a million times making sure, i think I even annoyed myself. But no, my house isnt particluary big, 1 router should be ok, especially if it has a decent range on it. Bare mimnium should be.............

retired_jhr2211

For me?

£50-60

I want the following from the router

1) a good brand name, linksys/cisco, draytek, dlink, 3com, netgear, Intel.
2) a good range, ideally with the ability to add "expanders" or repeaters as us techies call them. Only Linksys/Cisco offer this to my knowldge
3) Easy setup, this would limit me to the above and even then Id remove Dlink from it because of their necessary firmware flash upgrades
4) Compatabilty - you should be looking for at least 11 and 54mb/s compatability. Bear in mind that your internet connection will never ever go beyond 11mb so even the basic wifi is fine.
5) Stability, a router stability is a core requiremnet, else you'll be powering it off every day. The case Ive just mentioned I could have resolved in 10 mins with a draytek router for an extra £90. But they didnt want that so theyve just paid me an extra £110 for 2 hours work to get 3 of 5 laptops talking to it.

retired_jhr2211

So

1.Get the linksys router you mentioned.
2.Get the cards you need.
3. *BEFORE* you pay for this, email me with the stuff you want to buy and Ill personally check what issues you may encounter
4. Buy it.
5. If you have problems, then the more popular the kit the better we can offer help.

retired_mhamedmmn07

ok cheers

retired_Steeler

had a quick look through. some excellent advice here.

kris, you should make this a sticky what with the amount of wifi queries the board will get once everyone wants one.

retired_andrea.fife

i'm too polite for me own good

retired_andrea.fife

Dear dear and i bet they haven't learnt that it pays to listen to someone who knows what they are talking about

An extra £110 for 2 hours work there Kris, nice bit of work if you can get your hands on it

retired_andrea.fife

Aye i was thinking that meself.

retired_tarajosey

Thanks for the help kris. A coupl eof questions..

1) What exactly is wrong with my wireless?

2)Would a wireless range expander do any good as we live in a 3storey house and the router is on the top and im on the bottom!