LINKSYS

[akhavan]

Hi,

I'm thinking of buying LINKSYS Wireless-N Broadband Router. Is anyone using it can comment about it?

Thanks

Sepehr

[akhavan]

Wrong Place!
Sorry

[Stargate199]

I would not buy a Wireless N router until the 802.11n standard has been finalize.

[skitty4gzus]

agreed, right now is sort of a waste of your money

[bill bolton]

I would not buy a Wireless N router until the 802.11n standard has been finalize.

The current estimate for 802.11n being finalised is circa March 2009.

See http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/R ... elines.htm

That's plenty of time to get value out of a pre-n router bought now.

Cheers,

bill B.

[rkawakami]

Call me "cheap", but I'm still using an 802.11b Netgear AP that's about 6 years old (ME102). I've just recently purchased an 802.11g router (Linksys WRT54G) only because my Macbook seems to like to talk to a "g" AP vs. a "b" (or maybe it just doesn't like Netgear ). Why didn't I just skip "g" and jump up to a "pre-n" router? My internet connection is a ~1Mbps down/300Kbps up DSL line which makes it fairly worthless (to me) to run any wireless system that's significantly faster than that. The only "multimedia" data streaming I do around the house comes from a digital video recorder currently located in the garage (home security system). Call me "lazy" too, since I never got around to dropping a CAT5 line out there. It's rarely sending data since my DSL upload speed is so slow. The OP needs to understand what the intended use of the wireless system is for and then where the speed bottleneck is, in order to justify the purchase of a pre-n or even a g system. If the needs of the wireless connection is for moving around vast amounts of data within the home, then sure, "pre-n" makes sense now, even if it won't connect with the ratified standard a couple of years in the future (admittedly, a very small chance of that happening). Am I going to dump my 802.11b system? No. In fact, I'm planning on running BOTH wireless systems (on channels 1 and 11 naturally) so that any older "b" card won't slow down the entire "g" system. I hate disposing of things that are still useful even if conventional wisdom says that they are obsolete (see .sig).