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SkinnyPupp · 10-24-2009, 03:22 AM

A good reliable WiFi-G router should only cost about $30 tops. Look for something from Netgear or Trendnet.

Keep in mind that most routers use the same chipsets (Broadcom or Atheros - the Airport Express uses Broadcom) and are all the same hardware-wise. What matters is software, not brand. And the companies I mentioned make good firmwares although they are not as well marketed as D-Link and Linksys.

$99 for an "Airport" is absurd, $179 for an "Airport Extreme" is quite overpriced, but the real doozeys are the "Time Capsules". $300 for a single-drive NAS is vomit-inducing.

10-24-2009, 03:22 AM	#34
SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,116 Thanked 25,920 Times in 9,111 Posts Failed 1,574 Times in 720 Posts Member's Picture Albums	A good reliable WiFi-G router should only cost about $30 tops. Look for something from Netgear or Trendnet. Keep in mind that most routers use the same chipsets (Broadcom or Atheros - the Airport Express uses Broadcom) and are all the same hardware-wise. What matters is software, not brand. And the companies I mentioned make good firmwares although they are not as well marketed as D-Link and Linksys. $99 for an "Airport" is absurd, $179 for an "Airport Extreme" is quite overpriced, but the real doozeys are the "Time Capsules". $300 for a single-drive NAS is vomit-inducing.