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I am looking for detailed explaination of the best wireless routers for home use. I need password protection, use of one or two computers and reliability. Don't use VOIP really, a bit of Google Talk.

I use Time Warner cable and have an IBM computer with a built in wireless card.

Thanks!

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Reply to adisababa
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"Best Wireless Router" is subjective. You are going to get opinions. I use a Linksys WRT54G and it works great. I'm not going to post a detailed explanation because, since you posted here, you can get to google. Start researching it for yourself and see what best suits you.

Reply to site3op
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Just as with most other computer equipment, the more you pay the better it probably is (in most cases). You could get a Cisco 1803W Integrated Services Router for $1500 or a Linksys WRT54G for $50. Both would do about the same thing as far as a home user is concerned but the $1500 cisco would probably perform all around better than the linksys for speed and reliability.
A good inbetween location is the Netgear buisness line of network equipment. For decent performance and reliability at a more managable price go for the Netgear FVG318 or FWAG114.
If your budget is very tight just get a Linksys WRT54G. If you are only going to have one or two clients it should work just fine. I have yet to see a dead one.

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