At 12:23 PM -0800 11/23/2011, Bill Spencer wrote:
Hi there: My son came home from college last night, and almost
immediately told me that the router (basic Netgear wireless) is
giving off a high-pitched whine or squeal or whistle or something,
which he had not heard before. Neither my wife nor I can hear it so
I have to take this on faith. They both have complained of
pretty frequent and significant Internet slowness, too.
1. Are these two things--noise and speed--related?
2. Is the whine a symptom of something more problematic?
Farked power could cause all sorts of issues. Transformers and
capacitors make evil noises when dying. Check the wall-wart
especially - make sure it's not making any crackling or humming. It
should be dead silent. Make sure it's plugged into a surge protector
too!
3. Assuming it's much more cost-effective to buy another router than
try to have this one fixed, what's the conventional wisdom nowadays
for brands and capabilities? (I don't feel the need to spend
boatloads of (non-existent) cash so something under maybe $30 would
be fine, I think...)
Black Friday sales!!!!! Amazon, your fav local electronics /
computer store, etc... Netgear, Cisco, Linksys (owned by Cisco now),
Belkin... it's all good. Avoid D-Link. SMC makes nifty higher
powered wi-fi routers, targeted more toward small office use, if you
need that xtra punch thru yer walls.
I like NAT Routers to include at least a 4 port ethernet hub, 100Mb
or 1 Gb (GigE). If you have a need for the newer wi-fi standards,
then look for 802.11n. Otherwise 802.11 a/b/g will be cheaper.
Match the router to your service. If your service provides an
ethernet interface, then don't need a router with a built-in DSL
modem, etc.
- Dan.
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