Anyone have any advice on good routers? D-link vs Linksys? Do you sacrifice much speed by going wireless?
if you planning to use P2P-then dlink is not good. sacrifice much speed-don't think so. most of wireless router capable to handle 54mbps-speed not even offered to general public. i already post the link but... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=4wACJ5K_hyA-E2v8S87XNFeBopcyv.yOog
I'm using wireless linksys wrt-54gs. It increased my ping time by 1 to 2ms on average as oppossed to going wired ethernet. Which is nothing. My net ping times for most sites is well under 100ms. I like the linksys boxes because the firmware can be upgraded for more performance or more options. I'm running a hacked firmware which allowed me to boost output tranmission power by 100%. And the box still runs cooler. I have had ZERO porblems since i had the box. It's been a year and counting.
This is the Linksys new one that rollled. http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...513404&pagename=Linksys/Common/VisitorWrapper It's draft "N", but I read that the standard wasn't ratified - can't find the link though. (Slashdot I think). So you may be stuck with a router that you might have to replace when "N" is official. Though, some of the early reports I read said the set up is buggy for most of these early draft "N" types. (imagine that).
Tom, Would the 871 be sufficient for SOHO/SMB use, or would you get something like the PIX 506e firewall as well. I've been looking at replacing my router/firewall "all-in-one". I don't know much about Cisco's products, the 871 seems like a all-in-one. I guess the question is, should I look at the 506e or is that overkill.