Okay, so for a long time I have used this network adapter:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=179211

However, now Verizon has forced us to change our router so that it is compatible with their TV service (which we just bought into). Unfortunately this router is not as STRONG as the previous router and i cannot achieve a lasting connection to it from my computer. However, I know that the router must work decently since other people in the house can connect to it from further locations.

I know that this was a cheaper adapter so there must be a better option available, can anyone recommend an adapter that would work, or how I could tell if an adapter would be strong enough, short of buying it and seeing?If you still have the other router, you can still use it. Just run Cat5 from verizon's router to one of the main ports on the old router and it should still work as a wireless router for you.

You might need to SET that router's IP address to something compatible with the verizon router. If that's the case I can help WALK you through that.

Do not connect the new modem/router to the Internet port of the old router. If the old wireless device was an integrated modem / router, you (probably) won't be able to use it.

My Mom just upgraded to FIOS (Is that how you spell that?) and he new router is 54g. The router I set her up with was 108g. And the router itself isn't very configurable. It doesn't even have WPA. WEP is not secure and you shouldn't use it. PERIOD. My advice is buy a new wireless hub or router and forget Verizon's if the old one won't work.

RaydudeQuote from: RayDude on August 26, 2008, 08:35:41 AM

WEP is not secure and you shouldn't use it. Period.

Quote from: RayDude on August 26, 2008, 08:35:41 AM

WEP is not secure and you shouldn't use it. Period.

If the choices are: a) WEP or b) no protection, use WEP. WEP will keep 100% of 'casual' signal stealers off your connection.

If WPA is an option, of course, use it.