Thread: F-ing wireless router

Does Apple use some other wireless standard other than 801.11 a/b/g/n?

As far as I know, wireless routers use those basics standards, so I don't understand how a wireless router can be special to mac.

In my experience, I've always had trouble with cheap routers. I used to always buy cheap and I'd have to reset my router on a regular basis.

I ended up buying myself a D-Link DIR-655 and I've been extremely happy with it. My wife's imac has no problems connecting wirelessly and I've only had to reset it a few times, not because the router was hung up, but because my ISP was playing around with their IP addresses and authentication.

Originally Posted by GReYVee

Originally Posted by bobbarkerissatan

Does Apple use some other wireless standard other than 801.11 a/b/g/n?

As far as I know, wireless routers use those basics standards, so I don't understand how a wireless router can be special to mac.

This is true, they run the same standards of operation. But when it comes to configuration, ease of maintanence, and actual hardware Airports tend to run better for apples. To me though, even if i had apples I'd still use a Linksys or Dlink home router.

That's quite a racket they have built up for themselves then. I've never had any issues with my Dlink router on my wife's iMac, my Linux/Windows/OSX86 box, or any of my laptops.