Does LinkSys make a router similar to the Netgear RangeMax?

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I was looking in to buying a Netgear RangeMax router for a friend of mines.  I became kinda of suspicious/curious when I seen that there was a big price difference between the Netgear WNR854T & WNR834M routers which have almost the same specs/features.  Come to find out when I research these routers, I find that most people are complaining about them, saying that they overheat, have problems at long distances (which is what they are made for) & aren't lasting for more than a year.

Is there any other wireless routers (preferably linksys) that have a long distance feature or are good at when it comes to sending signals through walls/floors?

I've heard of something called a repeater, but I don't know to much about those.

All in all, my friend manages an apartment complex.  Her office is downstairs and she lives on the 3rd floor.  She wants to see if she can hook up a wireless router in the office (1st floor) and get the signal to her apt on the 3rd floor.

Regardless she will need a router, but wants to see if this will work before getting internet hooked up in her apartment to use with her laptop.

Patrick A · Answer

Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router WRT160N Wireless Router

* That would be something Linksys has, though the wireless components are internal, not external (possible signal degrade)

I would recommend the following, partly because the firmware has been great when I have used them and also because they are interestingly cheap:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156249

Repeaters do what they sound like. Signal goes in to the repeater and it repeats it out. Used primarily when you have a ethernet cable that needs to go more than 300 ft. Signal loss happens after 300 feet so you would hook 2 of those cables together with a repeater (basically a bridge to extend cable leangth). There are wireless repeaters, though they are somewhat expensive. If you want something to carry the wireless signal, NETGEAR makes a product that you plug into an electrical socket that will carry the wireless signal to wherever you take them. I believe they are called wireless bridges. Could check that out as well.

Buy at Newegg, you will thank me later. Best of luck to you!

? · Answer

yes any wireless adapter will work with any router, there is no real way of improving the signal strength. i dont know why it would be incompatible with win7, i use a netgear router and have xp and win7 and they all work fine together

Computer Pro · Answer

Router
WRT160N Around $80
Wireless Range Expander
WRE54G $80
Must set the router to use B/G Standard only because the Range Expander doesn't support N.

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Does LinkSys make a router similar to the Netgear RangeMax?

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