Advantages: Wireless and Wired connections, easy to install Disadvantages: Blue ring of light can be annoying, but can also be turned off!
I have recently exchanged my Belkin router for the Netgear WPN824 as I was experiencing regular disconnections with my Belkin and found their customer support was not very good.
I opted for the Netgear after various recommendations from friends and reading the reviews on ciao.
The Netgear has a nice sleek, modern looking design and has a ring of Blue LEDs on the top that flash/rotate when connected wirelessly. Personally, I find these be a little annoying at night because they are quite bright but they can easily be turned off via a switch on the back. It also comes with stands so it can be put in an upright position. It has some nice green flashing lights on the front to show when each computer is connected to it and wether it has internet connection (as most routers do).
This model has a wireless connection speed of 108mbps ...
Advantages: Great stable router with great range and speed Disadvantages: None found yet
Picking a router is pretty difficult these days.
There are an awful lot of routers out there and it is very, very difficult to choose the right one for you. The obvious things to consider are
? Price
? Ease of use/Ease of set up
? Speed
? Range
? After sales support
The more technical would also consider the functionality offered.
The DG834N ticks the right boxes in each of these areas.
Out of the box the router looks rather sleek. It's a white box roughly the same size of a hardback book. Some yellowish flashing lights at the front inform you whether the router is switched on, whether it's connected to the internet, and whether it is transmitting a wireless signal. It also has no external aerials which I'll come back to in a moment.
The router comes with the standard 4 Ethernet ports and supports both ADSL and ADSL2+ and as far as I ...
Advantages: Massive wireless range Disadvantages: -
I live in a large victorian house with 7 other students. We decided to have wireless internet this year, and I must say, this router has done us proud.
We bought ours from a local computer shop for £69.99.
Our house is 3 floors, and even on the top floor the signal strength and quality is above 75%. I would say that the signal would still be pretty strong if we had a 4th floor.
We have had no problems with it at all.
It comes with a CD which is very easy to install. You can have the internet up and running in your house/office within a matter of minutes.
Upon installtion, you can choose a password to protect your network. We have had no problems from people in our road interfering with our signal.
Absolutely awesome product!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Network Connection:
Wireless Data Speed of up to 108 Mbps
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Product Information for "Lucent MAX 6000 - router" »
Manufacturer's product description
The MAX 6000 high-density WAN access switch gives service providers and corporations the increased performance, reliability and expandability needed for current and future access applications. The MAX 6000 combines the latest in hardware technology with the Ascend True Access Operating System (TAOS) to deliver the industry's most cost-effective wide area network (WAN) services platform. This flexible chassis features flash memory and slot cards, as well as the software upgradable protocols and services needed for today's high-powered applications. NavisAccess network management software provides extensive WAN and service management. Integrated security enables service providers to offer reliable, secure access to the Internet, a corporate intranet or a virtual private network.
