wireless broadband network for home

[plenderj]

ADSL is being ordered as we speak. Now.

I can buy all of these parts at trade prices so there's no big problem there.
There's two manufactures I'm interested in - D-Link and Netgear.

Both of these manufacturers have wireless routers that go up to the 54mbps standard, but neither have a broadband wireless router that does 54mbps.
They both have broadband routers that'll do 11/22mbps.

So I have two options :

Buy a wireless 54mbps router and an ethernet adsl modem.
Or, buy a wireless 11mbps router w/built in adsl.


11mbps is just too slow for networking I feel, so I'm thinking perhaps grab a 54mbps wireless router, and attach an adsl ethernet modem to that.
That'd give me a fairly decent wireless network speed, and adsl aswell.

Any thoughts ?

[Lightning]

I would buy seperate a 54 mb router and a "simple" ADSL modem. The reason, you have the fastest wireless network, and the speed of the network is always much higher as the ADSL speed.

[plenderj]

Yeah that's what I'm pricing up at the moment. I'll post some price comparisons in a little while

[plenderj]

I think for the sake of keeping the router & adsl modem the same brand, I'll go for the D-Link solution.
So an 11mbps wireless network would cost be €133.32, whereas the 54mbps would cost me €174.53

I'm getting nearly potentially 5 times the network speed for an extra €40
54mbps is the way to go methinks

Router w/intergrated ADSL modem

Netgear DG-824M		€149.33		(11mbps)
D-Link DSL-604G+	€133.32		(11mbps)





Router w/o integrated ADSL modem

Netgear WGR-614		€97.16		(54mpbs)
D-Link DI-612		€101.87		(54mpbs)



Separate ADSL Modem

D-Link DSL-300G+	€72.66

[VisionIT]

I little off the beaten track...

Try 3COM. They have superb wireless products! I'm running a 22mbps WAP with 128b/WEP. It connects to a 22mbps PCMCIA ethernet adaptor. They work like a dream!

You can mod 22mbps WiFi 802.11G bb routers to support 54mbps, but it takes a few minutes to do!

The whole set of BB router, WAP & PCMCIA adaptor cost £130! Damn good for what you get.

Hope this helps.

[Admiral Michael]

I've read that the 2.4GHz wireless networking has alo of problems. Expsecially since alot of items use that frequesncy range.

[Admiral Michael]

Actually I just installed a 2.4GHz wireless network in my house and it rocks. You could try using a different channel.