looking for another wireless router.. non linksys?

Question

i hate my linksys wrt54g, so im looking for something else. the budget range is to about $150... perhaps more if i can be talked into it. i really dont know much about them, so ill tell you what i have.
wireless:
2 vista laptops (1-64, 1-32)
1 sony psp
1 wireless pda (i think its a palm pilot 5..its about 3 years old)
wired
1 sony ps2
1 vista desktop
1 win98 desktop (still the best windows ever!)

i want to be able to share all files between the computers, including large media files.
i have a two story home so need something with a good range, the office is about as far away as you can get from everything else.
all the pcs have firewalls... and i think all the wireless cards are 'g's.. if that makes any sense to you.. and i dont want a router that will leave my psp out.
i have a speedstrem 5100 dsl modem.. that i dont think i can replace.. but if i can, id love too.
I dont know the difference between g's, n's, d's
... ill add more details to this question...

the routers ive been eyeing:
D-Link RangeBooster N 650 Wireless Router
Belkin N1 Wireless Router
Belkin Wireless Pre-N router

so please give me some suggestions...
the reason i dont like the linksys, is that it continously denies me internet service on my laptops, and i always have to reset it, and then reconfigure it.
when i try to set it for ppoe service, it completely locks me out (and yes, my modem was configured for this... so im not completely crazy. )

Answer 1

Try getting belkin.

Answer 2

Well just for a different option... take a look at Buffalo High Power 125 G routers. They are around 65-70 bucks and have a very good range and very good operating system.

If used with the matching Buffalo 125 G cards they will actually show about a 125Mb connection .. used with standard G they nearly always get full 54.

(I know everyone loves Dlink etc but check them out.)
http://buffalotech.com

Answer 3

if you are very computer smart you could do a reflash of the linksys and put the hack firmware on it and up your transmit power i have the same router and had the same problems look up linksys router hacks you will find the software easy give it a try before you spend the money if that dont work for you then i would suggest a belkin except for my one linksys i have always used belkins and they work great and have decent range dont overheat and work good as repeaters also

Answer 4

it type of feels probable that purely about all those units overloads the bandwidth out of your ISP. in case you disconnect all of them different than the Blu-Ray then it works ok because you have much less utilization. Many analogies paintings right here. A water pipe is nice. If one faucet is open you get loads of water. If 5 faucets are open each and each seems to paintings slowly. Now approximately moving to the mattress room, partitions flooring and residential equipment heavily weaken wifi alerts. N wifi facilitates right here. although if the Netgear isn't twin band (and it appears that evidently to not be) then in case you have purely one G gadget in that team that forces the router to function all connections because of fact the slower, much less wall friendly G wifi. some cable businesses have swifter plans for bigger month-to-month expenses. check out what they provide.

Answer 5

I have a Belkin N1 and I love it. It never goes down and is pretty fast.