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Re: [LUG] Switches, routers and the whatnot

 

Henry Bremridge wrote:
I have been asked to get a wireless extender at home...

1/ Does anyone have any recommendations or thoughts on the Belkin
Wireless G Universal Range Extender for £32+ on Amazon?

2/ However as I already currently have a wifi router (WAG354G) and a switch (the 
latter
probably at least 6 years old), are there any advantages to upgrading to
a new router? (Apart from the fact that with a new wifi wireless router I may
avoid the need for an extender and ditch the switch).
Only reasons I can think of for upgrading is if you're going from say ADSL to ADSL2+ and your router doesn't support it (although a fair few of them tend to now, sometimes with a firmware update), or if you're wanting to upgrade to a faster wireless speed such as up to 300Mbit N wireless (which requires N adaptors to get the faster speeds, although generally it's backwards compatible with 54g adaptors).

Rob


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