Do All Routers Need A CD Installtion ???
By Payout
@payout (3794)
United States
March 9, 2010 10:56pm CST
I have a Laptop/ Netbook that doesn't have a CD hard Disk. So when I buy a Router for wifi in my house do I need to to Install it on my computer if I do I don't want to buy a CD hardware Disk.
I rather just connect the Router to the Modem and have my WIFI in my house.. How is NETGEAR a good one or LinkSYM or however you call it a good one. ?????
1 response
@supermarketsoap10 (17)
•
10 Mar 10
I have a Netgear ADSL router in my home. I just plugged the phone line into it, configured it through a web based interface (easy once I had the settings) and I was good to go. I recently had to do this again because I messed up a setting whilst playing with the configuration. From resetting the device, it took about 10 minutes from no wifi to secured wifi. And most of those 10 minutes were looking for ISP settings using my mobile phone.
Netgear is a popular router, but the Linksys routers with a model that ends in L like (WRT54GL) are prefered by geeks because you can do a lot more with the firmware (the stuff that runs it).
And no, you should not need a CD to install it. If you're not connecting a device physically to your machine, chances are you won't need a CD.
@payout (3794)
• United States
10 Mar 10
Hey supermarketsoap10,
Thanks for your responds it really helped a lot because I thought I would need one. I know you need one .. when you are putting a device in the computer. But thanks in your opinion what would you recommend ? Netgear or the Linksys??
@payout (3794)
• United States
13 Mar 10
Yeah, I bought a NETGEAR MNDR3300 very good it has high performance and very good range nice LED light display. the Signal range is awesome.. I would recommend it haha.. Just takes time to set things up.. you have to call NETGEAR unless you have done this already haha,, then they will do this step by step
