Just to clarify a little router confusion. Several companies make wireless routers and advertise speedbooster or something similar. These speed enhancements ONLY work if you also have a speedbooster wireless card as well. Just having the speed enhanced router does nothing if you don't have the matching card.
One of the great things about the Linksys I mentioned above is that you can put 3rd party firmware on it. Truly one of the biggest benefits of 3rd party firmware is the ability to adjust the radio signal of the wireless router. Routers have a signal strength range from like 0-120. By default they are set around 30. Well why not just turn the signal up some. Mine is set around 70 and I get great connectivity all the time. The firmware settings work far better than any of the speed enhancements they all tout as well as working better than the aftermarket antennas they all sell.
do you have a link for this?
I have the WRT54GS, the one w/ speedbooster, i have my pc near the router w/ ethernet connected and also bought a 50ft cable and ran it thru the house to the PC upstairs, cause it was getting SHITTY wireless action from way down in the basement, the ethernet cured that
got a laptop recently and it works GREAT on the wireless from the WRT54GS, so a good receiving card is also needed.
Id buy the WRT54G mor the GS version w/ speedbooster and be DONE with it. i had about 3 diff routers before this one and i must say, its a huge improvement over anything i owned before it
definitely the standard