Router

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Okay, here I go again. About a year ago I had to get a router for my
daughter and her laptop - it was a nightmare, to the point where i said
"screw it", you can't have one.
Well, she is moving home from college and definitley needs one now.
I have a Gateway computer, Windows XP, She has a Dell laptop with Windows
XP. WHAT brand of router do I get. We tried Dell's and then another and
they were both a piece of junk and we could never keep a connection. Dell
kept saying it was Gateway's fault and vice versa and then they were both
saying it was the cable company's fault. I am on cable modem.
So what suggestions does anyone have for a happy and successful year or more
of router life.
Thank you,

 

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I used a Linksys router for about one year with Time Warner Cable access.

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Richard Urban

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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"PattiChati" <PattiChati@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, here I go again. About a year ago I had to get a router for my
> daughter and her laptop - it was a nightmare, to the point where i said
> "screw it", you can't have one.
> Well, she is moving home from college and definitley needs one now.
> I have a Gateway computer, Windows XP, She has a Dell laptop with Windows
> XP. WHAT brand of router do I get. We tried Dell's and then another and
> they were both a piece of junk and we could never keep a connection. Dell
> kept saying it was Gateway's fault and vice versa and then they were both
> saying it was the cable company's fault. I am on cable modem.
> So what suggestions does anyone have for a happy and successful year or
> more of router life.
> Thank you,
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Don't worry about any branded of router. Try to run the wizard for Home
Network, when it's done, try to reconfigure the router, sometimes using
address from Internet Explorer : 192.168.0.1 Just check your router manual
for the address.
And then it should be done. I got the same problem a year half ago, but it's
running well even i use 4 more computers (my friend's)

Good luck

Yudi




"PattiChati" <PattiChati@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%238JsqJAOFHA.164@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Okay, here I go again. About a year ago I had to get a router for my
> daughter and her laptop - it was a nightmare, to the point where i said
> "screw it", you can't have one.
> Well, she is moving home from college and definitley needs one now.
> I have a Gateway computer, Windows XP, She has a Dell laptop with Windows
> XP. WHAT brand of router do I get. We tried Dell's and then another and
> they were both a piece of junk and we could never keep a connection. Dell
> kept saying it was Gateway's fault and vice versa and then they were both
> saying it was the cable company's fault. I am on cable modem.
> So what suggestions does anyone have for a happy and successful year or
> more of router life.
> Thank you,
>
>

 

[bar]

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Given that she has a Laptop, I would expect if it is a newer unit, then it
has Wireless built in.

If that is the case buy a wireless router.

Linksys, D-Link, Netcomm all are good brands.

"Michael Kho" wrote:

> Don't worry about any branded of router. Try to run the wizard for Home
> Network, when it's done, try to reconfigure the router, sometimes using
> address from Internet Explorer : 192.168.0.1 Just check your router manual
> for the address.
> And then it should be done. I got the same problem a year half ago, but it's
> running well even i use 4 more computers (my friend's)
>
> Good luck
>
> Yudi
>
>
>
>
> "PattiChati" <PattiChati@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%238JsqJAOFHA.164@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Okay, here I go again. About a year ago I had to get a router for my
> > daughter and her laptop - it was a nightmare, to the point where i said
> > "screw it", you can't have one.
> > Well, she is moving home from college and definitley needs one now.
> > I have a Gateway computer, Windows XP, She has a Dell laptop with Windows
> > XP. WHAT brand of router do I get. We tried Dell's and then another and
> > they were both a piece of junk and we could never keep a connection. Dell
> > kept saying it was Gateway's fault and vice versa and then they were both
> > saying it was the cable company's fault. I am on cable modem.
> > So what suggestions does anyone have for a happy and successful year or
> > more of router life.
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

[Rick]

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BAR wrote:
> Given that she has a Laptop, I would expect if it is a newer unit, then it
> has Wireless built in.
>
> If that is the case buy a wireless router.
>
> Linksys, D-Link, Netcomm all are good brands.
>
> "Michael Kho" wrote:
>
>
>>Don't worry about any branded of router. Try to run the wizard for Home
>>Network, when it's done, try to reconfigure the router, sometimes using
>>address from Internet Explorer : 192.168.0.1 Just check your router manual
>>for the address.
>>And then it should be done. I got the same problem a year half ago, but it's
>>running well even i use 4 more computers (my friend's)
>>
>>Good luck
>>
>>Yudi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"PattiChati" <PattiChati@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:%238JsqJAOFHA.164@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Okay, here I go again. About a year ago I had to get a router for my
>>>daughter and her laptop - it was a nightmare, to the point where i said
>>>"screw it", you can't have one.
>>>Well, she is moving home from college and definitley needs one now.
>>>I have a Gateway computer, Windows XP, She has a Dell laptop with Windows
>>>XP. WHAT brand of router do I get. We tried Dell's and then another and
>>>they were both a piece of junk and we could never keep a connection. Dell
>>>kept saying it was Gateway's fault and vice versa and then they were both
>>>saying it was the cable company's fault. I am on cable modem.
>>>So what suggestions does anyone have for a happy and successful year or
>>>more of router life.
>>>Thank you,
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
I have a linksys router that works all over the house with a laptop
(Dell 810).

Rick