7h3kk1d Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I'm picking a router for my dorm room and have 3 major options in line. The router is for my dorm room's internet and to hook up my desktop/server to my LAN. I need to be able to hook up my Xbox 360, Desktop, roommates desktop all up via gigabit ports and my macbook pro and various other wifi devices need to be able to be connected via wifi. The Macbook pro is N-enabled. I would like some pretty good control on packet management and definite flexibility on setting up proxies and port forwarding. Any other ideas you guys suggest I'll look at option 1: Get a flashable wireless g router for cheap then buy a gigabit switch option 2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833122326 option 3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833122334 which is flashable with dd-wrt I think option 3 looks the best but I definitely want your opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Depending on how fast the dorm internet is you would probably be better off getting a cheapo wireless G router and flashing it with DD-WRT, and using a gigabit switch for the main connections. That's what I do at home, except I use a Dlink Wireless N router with factory firmware. I did find this one here: Linksys WRT320N Which says it's flashable with DD-WRT. Personally I like to stick to Linksys/Cisco routers, I've not tried Netgear, but the dlink I have ended up breaking a bunch of stuff when I updated the firmware on it. The only way to fix it was to hack the bin file for the firmware so I could revert it. Offtopic.. but... something to think about, even if you are thinking about using a Netgear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7h3kk1d Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 I get 75 Mbps down and 8 up and part of the reason I want wireless is for transferring/streaming files from my server to my laptop so it needs to be fast enough to do that quickly. Can a cheap router do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 As long as the modem or whatever you are using to connect can keep up with the network, the router should have no problems. Check out the router I linked to in the previous post. Should fit yer needs fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7h3kk1d Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 thanks I'm using a Motorola SB6120 Docsis 3.0 modem btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanwinn Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 My ASUS WL-500W just died (power surge, d'oh!), so I bought a ASUS RT-N16 from newegg just an hour or two ago. It supports dd-wrt mega and has 2 usb ports and gigabit ethernet, all for only $90. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833320038 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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