Wireless Router Help / Recommendation

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Posted by Nell on Nov-15-2009 02:12:

Wireless Router Help / Recommendation

Hey all, looking for a some help deciding on a new router for home.

So recently I just upgraded my broadband to 50Mbit from 10Mbit. My home setup consists of the follwing:

3 Desktops connected by ethernet
PS3 connected by ethernet
1 laptop connected wirelessly

Previously I had a Lynksys wireless-g router which served everything fine, but since i upgraded to 50mbit the ISP provided me witha new router. within an hour of having it installed, all the problems came to light.

1) Only supports wireless-n, doesnt support g at all -so laptop is redundant.
2) Only has megabit ethernet, which is a downgrade fromt the gigabit ethernet i was used to before.

this is a major setback for me. unfortuantely i can't use my old router as it cant handle the 50mbit internet from the modem so it looks like i need to get a new router to satisfy my needs. i know i could run both simultaneously -but i dont really want the additional cost on my electricity bill for running them 24/7 + faffing about turning them on and off etc.

so anyway, i need a solution or a recomendation for a new router.
my criteria is as follows...

Must be able to support a 50mbit internet connection (possibly more if i ever upgrade in a year or two)
Must have Gigabit ethernet.
Must have at least 4 ethernet ports.
Must support wireless-g and wireless-n (would prefer it if it can broadcast on both frequencies at the same time -my old router could do b and g at the same time)
Prefer to have an established/popular brand
Prefer it to cost as little as possible (obviously)

thanks for any help/advice.

Posted by woscar on Nov-15-2009 04:54:

Pretty sure you can just walk into any computer store and explain this to any of the tech guys and they'll sort it out for you.

Posted by sh33p on Nov-15-2009 07:44:

Re: Wireless Router Help / Recommendation

quote:
Originally posted by Nell
2) Only has megabit ethernet, which is a downgrade fromt the gigabit ethernet i was used to before.

how come? the linksys wireless g supports only 10/100mbit ethernet (not 1000mbit)
any new router suppose to do that as well.
It doesn't make any sense that a new router will support wireless n but the ethernet will support only 10mbit connection