What wireless router+modem should I buy?

[uberjon]

^ It does offer line stats. When you are connected to the internet, login to the modem & click Status (It should be on the top right).
For example - Beetel 450TC1 Device Information Screenshot - PortForward.com

My suggestion is to ignore the Linksys & Netgear.
Linksys (I own this) - Range & Reliability issues
Netgear (Current modem) - You cannot see your attainable line speed. I hate that. Cheaper modems show this. Why can't Netgear do the same? However, if you can ignore this, then it's a decent modem+router.

 

[manu1991]

N routers will not offer you more range then G based ones. Get the TP-Link one. Its the best VFM. has two antennas which no other router+modem in this range has. the antennas are replaceable, so if you want more range, you can replace the 3 dBi antennas with 5 dBi ones for much better range.Also supports MIMO so if you have/buy a device with MIMO support, you'll get very good speeds.

 

[shashank983]

N routers will not offer you more range then G based ones. Get the TP-Link one. Its the best VFM. has two antennas which no other router+modem in this range has. the antennas are replaceable, so if you want more range, you can replace the 3 dBi antennas with 5 dBi ones for much better range.

Also supports MIMO so if you have/buy a device with MIMO support, you'll get very good speeds.

tp link offer better wifi range compare to all other router in budget class ..... ... IN last your choice ....

 

[Ishan Jalan]

802.11n offers higher throughput (data rates) as compared to 802.11g, and is more resistant to interference from other devices, whether it actually allows for more range I don't know, but it should and does give better speeds as compared to 802.11g for the same distance.

Could you elaborate more on your set up ? Total area ? In which place is the router going to be placed ?
Belkin is trash when it comes to wireless equipment. Asus, perhaps, offers the best performance these days. Have a look at Cisco too, and, torrent speeds are fine on TP-Link. Haven't used Netgear, so I dunno.

For line stats -
Type 192.168.1.1 in the url bar.
username - admin
password - admin or password or just leave it blank


Scroll down, you should stuff like SNR, attenuation, post that here or take a screenshot.

^ It does offer line stats. When you are connected to the internet, login to the modem & click Status (It should be on the top right).
For example - Beetel 450TC1 Device Information Screenshot - PortForward.com

My suggestion is to ignore the Linksys & Netgear.
Linksys (I own this) - Range & Reliability issues
Netgear (Current modem) - You cannot see your attainable line speed. I hate that. Cheaper modems show this. Why can't Netgear do the same? However, if you can ignore this, then it's a decent modem+router.

Oh thanks man, weird I couldn't find it before. Some website said that only a few modem support it and all that bs anyway here they are:

 

[x720]

Hmm, line stats look, so that doesn't seem to be the problem. When you talk about disconnections, does the wifi disconnect, or does it stay connected and rather the connection stalls ? If it is the wifi that disconnects, then it is a router issue (could be something with your latptop too, but given the not so good quality of beetel stuff, I'd say the former).

 

[v1rus]

I asked this question several days ago and got no response. can some one please let me know if modem + router they own has any heating issue? can i keep it on 24x7?

 

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[x720]

Yes. You can keep it on 24x7, but why a combo ?

 

[v1rus]

Yes. You can keep it on 24x7, but why a combo ?
1. Which one? I have seen modems with heating problems and I want to avoid purchase of such a device.

2. I do not want 2 devices. we live in an area where we get 6-7 power cuts a day.

Power backup kicks in but it requires 5 minutes to kick in and then another 5 minutes when power supply resumes. When working from home I do not want my internet connection to break and thus I have connected my modem to a UPS.

All slots in my UPS are already occupied and I only have scope for a single device. :sigh:

 

[Sushubh]

i have not seen any recent modem/router overheat that easily. in fact the crappy ones provided by airtel and bsnl work fine for months with no issues. though it is better to restart them once in a while because they do run a form of operating system which gets laggy after long term usage.

 

[v1rus]