jimbopalmer
Tsar of all the Rushers
join:2008-06-02
Greenwood, MS
 ·Windjammer Cable
| reply to omaradib
Re: Wireless router buying suggestion needed
No, but I suggest you run a wire downstairs and put the router on the same floor as the users.
Most router's antennas only really work in a horizontal plane.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnidirect···_antenna
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| No, but I suggest you run a wire downstairs and put the router on the same floor as the users.
Most router's antennas only really work in a horizontal plane. I can connect throughout the house with no problem. It does drop off if I try to take the laptop outdoors, probably because of the aluminum siding.
I just purchased a ZYXel NBG334W router, but I don't have enough experience yet to recommend it.
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omaradib
join:2009-06-28 | Thanks |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
|  reply to nwrickert
Currrent home network |
said by nwrickert  :I just purchased a ZYXel NBG334W router, but I don't have enough experience yet to recommend it. I bought one of those just before Christmas. Great little router IMHO. It has dual wireless network functionality so you can isolate guests from the regular wired/wireless network if desired. See the screen shot for my current usage.
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omaradib
join:2009-06-28
| This zyxel thing seems to be a hotcake. Anyone tried that in upstairs (router) downstairs (computer) with 1 wall, 1 roof and 1 mattress in-between (or so) osituation 
thanks Stevech0 and SoonerAll |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
| Mine in used in a single story home. In between the router (at the front of the house) and my wife's wireless XP Pro desktop we have a 50 inch HDTV/cable set-top-box/DVD player and assorted walls, furniture, etc. Probably about 25 feet or so in straight line distance.
No mattress... 
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