I thought I would set up a wireless network at home...

[IEatGt's]

I did some research on wireless routers and decided to purchase an Apple Airport Extreme. It's supposed to be very fast, easy to set up and reliable... Unless you're using Windows Vista. :bored: I jacked with this project all afternoon and evening yesterday. The notebook would see the network, connect to the network and then drop the connection to the network. It would only connect intermittently. If I could get it connect to the internet, it was slower than using a carrier pigeon. I've been looking online this morning for a possible solution to this situation. I may just end up returning it and getting a different router. Does anyone have any experience with Vista and an Airport Extreme?

This is my first time trying to set up a wireless network and at this point I'm more than frustrated with it.

 

[CalcVictim]

What was the factor that made you decide on the airport?

Unless you have a specific need for airport, return it and pick up a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL. I am running one with Tomato firmware and it's a pleasure to use. It offers QOS, very stable speeds and a bunch of security options (WEP, WPA,WPA2-both personal and enterprise)

 

[Hmbre97]

I found your problem

 

[IEatGt's]

What was the factor that made you decide on the airport?

Unless you have a specific need for airport, return it and pick up a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL. I am running one with Tomato firmware and it's a pleasure to use. It offers QOS, very stable speeds and a bunch of security options (WEP, WPA,WPA2-both personal and enterprise)

Well, like all other Apple products, it's supposed to be easy to use and it's just supposed to work. Apparently not.

Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[IEatGt's]

I found your problem

Thank you.

 

[BayouFX4]

I have a Linksys as well. Very easy to use and I haven't had any connection issues.

 

[IEatGt's]

What was the factor that made you decide on the airport?

Unless you have a specific need for airport, return it and pick up a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL. I am running one with Tomato firmware and it's a pleasure to use. It offers QOS, very stable speeds and a bunch of security options (WEP, WPA,WPA2-both personal and enterprise)

I guess I chose the wrong router.
What kind of situation would be appropriate for an airport?

 

[WireEater]

Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL for the win. Best router out there period. Although I use DD-WRT for firmware. I didn't care for Tomato as much.

I have 2 of them. One running my domain at home and the other running backup internet.

 

[98slowbra]

Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL for the win. Best router out there period. Although I use DD-WRT for firmware. I didn't care for Tomato as much.

I have 2 of them. One running my domain at home and the other running backup internet.

how does that DD-WRT work for you? does it really make a difference? if so I wonder if I can load it on my linksys WRT-310N

 

[CalcVictim]

I guess I chose the wrong router.
What kind of situation would be appropriate for an airport?

I looked at the specs of the router and it's nothing more then any other b/g/n router except in this case you pay a heft apple tax(I saw them online for 150)

how does that DD-WRT work for you? does it really make a difference? if so I wonder if I can load it on my linksys WRT-310N

I can't really speak for dd-wrt but from what I read it's very nice, one of the features of Tomato I use is wireless survey to set my channel different from people around me, increasing range, and QOS is amazing if you torrent.

I am pretty sure dd-wrt offers the same features as tomato.

 

[traktrbeam]

What kind of situation would be appropriate for an airport?

Outbound or inbound travel.

 

[Tispho]

What was the factor that made you decide on the airport?

Unless you have a specific need for airport, return it and pick up a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL.

:rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon:

This is a great router, open source. I run dd-wrt on it.

 

[IEatGt's]

Outbound or inbound travel.

I was waiting for that one...:lol:
What took you so long?

 

[jf4boogie]

Maybe if you make just one more thread it will work :shrug:

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/road-side-pub-17/581576-airport-extreme-vista-fail.html

 

[harry gilbert]

What was the factor that made you decide on the airport?

Unless you have a specific need for airport, return it and pick up a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54GL. I am running one with Tomato firmware and it's a pleasure to use. It offers QOS, very stable speeds and a bunch of security options (WEP, WPA,WPA2-both personal and enterprise)

I second that suggestion - have one here, and it was easy to set up and runs without problem.

 

[LSUstang05]

Apple makes some good products but I have never met anybody that liked their routers. I'd get d-link or netgear. I've never had any issues with netgear or d-link. Linksys has never worked well with any of my computers that I've had.

 

[HYBRED]

i have a linksys as well. Very easy to use and i haven't had any connection issues.

+1

 

[VEE EIGHT]

Linksys > all

 

[theraapster]

how does that DD-WRT work for you? does it really make a difference? if so I wonder if I can load it on my linksys WRT-310N

I ran it for years on the WRT54G and am now running it on the WRT310N with no problems for the past month or so.

 

[Venomous98Cobra]

Most routers have conflicts with things around your house. Wireless surround sound can interfere with your wireless connections along with microwaves. Phones a notorious for causing problems.

Routers usually have a channel select for the wireless setting. You may want to try and manually select the channel.

edit - Oh and I recommend using Linksys.