UbiquitousBubba

After years of being unreasonably cheap, I succumbed about a month ago to the inevitable and bought a more expensive router.  Since then, I've had better speed, no dropped connections ...

Same here.

They are making them more and more idiot proof all the time.

I haven't even been in to the RUI since I got mine a couple months ago.

They randomly generate passwords now (It's not the standard 'admin' anymore, at least not on the one I got.) The password was printed on a sticker on the bottom of the router, well packed and hidden so it couldn't be seen until you opened the box.

The new router I got is awesome. It has a USB port that you can plug any USB device in to. I hooked up my 500GB External Drive and I stream all my music and vids over my WiFi directly off that shared USB drive. It's like having an instant server without all the network hassles. Works like a charm. I can access all my stuff via my cell, laptop, DAW, and TV through my PS3 and my Blu Ra player's WiFi.

Took seconds to set up.

Plus I have Vonage hooked up as well.

I can stream in HD from Amazon Prime, talk on the phone, and surf the web on my cell, all wirelessly at the same time. Never had so much as a hiccup, dropout, or slowdown. A big part of that is my ISP of course, but considering all the data that's flying through the router to multiple devices, and the amount of data, it's pretty amazing.

Hi,
 
They are cheap enough these days ... up until 2 to 3 years ago, you had to fiddle with these to get them working ... and it was a big pain in the wazoo and bapu!
 
Today, bless his soul, the stuff is much easier and it IS plug and play ... I got a nice $90 dollar big G router ... and it was plug and play and I have not had a single issue with it in the year I have had it.
 
Get rid of that old stuff! Even folks that know these days do not deal with those things anymore!

I rent our wireless router.

Now, when a lightning storm comes I can surf the net on my battery laptop and if the router gets zapped as it has 3x already I just pack it up drive in to the store front in town and they hand me a fresh one no questions asked.


It seems like the easiest way to always have the latest greatest router.

:-) 

mike_mccue


I rent our wireless router.

Now, when a lightning storm comes I can surf the net on my battery laptop and if the router gets zapped as it has 3x already I just pack it up drive in to the store front in town and they hand me a fresh one no questions asked.


It seems like the easiest way to always have the latest greatest router.

:-) 

So you're engaging in ritual router sacrifice then?

I'm not sure what to say.