Best N Band wireless router with usb Dongle (Budget)

[Kittu]

Any best wireless router with USB dongle... in budget segment. Most of the cisco(linksys) N band routers with USB dongle seem to be costly. I am looking to upgrade my router and also the old wireless card in desktop with a USB dongle(300 mbps). Any brands and bands(price) please share ...


Thanks,
Kittu

 

[alokbharti]

Belkin

It is cheaper than linksys and netgear.. offers more features for the price paid. normally comes with 5 year warranty..

what is your budget?

 

[haisaikat]

Any best wireless router with USB dongle... in budget segment. Most of the cisco(linksys) N band routers with USB dongle seem to be costly. I am looking to upgrade my router and also the old wireless card in desktop with a USB dongle(300 mbps). Any brands and bands(price) please share ...


Thanks,
Kittu

Please do not buy usb stick-only dongles they have very poor reception. I have 5 pci N cards running in my home all suffering from this problem. Go for usb connected dongles that have a extended wire connecting to a seperate antenna like receptor so that you may adjust its position for better reception without adjusting PC / TV position.

Also buy 2.4 GHz items only, no need for 5GHz which have poor range.

 

[Kittu]

Some links and prices please

 

[haisaikat]

Some links and prices please

Let me know your budget (max) and preferred mode of purchase (online, ebay, SYW, BDRLNX, etc).

Belkin N150 router having 2.4GHz wireless N signal cost around 1700 INR. Price is from Supreme shop in Kolkata. Prices go up depending upon additional features like USB support, Print Server, Gigabit Port support, etc. Some of the new generation routers allow you to plug your Tata Photon type of USB Internet sticks in them and transmits them in turn one example is WRT350N from linksys but costs much more.

 

[spirovious]

Yes Belkin can come close to Rs.1500 & works good.

 

[Kittu]

budget is under 3k for both router (300 mbps n band) and dongle wired or wireless same config...

 

[haisaikat]

budget is under 3k for both router (300 mbps n band) and dongle wired or wireless same config...

eBay India: Belkin N300 Wireless USB Adapter Part # F5D8053 (item 250768071297 end time 08-Feb-2011 17:19:11 IST)

tyr this, on ebay, selling around 1900 INR, total will be router + adapter around 4000 max. But dont go for USB stick type dongles.

 

[Kittu]

eBay India: Belkin N300 Wireless USB Adapter Part # F5D8053 (item 250768071297 end time 08-Feb-2011 17:19:11 IST)

tyr this, on ebay, selling around 1900 INR, total will be router + adapter around 4000 max. But dont go for USB stick type dongles.

There is lot difference in USB wired and USB plugged dongles ? thanks for the link btw.

 

[teky]

Kittu - Do look into if the N routers work on Dual Band simultaneously. The one's I've seen so far seem to the single band i.e 2.4 GHz in which there are loads of home equipments operating. A Dual band router should have additional band 5 GHz which you can use for dual band enabled devices.

Look into WRT 320N from Linksys. I'll be putting a dongle (Dual band) up for sale in sometime, see if that interests you.

 

[Kittu]

Kittu - Do look into if the N routers work on Dual Band simultaneously. The one's I've seen so far seem to the single band i.e 2.4 GHz in which there are loads of home equipments operating. A Dual band router should have additional band 5 GHz which you can use for dual band enabled devices.

Look into WRT 320N from Linksys. I'll be putting a dongle (Dual band) up for sale in sometime, see if that interests you.

My reqmt is to connect 2 laptops , netbook and a htpc.... Mostly htpc will be used to the D business and the hdmi out goes to TV for movie watching..

laptops and netbook for regular office work ... Do you think I'd require dual band router ... ? or a just 2.4 will do ? I presently have the Linksys 2.4 54mbps G based router.. Almost like 4 year old.... with an airtel 2 mbps connection.

 

[teky]

My reqmt is to connect 2 laptops , netbook and a htpc.... Mostly htpc will be used to the D business and the hdmi out goes to TV for movie watching..

laptops and netbook for regular office work ... Do you think I'd require dual band router ... ? or a just 2.4 will do ? I presently have the Linksys 2.4 54mbps G based router.. Almost like 4 year old.... with an airtel 2 mbps connection.

