Wireless routers

[Marvin]

I've had mine for less than a year and it seems to have crapped out!
I've been told that this is normal for routers to crap out so early. Anyone else share the same experience? Any recommendations on a particular brand over another?

 

[vancouverman]

yes .. lots of wireless routers has a problem .... usually it is located between the chair and the keyboard

 

[Marvin]

Crap! So, do you think it may be better to get a super freaking long cable to hook up from the modem to the laptop?

 

[vancouverman]

if you do not know what you are doing ..... cable is the easiest connection .. also it is faster then wireless .... but ..... wireless has other advantages

 

[Ilovethemall]

shouldn't crap out

It should not die out so fast....cable is faster and of course more reliable and bypasses the encryption - which when I have helped friends is usually what is messing them up.

 

[Dakota Wood]

.... but ..... wireless has other advantages

care to share with the class VM?

what about security with wireless? is it compromised?

I went the long cable route myself, but wireless would be nice.

 

[Ilovethemall]

security

Hi Dakota,

Security does not have to be compromised - you can encrypt to 128 bit - which is very secure. Is anything perfect? No, but you have to ask yourself why would anyone bother or have to gain from hacking the system. It is very difficult to hack a 128 bit encrypted system.

 

[vancouverman]

care to share with the class VM?

every service has its price

but in short
... wireless gives you mobility, that the cable will never give you
... as for the security ... if setup properly .. it is fairly safe .... don't think anybody would waste hours just to get to your router

 

[LonelyGhost]

care to share with the class VM?

what about security with wireless? is it compromised?

I went the long cable route myself, but wireless would be nice.

My router has a built in firewall so even if i am not using the wireless encryption (which basically just stops anyone without a 'key' from logging onto my 'network') the firewall is still active ...

in other words, if someone finds an 'address' it is my router address, not my computer address ...

as a second defense, i use a software firewall as well.

i recently had to format and reinstall stuff, and while doing that used the software firewall until the router was ready to be added to the system -- it blocked 58 intrusion attempts, of which 6 were serious ... since hooking up the router, that number has been ZERO!

I can also just unplug from the router and go wireless and the same stuff still applies because of the encryption.

Nothing is 100% but so far it has worked great!

 

[vancouverman]

Nothing is 100% but so far it has worked great!

you are sure????
let me check your e-mails for you .....

 

[Ilovethemall]

....and ain't it fun

....nothing like reformatting everything, turning it off and then reinstalling everything. There is also a function you can run through dos that will show you how many people are on your network at once. I did this in a mall when I was logged onto a wireless network that was unsecured and there were like 20 people using their bandwidth - I am sure Banana Republic did not intend it for public use!

 

[hitrack]

I've had mine for less than a year and it seems to have crapped out!

Welcome to electronics of the 21st century.

 

[LonelyGhost]

you are sure????
let me check your e-mails for you .....

jokes on you ... no one ever sends me any!

 

[vancouverman]

jokes on you ... no one ever sends me any!

not true .. you remember ... you complained about it a while ago .. and I send you a PM ...

 

[LonelyGhost]

not true .. you remember ... you complained about it a while ago .. and I send you a PM ...

yeah, like a year ago ... and it was a pm not an e-mail ... even i know the dif!

 

[vancouverman]

yeah, like a year ago ... and it was a pm not an e-mail ... even i know the dif!