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1 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for PERFORMANCE
D-link DIR-825 Router
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$165.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars also do yourselves a favor once your connected, update the firmware to v1.01 as it fixes performance issues with n and also adds shareport to the usb feature of the router allowing you to connect
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars in comparing the performance of this dlink router to my previous linksys router (wrt54g wireless-g) i don't see much difference.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars so switched to 2.4ghz (still n) and performance was much better (consistent connections over 100mbs).
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars performances:
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars - can run 802.11b/g and 802.11n devices simultaneously on separate spectrums for maximum performance
Positives: Easy To Use, Good Speed, WLAN Standards: IEEE 802.11a,IEEE 802.11n,IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3u,IEEE 802.11g
2 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for PERFORMANCE
D-Link DIR-628 RangeBooster N Dual Band Router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch, 2 Antennas and Dual Band D...
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$110.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars however, with this router you will get the best performance if you can choose the 5ghz band with your 802.11n device.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the wireless performance is impressive; i switched from a different brand router, and my wireless range has doubled with this device.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars network performance metrics indicate only moderate rates, which may step-down resolution to the tv's, but i can't readily tell from viewing.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars also under recommended system requirements on the side of the box it says "for optimal wireless performance: use with dual band n usb adapter (dwa-160.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars finally, the best thing about the dir-628 is its price; you get both great performance and many great features for an extremely reasonable price.
Positives: Nice Signal Strength, Connectivity: Wireless, Protocols: PPTP,L2TP,IPSec, Encryption Standards: WPA,WPA2
3 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for PERFORMANCE
Linksys WRT610N Wireless Router
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$210.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars in short, the router performance has been excellent, but i think the new software could use a little work.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it definitely deserves kudos for it's performance and it's features.
  3. from lt.dell.com
    5.0 Stars performance:
  4. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star i bought the dual band wrt610n wireless and the wusb600n dual band usb adapter abt two weeks back and have been greatly disapponited by the very poor performance of this particular linksys product.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars loss in performance is too great.
Positives: Good Speed, Connectivity: Wireless, Protocols: IP,TCP, Encryption Standards: WPA,WPA2
4 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for PERFORMANCE
NetGear WNR2000 Wireless Router
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$68.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from lt.dell.com
    5.0 Stars performance:
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars my existing wireless enabled devices latched on almost immediately (even my chumby!) + with my new wireless-n card performance (throughput and signal strength) was better than i've ever seen before.
  3. from lt.dell.com
    5.0 Stars prosgreat performance and very easy to use.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars if you don't know what settings to use, i would suggest the default first until you know how to enhance performance or fix a problem.
Positives: Easy To Use, Great Signal Strength, Nice Speed, Connectivity: Wireless
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for PERFORMANCE
Actiontec Electronics (GT724WGR) Retail DSL Wireless Gateway Router
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$101.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.bestbuy.com
    5.0 Stars the unit seems very well built, only time will tell if it is actually built to last and if it keeps up it's flawless performance in the months to come.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the versalink had always had inconsistent performance - our mac and our pcs seemed to knock each other off the network, requiring a reset of the router and/or a reboot of our laptops - and in the
Positives: Easy To Use, Great Speed, Reliable, Connectivity: Wireless
 
Belkin N Wireless Router
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$101.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.bestbuy.com
    4.0 Stars what's great about it:?easy to set up, good price, great performance - fast - stable - great range.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i also noticed a significant performance impact when attempting to use my internet connection at the same time as browsing my local network, probably due to the fact that it's not a dual band router.
Positives: Reliable, Easy To Use, Good Speed, Connectivity: Wireless
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