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So, er, I don't know what happened. But I think iChat blew up my router. All I know is everything was going gang-busters, but when I opened iChat, all my computers lost internet. I noticed the red Diag light was lit on my faithful widdle WRT54G router. Now I can't even get it to power up to try resetting or a variety of other clever things I'm prepared to do.
Which I expect puts me in the market for a new (sub USD$100) WiFi router. Do people have suggestions? Dire warnings? WTF is MIMO and do I need/want that?
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I have a Netgear MR814 and have not had a problem.
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If I haven't got it completely wrong, MIMO refers to the new N or pre-N type routers that send and receive multiple, er, streams/signals (?) of information at once. The upshot of this is that range and quality is increased.
The N specification isn't actually finalised yet though, so you can only get "pre-N" routers, and I think only Belkin do them. If you old router was a G-type and you got on fine with it, I wouldn't go crazy desperate for an N type one.
And I've always got on fine with Belkin routers. Your actual mileage may vary, obviously.
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From what I've heard from people, Linksys routers don't always play well with Mac networks, unfortunately. For third-party routers, I'd recommend checking out Belkin first.
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Does your wireless router have any warranty to it?
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I had the same router self-destruct about two weeks ago. It was about two years old. Since the company was paying for it and they told me not to spend more than $100 cnd, I was forced to get Linksys wireless b BEFW1154 with a card for my laptop, I know I would have prefered the g but money constrains force me to the b. Seems to be working well, good coverage in and around my house.
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