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RevMortis
I Hear Dead Silicon
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join:2005-05-10
Saint Paul, MN
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Re: WRT54GL or WRT54G?
I know you said "setup and forget", but you also need to consider future usage.
When all else is equal, buy the more robust hardware - more memory, bigger CPU, better wireless, etc.
As more applications become internet aware and internet dependant, your network (headed by your router) will have to be able to keep up with that demand. Each computer you add to the router multiplies the number of connections that the router will be responsible for maintaining. Apps that do P2P (even behind the scenes) use a lot of connections.
In this case newer is not always better. Do your homework. A limited amount of memory will choke the number of conversations/connections the router can maintain. A slower CPU will be a choke point. A small flash memory will limit your brothers upgrade paths if it ever becomes necessary.
Of course, that all costs money. To get the most for your money, first figure your price point. Then make a list of all the routers in that price range. Then get the specs for those routers. Even if you're not planning to use a third party firmware, the third party firmware websites tend to have the most detailed information about the hardware specs.
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dikbozo
join:2004-07-14
Regina, SK
| Unless you have or need or get a greater than 100 Mbps net connection, (would I like that), you can have an internal network using a Gbit switch and all the wired connections you want will easily hook up at that speed. The internet connection you have is not going to be Gbit in the near future, mark my words. For a wireless connection it really doesn't matter because you will not see even 100 Mbps speeds, period.
I have a vanilla WRT54G V2.0 running on Tomato 1.23 and my current neighborhood has 14 networks. Not bad on 13 channels. With a 5Db antenna, I regularly see 3 dozen and more. The radio interference these cause limits the throughput. Using an 802.11n set up with its multiple radio usage will result in even more crosstalk and chatter to interfere with. I don't see 5.8 GHz as a solution, either, just moving the problem to a less used frequency band. | |
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