MacBozo
Nut Dood
Registered: 04/20/02
Posts: 16605
Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida
Any opinions on this one?<br><br>Wife wants to get rid of some wiring and, since her MacMini is wireless capable, why the heck not? (besides, gives me more reason to think more about getting a MacBook - maybe the next generation.) Oh! I have a Best Buy gift card as a Christmas gift that I haven't used. <br><br><br>
A router is a router is a router. Go for price. Except Linksys, "just say no" from my personal experience. I see Linksys working just fine in most instances, but the only wireless routers I have ever had incompatibilities with Macs are Linksys.<br><br>Do you have to get it from Best Buy? You can get it cheaper elsewhere.<br><br>BTW, the "Range Booster" works only if you have a D-Link wireless card in the computer, it's proprietary for D-Link products only. So if you get that one you can turn it off when setting up the router.<br><br>------> JD's Trivia game<br><br>------> MCF-MM Trivia game
My Linksys WRT54GS has worked just fine. Easy to set up and zero problems. Also, the signal is received clear in my guest house which is about 50 feet away and the price is right.<br><br>
I've never had a problem with Lynksys either but I usually don't ask for much because I leave them in default settings.<br><br>D-Link seems a bit underfed and scary.<br><br><br><br>
Pete
www.workwithpete.com
Registered: 06/17/03
Posts: 5996
Loc: United States
Agreed on the Linksys - once I got it set up the way I wanted, no problems!<br><br>My only complaint would be the inability to open more ports beyond the 9 or 10 the setup screen allows you to.<br><br>[color:purple]Work With ____! </font color=purple>
I have 3 Macs using airport. 2 in the living room and one in the fireplace room.<br><br>Not sure what you guys are talking about Wireless Router.<br><br>I use Airport Extreme at my Comcast modem. Is THAT my router? If not, what would I need a 'router' for? Should I get one?<br><br>I also get a good signal from my neighbors PC wireless setup using my airport cards, but she has a dumba$$ Verizon $14.99 a month dsl connection. But in emergencies, it has come in handy for me <br><br><br><br><br>
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