Which router is best to use?

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Hi. Currently I am using a Belkin wireless 54 g router that is connected to the wall, and then sends signal to the other computers in house. The connection is terrible these days. It was set up in 2006. My ping is 535!

Aol sent us a router a while ago that is still in its box. Is the router AOL supply any good? Will it be better to set up a network with a new router than continue using this old network? Thanks :)
 
This router AOL has sent us is quite expensive! Just saw it for £75. It has got to be better than our Belkin one :). Anyone have one of these?
 
I have just set up the Negear router and all is well so far. I went on speedtest and Maidenhead gave me a ping of 535 again, but when I clicked London it went down to 75. I can live with 75 :D
 
Best thing to do would be to ping the router itself. That'll tell you the latency between you and the router. Anything else is your 'net connection.
 
WRT54GL flashed with Tomato Firmware
and useless on ADSL...
Well not when coupled with an ADSL modem. Which, even if the AOL router is poor, can be used/configured to provide the routing and wireless functions. I think we want to be as accurate as possible.

Now, I know the DG834G series and they are pretty decent routers, which would negate the need for the linksys but that is not to say the linksys setup is useless...
 
Maybe so, but it's hardly the best suggestion when the OP's not asking for a new router (and compared to DG834G, there'd have to be some need to turn a perfectly good router into a modem and buy another router) and already has two.
 
Are you connected via wireless? If so, what signal strength are you getting on that PC?

Might be worth changing the wireless channel if still getting problems. The Netgear should be more stable overall, but probably won't increase the wireless performance or coverage much over the Belkin.

If your PC isn't too far from the router, it is best to just run a cable to it.
 
Are you connected via wireless? If so, what signal strength are you getting on that PC?

Might be worth changing the wireless channel if still getting problems. The Netgear should be more stable overall, but probably won't increase the wireless performance or coverage much over the Belkin.

If your PC isn't too far from the router, it is best to just run a cable to it.

I'm using the Netgear router now. My computer is the 'master' computer and then the router sends signals to the other computers in the house. So far the Netgear router has been a lot better than the Belkin!
 
There is no 'master' computer. It doesn't matter whether they are plugged in with a cable (up to 4 can) or wireless, they are all the same :) They should all be able to share data, printers and the web equally.
 
Hmm I think there may be a problem somewhere. On Left 4 Dead my ping is above 1200 in every server. Earlier on today it was in the 50s. How can I find out what's wrong?
 
Wired. Theres an ethernet cable going from the router to the back of my computer. The network icon says I am connected to my network Local and Internet.
 
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