If you have already got an working G router, Don't know the reason behind upgrading to N

Is your HTPC streaming contents from any of those laptops, net book etc? If yes wouldn't it help to create a separate channel? Having said all these I would stick would wired were available

 

[Kittu]

If you have already got an working G router, Don't know the reason behind upgrading to N

Is your HTPC streaming contents from any of those laptops, net book etc? If yes wouldn't it help to create a separate channel? Having said all these I would stick would wired were available

So a simple wireless dongle to the HTPC will do ? is the dongle that you are putting up for sale gonna be compatible with my PC and router or it will be an overkill for a WRT54G router

 

[haisaikat]

There is lot difference in USB wired and USB plugged dongles ? thanks for the link btw.

Yes, Normal USB plugged ones suffer from occasional signal drops and the lack of position adjustment ability. Also a shorter internal antenna degrades their performance. Go for ones that have a bigger sized antenna like the one that I posted a link for.

 

[haisaikat]

My reqmt is to connect 2 laptops , netbook and a htpc.... Mostly htpc will be used to the D business and the hdmi out goes to TV for movie watching..

laptops and netbook for regular office work ... Do you think I'd require dual band router ... ? or a just 2.4 will do ? I presently have the Linksys 2.4 54mbps G based router.. Almost like 4 year old.... with an airtel 2 mbps connection.

For internet connection point of view you don't need a upgrade. IF you are planning to do network video streaming of videos or occasionally transfer big files over the network then N is the way to go. But go for simultaneous dual band (the one that transmits 2 radio signals at the same time) only if you intend to do a file transfer and video streaming simultaneously and you need performance in both the operations. Otherwise simultaneous dual band would be an expensive upgrade for you that you will not benefit from. Moreover 5GHz has poor range compared to the 2.4 GHz band so you will have to place the 5GHz receiver device closer to the router all the time to get better connection speed. I own a simultaneous dual N band router and several single band and dual band pci adapters so I have seen the real story over the last few years. If you intend to do file transfer and can compromise on the speed to allow network video streaming at the same time then you can very well do with single band routers and tweak with the Quality of Service (QoS) settings that many routers offer nowadays.

 

[reju]

Look at TP-Link products. They are real VFM.
Welcome to TP-LINK

 

[Kittu]

For internet connection point of view you don't need a upgrade. IF you are planning to do network video streaming of videos or occasionally transfer big files over the network then N is the way to go. But go for simultaneous dual band (the one that transmits 2 radio signals at the same time) only if you intend to do a file transfer and video streaming simultaneously and you need performance in both the operations. Otherwise simultaneous dual band would be an expensive upgrade for you that you will not benefit from. Moreover 5GHz has poor range compared to the 2.4 GHz band so you will have to place the 5GHz receiver device closer to the router all the time to get better connection speed. I own a simultaneous dual N band router and several single band and dual band pci adapters so I have seen the real story over the last few years. If you intend to do file transfer and can compromise on the speed to allow network video streaming at the same time then you can very well do with single band routers and tweak with the Quality of Service (QoS) settings that many routers offer nowadays.

Network streaming and file copy is long way to go.. For me 2 laptops are work place provided no copy business strictly... So for now can I just buy a compatible USB adaptor for my HTPC to router and live with it. Can you post an adaptor compatible with existing router.... Or even the higher band ones will have backward compatiblity.. ?

 

[Kittu]

Look at TP-Link products. They are real VFM.
Welcome to TP-LINK

So with this TP-link ADSL + 300 mbps router I can remove airtel modem directly connect to this one. ? how good it is ?

 

[mgdelhi]

I have TP-Link TD-W8960N for my Airtel Broadband and I am very happy with its performance.

 

[haisaikat]

Network streaming and file copy is long way to go.. For me 2 laptops are work place provided no copy business strictly... So for now can I just buy a compatible USB adaptor for my HTPC to router and live with it. Can you post an adaptor compatible with existing router.... Or even the higher band ones will have backward compatiblity.. ?

I would say buy an higher band adapter as they are backward compatible with G bands as well. Buy a single N band adapter only and dont spend mone of dual band ones since the 5GHz band still has lots of adaptability issues. Very Very few devices have built in 5GHz N support, 99.9% of the devices in N range support 2.4 GHz only. The adapter link I posted is backward compatible. I think almost all of them are are. Just look for the specs and verify if that say 802.11 a/b/g/n or even g/n should also be fine.