Topic: best wifi router? (Read 1070 times)

LOS · « **Reply #25 on:** November 11, 2009, 06:49:12 PM »

My issue is Im not going to have comcast cable anymore... so their internet alone is like 60 a month... thats recockulous.

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #26 on:** November 11, 2009, 11:17:45 PM »

damn Ed. My qwest is 7mb upload

Southcross · « **Reply #27 on:** November 12, 2009, 08:40:23 AM »

dang... you get 7mb up?

Smokestack · « **Reply #28 on:** November 12, 2009, 08:51:31 AM »

If you have fiber optic service to your house you can get upwards of 20mbs with Qwest.

Southcross · « **Reply #29 on:** November 12, 2009, 09:03:48 AM »

ya... I can see 7mb, or even 20mb download.... but 7mb upload? Dave do you have a business DSL line?

Smokestack · « **Reply #30 on:** November 12, 2009, 09:13:42 AM »

7mbps up? Didn't see that. Maybe that's from his work?

Post your speed results from this site http://www.speedtest.net/

Here's mine. Down's not too shabby, but the upload sucks right now. Still, not bad for Qwests cheapest service.

Southcross · « **Reply #31 on:** November 12, 2009, 09:21:39 AM »

its been a long time since I last tested my crimecast connection... my modem is old enough that it only supports 6mb down. I want to say my last speed test was in the area of 6.8mb down and 1.5mb up. My plan is either 10mb or 12mb down... I just have never gotten around to buying a new modem. I've been keeping the faster plan for the upload speeds, especially helpful when your gaming and running a web/ftp server.

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #32 on:** November 12, 2009, 11:54:31 AM »

maybe I was thinking download. I'll do that test thing tonight

Southcross · « **Reply #33 on:** November 12, 2009, 12:20:34 PM »

this is what I have at work... and, honestly, I love it

SwiftMKIII · « **Reply #34 on:** November 12, 2009, 12:37:58 PM »

Tried to run it at work 3 times. The upload speed test failed, but the download speed was a whoppin' 1.29 Mbps

Southcross · « **Reply #35 on:** November 12, 2009, 12:51:09 PM »

Quote from: SwiftMKIII on November 12, 2009, 12:37:58 PM

Tried to run it at work 3 times. The upload speed test failed, but the download speed was a whoppin' 1.29 Mbps

yay firewalls

Barry · « **Reply #36 on:** November 12, 2009, 05:34:52 PM »

Wow...

Hughes net is fucking horrible!

Move to the fucking sticks, and pay $80/mo for this:

Smokestack · « **Reply #37 on:** November 12, 2009, 05:41:21 PM »

Quote from: GotMyDub on November 12, 2009, 05:34:52 PM

Wow...

Hughes net is fucking horrible!

Move to the fucking sticks, and pay $80/mo for this:

Looks like you'd be better off using your cell phone as a modem, or picking up a mobile broadband card for your computer.

SwiftMKIII · « **Reply #38 on:** November 12, 2009, 09:25:01 PM »

Quote from: SwiftMKIII on November 12, 2009, 12:37:58 PM

Tried to run it at work 3 times. The upload speed test failed, but the download speed was a whoppin' 1.29 Mbps

But home was quite a bit better

Through the Denver server

Barry · « **Reply #39 on:** November 13, 2009, 04:55:50 AM »

Quote from: Smokestack on November 12, 2009, 05:41:21 PM

Quote from: GotMyDub on November 12, 2009, 05:34:52 PM
Wow...

Hughes net is fucking horrible!

Move to the fucking sticks, and pay $80/mo for this:

Looks like you'd be better off using your cell phone as a modem, or picking up a mobile broadband card for your computer.

I am thinking about changing to the Verizon hot spot.... Only problem I have with that is that you can't route something like that... I am trying to maintain somewhat of a household network, and my wireless router has a pretty good coverage area....

SwiftMKIII · « **Reply #40 on:** November 13, 2009, 07:31:03 AM »

With a desktop with usb, a network card and a router, you should be able to set up a wireless network. Just share the internet from the desktop with the VZW card in it.

Southcross · « **Reply #41 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:10:54 AM »

have an old PC laying around? build one of these (or one like it):
http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/how-to-build-your-own-network-firewall/

Scott · « **Reply #42 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:39:00 AM »

I have had MASSIVE success with Zyxel products. They aren't really well known in the consumer market, but they make some seriously good hardware, and I am running their wireless -G router at my house right now. It is dual homed so you can have a primary SSID and a "guest" SSID that allows people to get online, but with whatever restrictions you choose to set for them. The menus are very robust, and I think I have only reset this thing one time in a year and a half, and that was only because my cable modem locked up so I just unplugged both of them together. I download/ upload LOTS of stuff on a daily basis (somewhere in the range of 5 gigs per day) and this thing has not skipped a beat.

I use their NBG334W router, but the current version is wireless -N and it is the NBG419N, here is a link:

o=2F39BF6F-E115-4047-A6C9-36833483A7CA" rel="nofollow" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://us.zyxel.com/Products/details.aspx?PC1IndexFlag=20040520161256&CategoryGroupN o=2F39BF6F-E115-4047-A6C9-36833483A7CA

Scott · « **Reply #43 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:40:04 AM »

Here is the link to the one I currently use:

o=PDCA2008040" rel="nofollow" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://us.zyxel.com/Products/details.aspx?PC1IndexFlag=20040520161256&CategoryGroupN o=PDCA2008040

Oh, and I use at least 75 things made by this company at work. We use them to route commercial TV signals, and lots of other stuff, and it is rock solid!

Southcross · « **Reply #44 on:** November 21, 2009, 05:44:46 PM »

lawls.... WTF, my cable modem isn't supposed to support over 6-8mb

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #45 on:** November 21, 2009, 11:28:56 PM »

gayyyyyy
2.63 down and....
.53 up.

wtf qwest is gay

Scott · « **Reply #46 on:** November 22, 2009, 09:33:41 AM »

0ifhax · « **Reply #47 on:** November 23, 2009, 03:08:21 PM »

Just a heads up, crimecast is going to be comming out with 50Mb service here in the very near future... Were almost as fast as the rest of the world now! lmao!

Scott · « **Reply #48 on:** November 23, 2009, 03:27:41 PM »

Quote from: 0ifhax on November 23, 2009, 03:08:21 PM

Just a heads up, crimecast is going to be comming out with 50Mb service here in the very near future... Were almost as fast as the rest of the world now! lmao!

you are still only as fast as the distant end.... 10 megs is plenty for most folks!

0ifhax · « **Reply #49 on:** November 23, 2009, 03:29:49 PM »

I know the limits of the end server, but for those servers in comcast network, its fuckin fast! lol

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