[jrmints]

Hello fellow tech forum goers,

Alrite quick question, well not really quick, but a question nonetheless. I am in a Fraternity and we are looking to upgrade our wireless internet. As of right now we have a dinky Linksys G network router that is covering our entire 4 floor house. We have a DSL connection running into that. Recently we have been having a lot of trouble with speed and reliability and therefore they gave me money to upgrade the router.

What I am looking for is some suggestions for good routers, preferrably a N network router, that is around 100 dollars or less. The router must be backward compatible with B and G networks, but I want the N so that we are ready for future upgrades. Another question is, would everyone need to upgrade their wireless recievers on their laptops and desktops to pick up the N network? My guess is yes, but just want to clarify. Also what would be some cheap N receivers I could pick up.

Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[shortstop20]

I personally wouldn't buy an N router as the 802.11n wireless standard is not yet certified and may change. There is no guarantee that the router and access point's you purchase will support the final standard of 802.11n. I don't think 802.11g cards support 802.11n either, but I'm not for sure on that. I would buy a router for the incoming DSL connection and use 2 or 3 Access Point's throughout the building. Depending on how many people will be accessing each access point. You may also want to think about purchasing a faster internet connection as the available bandwidth to each user is divided up between the one DSL internet connection. Say 20 user with 256K upload. Connection speed divided by users will yield bandwidth per user.

[jrmints]

I looked it up some N routers and it said they are backwards compatible with both B and G networks. I do agree that more access points would be great, as well as a better connection, but we don't have the funds right now. . . I'm looking for a quick fix, but at the same time a router that will be useful in the future too.

[jrmints]

someone help?