[Shop-talk] Routers, again (follow up)

[Dave C]

Thanks for all the input.  Now I just need to decide which one to get, 
but at least the choices are narrowed down.

Follow up question:

Can I leave my old wireless network up and live while I'm installing the 
new one, then transition the devices over one at a time?  The old one is 
named "home" so I could name the new one "new home" and then reconnect 
everything, get the MAC filtering, passwords, etc all up one at a time 
and if there were any glitches at least the old one would be running as 
a backup.

In addition to the desktop (hard wired to the router) I'm running two 
netbooks in the house, plus two regular Kindles, a Kindle Fire and a 
Nook HD+.

Out in the shop I have an old range booster, another netbook, and 
another wifi device that makes my solar panel interface think it's 
plugged into a hardwired modem.  I have no idea how I ended up with all 
that hardware, but that seems to be the way it goes.


On 7/4/2013 11:04 AM, Dave C wrote:
> The computer kind.
>
> OK, when we got DSL some time ago (probably seven or eight years ago) 
> we got whatever Westell wifi router that Verizon provided with the 
> service.  It still works ok but it's slow and the range is pretty 
> pathetic.   I think it's time for a replacement.   If you go to Amazon 
> or Newegg there are a ton of routers and the reviews are all over the 
> place.
>
> So would anyone like to suggest a basic modern wifi and hardwired 
> router with decent range and throughput, and that won't take an EE to 
> set up?
>
> Thanks
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