a questions of range... which would you use,

[locutus12]

ok, quick story and i need a really quick answer as im off to sort this in 20 minutes,

a friend of mine hired a tech out to his business to get wireless net up and running, the tech spent 3 days and bought him 2 different routers and cost my friend £120 (one of which was incompatible with ADSL) before my friend called me up.

i got the router working, a brand called DYNAMODE ???? (i only like and will only use netgear linksys and D-Link) but even though the laptop that was to be wireless was only 12 feet from the router, its signal strength was terrible and today has dropped out...

so ive advised him to get a new router as opposed to a brand ive never even heard of before that seems to be "el Generico"...

these are the choices...


LinkSys Wireless-G WAG354G ADSL Router / Gateway £62.22 inc.VAT

or

D-Link DI-624B 108Mbps Wireless Broadband Router £49.29 inc. VAT

which would you use and why...

also does anyone know if the D-Link will take an RJ11 phone jack as its for ADSL ?

 

[locutus12]

It'll take it ok......but it'll never actually work


Don't go buying new routers unless your sure it's the router.
Wifi signals go i 2 directions, so your Adapter needs to have a range to match that of the router. If it's a popular adapter then it's probably the router, but 9 times out of 10 routers can out range adapters and it's a cheap adapter causing signal issues.

trust me, i am sure it is the router... its an ASUS adapter on the laptop and the laptops about 8 feet from the dynamode router and gets a really poor signal strength + 5mbps connection out of a possible 54,

in the end we took it back and got a full refund, then bought the LinkSys Wireless-G WAG354G ADSL Router / Gateway £62.22 inc.VAT

now... all is well, signal is excellent, 54mbps connection. couldnt be better.