My internet connection had become very flaky. I first thought my Netgear WPN824 was dying on me. I had thought that it was always disconnecting and I always had to reset it. I was just getting fed up and decided to go purchase a new router. I read a few reviews and decided to go with the Belkin N1 Wireless Router. After using it for a while, I’m beginning to think it’s my Comcast Cable internet that is disconnecting and not the router.

A couple months back I was looking for a good all around network router, preferably with both wired and wireless capabilities. After some research, I came upon the D-Link DGL-4300. It is touted as a “Gaming Router”, which basically means it has QOS (Quality Of Service). For those who don’t know, it is a configuration that gives priority to certain network traffic, but more on that later. Along with some other nice features the wired 4-port gigabit switch made this router stand out from the rest.

I was looking for a wireless solution for my living room. I was in the process of setting up a Netgear WPN824 as my primary router and it did a good job of covering the entire apartment. Wired Ethernet really wasn’t an option for me because I was renting the apartment and didn’t want Ethernet cables running along the baseboard of my rooms. I was then considering putting wireless network cards in each of the units in my entertainment system. All the wireless cards were platform specific and if I ever upgraded any of my equipment I would have to purchase a wireless card in each additional item. Since all the equipment I was looking to connect had a built in Ethernet port as well as any future equipment I looked into a wireless bridge. In my opinion, this was the most cost effective solution to my problem. Since I already had Netgear equipment and I was happy with it I went and purchased the Netgear WGPS606, which has a built in print server and 4 Ethernet ports and the ability to bridge two wireless networks.