Which router 2 use with teksavy cable

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I am using teksavy cable internet.. The modem from teksavvy itself does not have wifi so i been using an older router by dlink to connect to it.. But i find The router crashes 1-2 times a day and i have to unplug it wait and plug back in.

Not sure why it happens but can anyone recommend a better router?
 
most router firmware is pretty crappy, dd-wrt makes firmware that is quite good. Note this will void any warrantee, but if it's crashing, it's pretty useless anyways. It is possible to brick your router if you load on the wrong firmware, so be careful and makes sure you get the correct one.

http://www.dd-wrt.ca/site/index
 
smergy said:
most router firmware is pretty crappy, dd-wrt makes firmware that is quite good. Note this will void any warrantee, but if it's crashing, it's pretty useless anyways. It is possible to brick your router if you load on the wrong firmware, so be careful and makes sure you get the correct one.

http://www.dd-wrt.ca/site/index
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You see thats just all chinese to me.. And the bad part is i dont speak chinese.. ;-)
 
I have Teksavvy cable and use a Belkin N router.

Having worked tech support in the past, stay away from Dlink or Netgear like the plague.

Go Belkin or Linksys.
 
Okay i got the asus n-56u
Works good so far !
Here is a question

When i log in to the admin on the router i can view both the 2.4ghz and 5.0 ghz channels separately, but under the WPS setting the 5ghz shows current frequency as 2.4ghz

I can manually change it by drop down menu, should i change to 5ghz or leave as is
 
Scuba Steve said:
ASUS RT-N66U
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Got the same.. Crappy stock firmware, but I bought it with intention to flash with Tomato (shibby's build). Rock-solid, great performance. I had its older brother the RT-N16 (also flashed with Tomato, toastman's build) but it died in the flood). The QoS is easy to set up and works great - no VoIP issues even when going crazy on the torrents, powerful and easy to use interface, no complaints whatsoever.

OP, remember that these routers are literally computers, so you're looking for CPU, RAM and flexibility to replace the crappy factory firmware with something that actually works. (*) High-end ASUS routers have on-par CPU speeds with the competition but also come with TONS of RAM in comparison.

(*) The only exception are some Netgear products and that's because they built their factory firmware on the OpenWRT base
 
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I hated DD-WRT. Still crashed all the time. Tomato was better.

If your modem didn't have a router it's because you bought one without a router. Any modem you bring will work as long as it supports the correct protocols. Anyway, any decent router should be fine. I bought a cheap Asus one that's been fine.
 
Keep in mind 802.11ac is taking off ... if I had to replace my WRT610 I would be looking at something with that capability.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
Keep in mind 802.11ac is taking off ... if I had to replace my WRT610 I would be looking at something with that capability.
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Still a draft, so you don't know if the routers that are on the market now will be fully compliant with the final standard.
 
FiReSTaRT said:
Got the same.. Crappy stock firmware, but I bought it with intention to flash with Tomato (shibby's build). Rock-solid, great performance. I had its older brother the RT-N16 (also flashed with Tomato, toastman's build) but it died in the flood). The QoS is easy to set up and works great - no VoIP issues even when going crazy on the torrents, powerful and easy to use interface, no complaints whatsoever.

OP, remember that these routers are literally computers, so you're looking for CPU, RAM and flexibility to replace the crappy factory firmware with something that actually works. (*) High-end ASUS routers have on-par CPU speeds with the competition but also come with TONS of RAM in comparison.

(*) The only exception are some Netgear products and that's because they built their factory firmware on the OpenWRT base
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So you are saying the firmware the router comes with does not full use the capabilities of the router?

If so what should i do and where can i find instructions on how to... I mean how to for real computer dummies
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