Wireless Router Windows 7 Professional

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by SurfPlug

I dropped DirectTv, phone, and internet that was costing me $220 a month for Triple Play.

Getting back to routers . . . is there a best router out there for Win 7?

My tripple play has creeped up to 165 / month with taxes.

I've used a few of these on small installs - very sweet if your laptop has wireless N:

Newegg.com - NETGEAR WNR2000-100NAS 802.11b/g/n Wireless-N Router up to 300Mbps/ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Port x4

$60 at Newegg, usually 90 at Staples.

[SurfPlug]

Good suggestion . . . how the heck do you tell if you have wireless N? OMG this sounds so complicated G, A, B, and now N.

Anything is better than paying over $200, but at $165 I will still be ahead. Right now I got it at $109 with taxes the triply play. I bet if you tell them you will cancel they will find a way. I did that with my ADT and they dropped it from $153 to $111.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by SurfPlug

Good suggestion . . . how the heck do you tell if you have wireless N? OMG this sounds so complicated G, A, B, and now N.

Anything is better than paying over $200, but at $165 I will still be ahead. Right now I got it at $109 with taxes the triply play. I bet if you tell them you will cancel they will find a way. I did that with my ADT and they dropped it from $153 to $111.

What model Thinkpad do you have? The original receipt will say. Newer ones are often "N" and the router is backwards compatible to support B/G which you 99.99% certain have.


FIOS: Yes, but I'm trying to go from 165 - under $30 + Internet - just getting tired as I watch it creep up.

[SurfPlug]

Originally Posted by JohnR

What model Thinkpad do you have? The original receipt will say. Newer ones are often "N" and the router is backwards compatible to support B/G which you 99.99% certain have.


FIOS: Yes, but I'm trying to go from 165 - under $30 + Internet - just getting tired as I watch it creep up.

Okay John the thinkpad I have is the SL510 with Wind 7 Pro on the intel duo cpu 2.00ghz. I guess I have to find that book about the laptop. I had thought all you needed was a Win 7 router.

[JohnR]

Specs listed on Amazon shows B/G/N : Amazon.com: Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 28479XU 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black): Computer & Accessories

Which means you can connect wireless N which is a lot faster on the home network - but night not make Internet any fast for you.