Wireless routers ? Anyone know of good ones. make/model/manufacturer

[Siddy2]

I'm looking for a good broadband (DSL) wireless router, to run 3 comps, and 1 xbox. However, 2 of the PC's are in a basement. Wooden floor. I have never bought any wireless networking or wireless routers before, so I have absolutely no idea how well they transmit through wood/walls/floors.

I've seen articles on range extenders. I even saw an old episode on "The Screen Savers before G4 took it), that certain models you can over boost the power.

Like I said, I'm dumb on the whole wireless router stuff, so any help would be nice on a good "strong signal" router that can penetrate a floor to the basement. price range $75-$200 Plus connections

I just don't want to hard wire a network, and ugly up my house if you know what I mean.

 

[v1p3r2]

The Netgear DG834G is great at what it does stock, but go for the Linksys WRT54G is your interested in hacking it

You want 802.11g right?

 

[mmicrosysm]

Buffalo AirStation G54 has good wireless range and you can add an external attenna of any size and power to it. Next is the Linksys WRT54G Wireless B/G decent range but I would recommend getting the antenna upgrade for it though. Both units have 4 wired ports along with Wan port.

 

[Siddy2]

The Netgear DG834G is great at what it does stock, but go for the Linksys WRT54G is your interested in hacking it

You want 802.11g right?

Yes, the 802.11g .


My biggest concern is the ability to be able to get a signal to my basement. Maybe, like another poster said, a well place range extender may do the trick. I just don't want to ugly up the place hard wiring, and drilling holes running wires.

DSL company I am about to work with, will not do anything with a wireless system. They only setup and support their own non wireless router.

 

[mmicrosysm]

My [font=verdana, arial, helvetica]Buffalo AirStation G54 goes through a brick wall fine with very little loss of signal, and thats without the external antenna. It has far better range than my Linksys [/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica]WRT54G I use at home.

Worse case scenrio you can add a range extender but doubt you would need it if you are only passing through one (wood) floor.
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[higherbeing]

i got a WRT54G and its located in the basement in my house, my house has 2 stories (and obviously a basement) and i get great reception in the basement and the 1st floor. on the second floor I get 3 outta 5 bars, so its still acceptable. I even get reception outside my house. Also a great feature about the WRT54G is that you can upload your own software onto it. Xlink Kai actually has a thirdpart firmware that will run the Kai engine on your router, if you use XBMC you can play online with out really the need of a PC

 

[Siddy2]

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My [font=verdana, arial, helvetica]Buffalo AirStation G54 goes through a brick wall fine with very little loss of signal, and thats without the external antenna. It has far better range than my Linksys [/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica]WRT54G I use at home.

Worse case scenrio you can add a range extender but doubt you would need it if you are only passing through one (wood) floor.
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I was browsing the Buffalo web page, looking at the different models. I came up with 3 that look similar

WZR-HP-G54
WZR-RS-G54
WBR2-G54S

I assume you are using the HP-G54 , high power one for that kind of transmission power ? If it does what it says, and you say it does, that looks like a good one.