Moved into our new house a few months ago and the first thing I did was run CAT5e throughout it and establish a central hub where I could put my networking gear and printer. It's been downhill from there.
Right now I own 3 different routers and have been unhappy with all 3.
1. D-Link DGL-4500: Horrific. It overheats, resets and drops packets like that was its primary task.
2. D-Link DGL-4300: My old tried and true router. I love it...but it lacks wireless N, which I'd like to take advantage of with my 3 laptops.
3. Linksys WRT-54GS (v1): Using the latest DD-WRT firmware it's great...except no wireless N and no gigabit.
I'm waiting on a Linksys WRT610N to get here as I'm hoping maybe that will solve my problems...but it's got me thinking. With all the money I have invested in hardware around the house, why don't I have a more robust network? So what would you guys recommend for setting up a more "high end" home network? And by "high end" I'm looking for speed, speed, speed. The wireless N is needed, but it's not where I really care about speed too much. For any device that I want to eek the last kps out of, I have it hard wired.
Here's what I've got hard wired right now:
D-Link DGL-4500 -- connected to:
1. Gigabit PC
2. NAT 1Tb storage
3. Printer
4. Netgear GS805 Gigabit Switch -- connected to:
....4a. 360
....4b. PS3
....4c. Wii
....4d. Slingbox Pro (HD streaming)
Wirelessly I connect up to 3 laptops.
So if my priority is LAN speed and my budget is in the "few hundred bucks"-ish range, what are my options? Is it worth it to find a used Cisco router and run the wireless separately with one of my 3 current routers (since wireless speed is the least of my priorities)? Ideas?
Thanks.
Right now I own 3 different routers and have been unhappy with all 3.
1. D-Link DGL-4500: Horrific. It overheats, resets and drops packets like that was its primary task.
2. D-Link DGL-4300: My old tried and true router. I love it...but it lacks wireless N, which I'd like to take advantage of with my 3 laptops.
3. Linksys WRT-54GS (v1): Using the latest DD-WRT firmware it's great...except no wireless N and no gigabit.
I'm waiting on a Linksys WRT610N to get here as I'm hoping maybe that will solve my problems...but it's got me thinking. With all the money I have invested in hardware around the house, why don't I have a more robust network? So what would you guys recommend for setting up a more "high end" home network? And by "high end" I'm looking for speed, speed, speed. The wireless N is needed, but it's not where I really care about speed too much. For any device that I want to eek the last kps out of, I have it hard wired.
Here's what I've got hard wired right now:
D-Link DGL-4500 -- connected to:
1. Gigabit PC
2. NAT 1Tb storage
3. Printer
4. Netgear GS805 Gigabit Switch -- connected to:
....4a. 360
....4b. PS3
....4c. Wii
....4d. Slingbox Pro (HD streaming)
Wirelessly I connect up to 3 laptops.
So if my priority is LAN speed and my budget is in the "few hundred bucks"-ish range, what are my options? Is it worth it to find a used Cisco router and run the wireless separately with one of my 3 current routers (since wireless speed is the least of my priorities)? Ideas?
Thanks.