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#388366 - 01/13/13 11:34 PM
Re: Need a new router
[Re: tomtuttle]
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shareholder in the making
Registered: 04/02/03
Posts: 15984
Loc: Leesburg, Virginia
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I'm calmer than you are, dude.
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#388368 - 01/14/13 08:48 AM
Re: Need a new router
[Re: Ascension]
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shareholder in the making
Registered: 05/03/03
Posts: 17373
Loc: NoVA
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I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S CALM, YOU HORRIBLE PEOP...ahem.
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#388397 - 01/14/13 01:15 PM
Re: Need a new router
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axiomite
Registered: 10/05/06
Posts: 6166
Loc: PEI, Canada
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OK
You cannot go wireless to wireless with routers. If you need to extend or go wireless from the router to another you need a bridge or extender. Not entirely true. I'm using bridge mode on my 2nd floor Lynksis router to maintain the same subnet being dished out by my basement located ISP provided router/modem. I wasn't getting a good signal on other floors from my basement utility room. It just took some digging in Google to find how to set it up appropriately. Hence , the sentence, " If you need to extend or go wireless from the router to another you need a bridge or extender." Same, thing just your buying a router and converting it, switching it's options to a Bridge. Whynot just pay leas and buy the bridge in 5ghz Nope. My basement wifi router is feeding my second floor wifi router via wireless just fine. There is no bridge required in the middle. In my case "bridging" refers to the feature that allows the passthrough of DHCP from the original router and all devices are on the same network. I realize you are speaking of a different thing. A bridge to connect two routers. However, your first sentence said in a blanket statement that a router can't go to another router wirelessly and that is just not true. I just didn't want him to think his options were limited. Why am I using a more expensive router instead of a bridge? Because I needed to extend the signal up to the third floor and I already owned it, thus making it the cheaper solution.
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#388646 - 01/21/13 06:13 PM
Re: Need a new router
[Re: Murph]
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frequent flier
Registered: 06/09/09
Posts: 11
Loc: Eastvale, CA
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I am thinking about getting the one below in the link from Monoprice in Feb $42 bucks only, and upgrade from the Netgear RangeMax WPN824v2 i have now that is 8 years old. What do you think about it? I am using a Motorola SB5101 N Surfboard Modem is this going to be a problem for the Monoprice Router? My modem handles 38 Mbps Download and 30 Mbps upstream. My speed is like 18 Mpbs down and I think like 4-5 Mpbs upload from Charter Cable. I need to test it and see the speed to be sure. I dont want to be a guinea pig with Monoprice has been good to me and should stand behind the product. My router has been dropping alot lately and there is some many more devices running wirelessly on my router now it is crazy. I think it is slowing things down. What are your thoughts? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produc...=1&format=2
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#388668 - 01/22/13 12:32 PM
Re: Need a new router
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axiomite
Registered: 10/05/06
Posts: 6166
Loc: PEI, Canada
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Sorry, no experience with that brand.
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#388673 - 01/22/13 01:02 PM
Re: Need a new router
[Re: Ascension]
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connoisseur
Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 4558
Loc: western canada
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Sorry, no experience with that brand. Me either. I tend to stick with good brands and good reviews. Too many times friends have opted for cheaper computer parts and they paid for what they got; lesser quality/features they didn't realize they would want or need, lesser performance or shorter equipment life.
Edited by chesseroo (01/22/13 01:02 PM)
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#389846 - 02/18/13 04:42 PM
Re: Need a new router
[Re: Ascension]
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veteran
Registered: 03/12/03
Posts: 127
Loc: Waimanalo, HI
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I got this Medialink wireless router last September, for $50, to extend my wireless network. Very popular on Amazon (4520 reviews). Works fine for me.
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