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Re: Want to buy a router - Do all routers go out 50% of time?

reply to nine9s2
I have an old Netgear WGR614v9 that was cheap at under $40.00. Been using it since 2007 and another one like it for a few years. Maybe getting long in the tooth as it is a b/g , but serves my needs at this time. A couple of summers in the past I took it with me in my travels and when staying with friends used it. Just needed an open port on their router and power.

Only replaced it once, when a roommate allowed it to be on its side on top of a CRT Monitor and heat got to it.

On sites like Amazon where someone has put a low rating on something, I consider the level of expertise that is needed to setup and then scan the low ratings. I am looking for misspelling and poor grammar. Once those have been parsed, there usually are few 'poor' ratings.

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Apparently AirPrint addresses iOS devices to print wirelessly on AirPrint enabled printers.

Yes, air print is for printing from a ipad, iPhone. droid etc.
The Apple stuff finds the printer, usually a HP printer with out installing any apps and works great. The Droid stuff needs playing around with some to get it to find the printer.

I have been running a couple of refurbished E2000's with Tomato and WDS to get coverage through my house and property. Everything has been running fine for about 6 months but started needing reboots every few days a couple of weeks ago.

I just bought an RT-N66U and couldn't be happier. One router gives me coverage throughout the house (including areas I needed the second WDS router for before) and over my 1 acre property.

I have 17 devices connected to it now and everything seems to be connecting with better speeds than before.

I am using the 5MHz band with an Asus USB-N53 (which claims a reliable 300 Mbps connection) for my main PC - everything else is either wired (multiple video streaming devices) or using the 2.4 GHz band.

While I don't really need the RT-66U speeds with my current 20 Mbps Comcast service the range and better speed connections at distance make it worth it. As others have said I may not even change the firmware to Tomato or other third party firmware as the stock Asus firmware seems good and I have seen reviews saying it is faster then the third party firmware.

If it remains stable this is a much better solution with one fast router and good coverage versus the sometimes flakey multiple routers using WDS

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reply to nine9s2
The last router that went on me was because of the plug. We use a special wireless Vonage router that they don't make anymore. Let's just say it fits into our network infrastructure the way we want it. after a storm hit, the router went out. Replacing it exactly was mucho expensive, however I had the non-wireless version of the same router.... uses the same plug. Exchanged the plugs and it booted right up!

Bought a few surplus plugs the next day on eBay for a few bucks!
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reply to Tobin
Hi Tobin....I use to have a D-Link 655 which I had for about 6 years and it was okay. Every so often it would drop the signal or reboot itself. When I use to VPN into work or be on a conference call it was a PITA when it dropped out. Anyway, I couldn't be happier with my AEBS. I have 3 lap tops 2 iPads, 2 wired networked Tivo's and a Sony Blu-ray. The AEBS doesn't even flinch when their all working at once. The best part when I cut the grass during the summer on my tractor I can still grab a signal for my iPod and listen to music or a ballgame without any drop outs when I am on the other side of the property.

reply to nine9s2
One question I'd like to know is about DNS pass-thru (or what you want to call it.) In other words, does the router pass the true DNS addresses when a device does DHCP, or does it just point at itself? Are there any advantages/disadvantages of hiding DNS from the computers/devices and having the modem do all the work?

I have my router handle DNS, but I use the default DNSSEC addresses provided by Comcast anyway. AFAIK, the Comcast modems don't care about DNS. I Could be wrong...

reply to nine9s2
I don't think it's a gamble. I've never bought a new router but I pick up a lot of used ones cheap at Goodwill, a thrift store, and they have always worked unless they had a bad power supply. Goodwill usually has a lot of power supplies though so you can get one of them while you are there. After using them I've found the newer N type Netgear models work the best, the little square black ones, especially if you can put DD-WRT on it.

reply to nine9s2
Personally I steer clear of Dlink. I bought an 825, had horrible range and speeds. Their DAP bridge would also knock my stero receiver off of my network. Scrapped them both and bought an Asus AC66u. A bit of overkill but this thing handles everything we throw at it without blinking. 4 laptops, 2 VPNs, 3 iPhones, Nook, Xbox, ps3, wii u, receiver, directv, never an issue at all.

reply to Darknessfall
I also have a WD My Net 750 and haven't had a problem with it. And it also happens to be on sale at Best Buy for 49.99 this week...40 bucks off.

reply to nine9s2
I have a ASUS router as well,rock solid over a year with mine(before all linksys routers which often had to be rebooted)
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reply to plencnerb

well, if you have u-verse, especially with tv, you have to lease one of their gateways (or purchase one of theirs for internet only), they give you wireless,router combo+ separate Cisco AP for wireless TV receiver.

It works well for me except for limited number of ethernet ports, but I have old wrt54g for spare extras. Their wireless is good but at default set too high (400mW). I lowered it to 100. I imagine if you live in apartment near close to other apartments with the same default set up (most users are not technically experienced), you get a lot of wi-fi interference.Whats worse their wi-fi radio supports only B/G. No N. You are welcome to turn it off and use wireless from your own router bridged to gateway, but the rental fee has increased from original $3 to $6 now and its the same old model they introduced years ago. I find firewall settings ok, but not as flexible as with Linksys, that allows you to not only open specific ports but also open them to only specific devices by IP address, MAC or connected ethernet port number.

Their set up boxes and main dvr made by cisco are good though. Seem to be more responsive than Comcast and lots of nice features.