E1000, my bad). the connection is pretty unreliable and i find myself rebooting it at least every other day, sometimes 3 times a day.
i will basically run two laptops (both macbooks on snow leopard), a PS3, the Disk Station with visiting pc's, tablets (yeah, all ipad's until later this year) and smart phones.
any recommendations for reliable wireless routers that play well with the disk station and macs? i'd have the PS3 and Disk Station plugged into the ethernet ports, so my main concern would be with laptops and a set top box if i add one in another room.
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I use an e4200 from Linksys. I know you're not a fan of the e1000, but the device is sound. It supports 5ghz and 2.4ghz bands, which I have locked to wireless N only. I still take advantage of wireless G for my GF's iPhone 3G S and do that through an older WRT54G which has been turned into a WAP with DDWRT. Haven't rebooted the e4200 in more than three months. Also allows you to configure a guest network.
Lemme know if you have any more questions.
For me the only other choice would be an AirPort Extreme. Much less in the way of features but you don't have to think twice if you're running iOS devices and you want to configure them through Apple's app for the router.
I'm looking at the DS1511+. Which Synology are you into and why?
Lemme know if you have any more questions.
For me the only other choice would be an AirPort Extreme. Much less in the way of features but you don't have to think twice if you're running iOS devices and you want to configure them through Apple's app for the router.
I'm looking at the DS1511+. Which Synology are you into and why?
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I use mine with my Apple Airport Extreme. Not exactly the most flexible router but certainly the most reliable, especially compared to the utterly unreliable Netgear one it replaced.
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