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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
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.
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So buying a $119 D-Link DIR 655 is also absurd? What separates a $30 Netgear and a $100+ router of another make? There must be a difference... As with the photographic industry, in the computer industry you must generally get what you pay for?