Recommend me a wireless router!

[rich83]

As above... weve got a netgear one from about 7 years ago and I don't think its particularly fast.

Im a big out of touch with stuff like this, so which ones are the best for about 50quid ish!


TIA
Rich

[GTIjames]

Its a little over budget, might even be worth looking out for a second hand one but have a gander at the apple airport extreme tis the bees knees 

Had one going at me mams for a couple of years and no issues and none with mine after a year or so, very simple set up and does all you need it too apple or pc 

[Ifti]

Its a little over budget, might even be worth looking out for a second hand one but have a gander at the apple airport extreme tis the bees knees 

Had one going at me mams for a couple of years and no issues and none with mine after a year or so, very simple set up and does all you need it too apple or pc 

I concur!

[QD MBE]

I was looking at these a couple of weeks ago, but there are a few models of the Airport Ex.  I got fuddled and still have not done anything about it!

[edd666999]

As above... weve got a netgear one from about 7 years ago and I don't think its particularly fast.

Im a big out of touch with stuff like this, so which ones are the best for about 50quid ish!


TIA
Rich

when you say its not fast what do you mean? Its going to be wireless G at least which mean any broadband connection you have wont be throttled by the wifi. Only if your streaming or need gigabit eithernet would you need to upgrade.

Whats the reason you think its slow

[GTIjames]

The express is also good had one of those years ago but they have now been upgraded to 'n' rated, again a simple setup and the airplay feature where you can plug a speaker cable from your hifi to your express router and play your itunes music wirelessly is fantastic  

[rich83]

APE is good but its not got an inbuilt ADSL modem has it? (ive already got AP express and Time Capsule so i know that they are great products, but the APE doesnt quite tick all the boxes)

I do quite a lot of transferring of files between my Macbook Pro and my Mac Mini, and It just seems a bit slow. The router with have is G... so would moving to an N have any noticeable difference?

Rich

[bacillus]

so would moving to an N have any noticeable difference?

Provided that all your network pcs have N wifi cards then you should be able to transfer files at a higher speed.

[rich83]

Yes.... all are N rated!

[alexperkins]

A newer Netgear dual simultaneous N gigabit would be a good choice. I've been using Netgear for years, and still do slot of beta testing of the new unreleased routers for them....has it's perks 

[rich83]

They all seem way over budget... im not blowing 150 on a router! 

[alexperkins]

I might have some spare models lurking amongst my routers Rich if you were interested?

[rich83]

Speak to me! 

[GTiBEER]

Agreed, the Air Port Express is the best router I have ever had. I have three in my house (Sagem, Netgear & Apple) and the Apple is by far the most reliable and strongest of the lot.

I got mine second hand of eBay like this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-AirPort-Express-802-11n-Wi-Fi-/160561264616?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories&hash=item25623277e8 and i will probably get the extreme version the 'Time Capsule' next for its wireless 'timemachine' capabilities.

[PDT]

Do you need a router or a modem+router?