Which brand.

Hello there, im looking to buy a router, to connect a cable broadband
connection to two pcs (will be growing in the near future) ive decided on a
wired network.
not sure which brand i should go for..as this is my first network. thinking
3com? linksys? Netgear? if anyone has any suggestions/pros/cons please say.
also is it worth going the extra mile for gigabit connection?

Thanks for all your help
Figurt

Figurt wrote:
> Hello there, im looking to buy a router, to connect a cable broadband
> connection to two pcs (will be growing in the near future) ive decided on a
> wired network.
> not sure which brand i should go for..as this is my first network. thinking
> 3com? linksys? Netgear? if anyone has any suggestions/pros/cons please say.
> also is it worth going the extra mile for gigabit connection?
>
> Thanks for all your help
> Figurt
>
>

Personally, I like Netgear, but all the ones you identify are well-known
name brands. My least favorite of the three is Linksys, but they're
part of Cisco now, so I may have to revisit them. Cable is nowhere near
gigabit speed, so it would only benefit LAN transfers -- your local
usage patterns will determine whether it's worthwhile (I would guess
probably not).



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Figurt <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello there, im looking to buy a router, to connect a cable broadband
> connection to two pcs (will be growing in the near future) ive
> decided on a wired network.
> not sure which brand i should go for..as this is my first network.
> thinking 3com? linksys? Netgear? if anyone has any
> suggestions/pros/cons please say. also is it worth going the extra
> mile for gigabit connection?

I'd say go for a D-link router, they seem to be the least trouble of the
whole bunch.

Yousuf Khan