| Linksys WRT160N to E4200 Just thinking of upgrading my Linksys WRT160N to a E4200 and wondered since the 4200 has been out for almost a year what is coming down the pike, or other vendors that people think might be better
Usage a single gig hard wire and 5 wireless laptops with a mixture of G and N 90% just surfing
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Reviews:
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 ·AT&T Southeast
·Verizon Wireless..
| I have installed 2 of the E4200s. They worked well with video streaming to laptops. Nice range. It would be nice to have all the indicator lights on the front like other wireless routers. I do not think there is going to be that much of an increase in wireless router capability in the next year. There has been development of maximum capability 4x4 MIMO 802.11n chipset: »www.businesswire.com/news/home/2···t-Powers. I do not know if any consumer grade equipment will be released that really takes advantage of it. It is mainly a 5GHz frequency tool for video streaming. I cannot see how they could use it in 2.4GHz with only 3 real channels available.
The ASUS RT-N56U Black Diamond router »usa.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_R···overview has gotten some very good reviews although I have not used one myself. |
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decxPremium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC | reply to backhoeken
If you do decide on going with a E4200 keep in mind that there are now two version of E4200 in the wild.
V1 is a Broadcom based router that has both DD-WRT and Tomato USB support. V2 is based on completely different hardware. While the V2 does have more RAM and flash, and does have a significantly faster CPU, it has a slower WAN/LAN speed (more a academic rather than a functional limitation), and being Marvell based, is not likely to get DD-WRT support. |
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 AnavSarcastic Llama? Naw, Just AcerbicPremium
join:2001-07-16
Dartmouth, NS
kudos:3 | reply to backhoeken
Asus rt n66u (avail in NA this month), latest broacom wifi lots of flash, tomato compatible. Probably pricey (at least $150). |
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