[Ti] need new wireless router: what works best with Mac?

[Bob Fowles]

At home I use an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station on the 1st floor 
with a Canon IP4000 connected to the base station for wireless 
printing. I also have a D-link cable modem connected to base station 
for a hi-speed Internet connection. I use my Tibook on the first 
floor and the iMac on the second floor (both have airport cards).

Somewhere I read that the Tibook Airport card uses the 802.11b 
protocol. So, the router must at least support that protocol.

I visited someone who has a Linksys WRT54G and I was able to connect 
with no problem within 20 feet on the same floor.  I never tried any 
other location so I don't know what range this might have.

The Belkin routers have a lifetime guarantee.

http://www.amazon.com has hundreds of reviews for all 3 mentioned 
brands. Some of those have some very good information.

Belkin has a series of routers that are advertised with various 
ranges. In Walmart I've seen Belkin models that do 500ft and 700ft 
(that's optimal of course). Best Buy had a Belkin that did 1000 ft.

Best Buy (at least in my area) sells various models of all 3 brands 
and some of the sales people were fairly knowledgeable. They seem to 
have a fairly liberal return policy in case the model you buy does 
not work in your situation.

Bob Fowles

At 9:31 AM -0500 11/23/06, Malcolm Hamilton wrote:
>Hi there,
>I need a new wireless router.  I called a friend who suggested 
>anything by Linksys, Belkin or Netgear... which isn't much of a help 
>(too much choice).  Is there a consensus out there as to what works 
>best with a Mac?
>I've got an iMac in the basement that'll be connected, and two 
>powerbooks (both with Airport cards) two floors above.
>All are running OS 10.4.7.
>Thanks for any advice,
>mhcbc