[Discuss] Home Routers

[jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)]

Chris,

I recently upgraded our local router to go along with our new internet
service ( exede satellite service ).  A big upgrade from what we had
before.

About the same time my old reliable WRT56G died.  I tried a Linksys
e2400 that I had at another location for over a year, and it failed
immediately, so I thought about trying a Linksys e3000 (that I have
read good reviews of).

I am a cheap so-and-so, so I got a eBayed Linksys WRT610N that does
well in our application.  Supposedly you can plug a USB drive in it to
do NAS and DLNA, but the reports is that it doesn't do well.  I
haven't even tried.  The 2.4 works well, the 5 is a little weak, but
works.

As part of the upgrade we were able to upgrade from WEP to WPA2 and
that just helps me feel more secure.  Because of where we live (in the
toolies), I am not to worried about being hacked wirelessly, but
still, if security is easy, we do it.

I did spend a few evenings researching what to upgrade and how.  I
also use a couple of wireless bridges and upgraded them to WET610N ..
they have been rock solid, and I do connect those to the router using
5GHz instead of 2.4GHz.  The 2.4 is more used from laptops.