i just bought a wireless router so i was just in your shoes :)

 

i was reading in the forum that linksys routers with some cards were having issues, i'm not sure how much truth to that there is but i just want a headache free setup (as much as possible) When i went to Best Buy those college kids must have bought all the wireless router in the place and all that was left was this one

http://netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/WGR614.aspx

 

so i bought it for $40 ($20 less then linksys) and got home popped in the setup disk, i could have done without but wanted to try and boom! it was done in 3 min. I used it for 3 days without any issues. The only thing i could find on it was netgears tend to get a little warm, so what i did was attach the feet that came with it and it stays cooler. good luck

 

I dont think any of the Super G or speed boost will be of any use unless the wireless card supports it, and i do not think your card does, so your probably best off with a normal use wireless G router 54mps. I am new this also so maybe  someone can shed more light,

laura what card were you using with the linksys?

My laptop has the built in Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG.

 

eta-- I just read your post above. I haven't heard anything about linksys problems with certain cards. For a long time, the problem with my previous router drove me nuts until I read all sorts of things online concerning that specific version of that Linksys router.  For the most part, everything I've read about it is that it wasn't built well. So maybe what you've heard regarding cards has to do with that specific router, which, btw, is all over the shelves in the stores. I did a lot of research prior to shelling out more money for a router though, including looking into other manufacturors. I just chose to stay with Linksys for the simple fact that my new on got great reviews from users, you can use third party firmware, and I'm a creature of habit. :smileywink:

 

 

FWIW, the WRT54G v5 can run third-party firmware, too: dd-wrt.

Yep. I know that the wrt54g v5 can now run 3rd party firmware. It was an unstable router for me though, so I chose to get the wrt54GL.

 

Cheers.:smileyhappy: and good luck to the original poster in your hunt for the perfect router. You'll get lots of opinions and my advice is to look for a concensus of "user" ratings on the many different sites you can find them on now.

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kicko wrote:

i just bought a wireless router so i was just in your shoes :)

 

i was reading in the forum that linksys routers with some cards were having issues, i'm not sure how much truth to that there is but i just want a headache free setup (as much as possible) When i went to Best Buy those college kids must have bought all the wireless router in the place and all that was left was this one

http://netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/WGR614.aspx

 

so i bought it for $40 ($20 less then linksys) and got home popped in the setup disk, i could have done without but wanted to try and boom! it was done in 3 min. I used it for 3 days without any issues. The only thing i could find on it was netgears tend to get a little warm, so what i did was attach the feet that came with it and it stays cooler. good luck

 

I dont think any of the Super G or speed boost will be of any use unless the wireless card supports it, and i do not think your card does, so your probably best off with a normal use wireless G router 54mps. I am new this also so maybe  someone can shed more light,

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I bought that same model Netgear a month ago and have had zero problems.  It took 5 minutes to hook up and another 5 minutes to configure.  The configuration wizard even walks you through the right steps to secure your network.