I am looking for a wireless access point I can setup in my apartment right now my cable modem is hooked directly into my laptop. I am planing on buying a desktop and having mine from the united states shipped here so I will need a router. The model I am looking for is the Linksys WAP55AG or also known as the Dual-Band Wireless A + G Access Point. If anyone sees this or any linksys products let me know I am itching to get one of these babys before I get hacked.
Wireless security is sort of a misnomer. Anyways, I believe I’ve seen this at the Aurora shop near the corner of Keelung and Xinyi. It’s next to the IS Coffee shop, across the street from the TWTC.
thanks i will check it out on thursday and let u know what i find 
Actually, on second thought i might be confusing it with another Linksys product, the WRT54G, Wireless G Broadband Router but check it out and let us know 
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There’s not much point in getting the A+G. Just get a G (or spend 1500nt on a cheap B). Linksys stuff tends to cost a lot in Taiwan. You can get Buffalo or D-Link for decent prices though.
The only reason I am going linksys is cause I had one in the us for over 2 years. Not one single probblem with it I dont know much about the other routers. Also because I have the dual band wireless card from linksys (ABG)i have to watch out sometimes they cant always connect to other 3rd party routers. i have experienced this probblem many times.
linksys is ok, dont get anything by netgear or dlink. if you have some more money to spend get a draytek.
Ok, I wasn’t quite thinking before. I don’t remember seeing Linksys products here at all (except maybe one-offs). Taiwan’s not listed as one of the countries they sell in either. There’s a guy selling a G Gateway on eBay and Yahoo for 5000 NT. No sign of any A/G combinations.
In any case, if you do find what you’re looking for, be prepared for sticker shock.
the problem with Linksys is they pick the products from Taiwan manf. at lowest price so there Q&A sucks.
The sames guys also sell there products in local markets, just the case is different, the same H/W and S/W.
My recommendation is to go for D-Link, there Q&A is very good worth the extra they charge.
I have the DLink DI-624+ and the G120 but wish I didn’t.
It didn’t jive with my Asus P4P800 Deluxe until I disabled the onboard LAN via BIOS.
Seems to be a little better with Abit Max3, but it’s not quite like cabling.
My computer and the router are only 20ft. away from each other and yet I only get about 60% or “GOOD” signal strength. It’s running on minimal security and all settings are set to run at, “full strength.” Yet, the signal drops even still.
I have a friend in the Netherlands who swears by Asus for WiFi, but you’d be surprisingly hard pressed to find anything from the G line, anywhere on the island. At least I have. This being the reason that I fell into this DLink issue.
Iplan on replacing the DLink as soon as I can come accross something that has been proven. As far as I can tell, it’s still a hit’n miss as far as WiFi goes.
I’ve got a D-link 624+ at both home and work. Have been great. Dunno what nam’s on about. It’s working with airport express card in the powerbook and ibook and a dlink airport card for the compaq.
[quote=“Nam”]I have the DLink DI-624+ and the G120 but wish I didn’t.
It didn’t jive with my Asus P4P800 Deluxe until I disabled the onboard LAN via BIOS.
Seems to be a little better with Abit Max3, but it’s not quite like cabling.
My computer and the router are only 20ft. away from each other and yet I only get about 60% or “GOOD” signal strength. It’s running on minimal security and all settings are set to run at, “full strength.” Yet, the signal drops even still.[/quote]
People say that wireless is hit and miss in general but after using 5-6 different access point/wireless card combinations, I haven’t encountered any problems.
Your signal strength may be affected by fish tanks, humans, other wireless networks, and 2.4GHz phones in the vicinity. Also, Taiwanese RC walls are murder on wireless signals.
I also figured as much, though it’s odd even still. There’s nothing between the card and the router so that should just leave RF interferance.
That and, as you said answerer, there are three other WiFi nets on channels 6&7. I’m on 9 as it seems to be less troublesome.
it was the wrt54g which is the same one I got in shanghai from the gansters for like 25$ US. I picked it up anyways as I need something windows built in firewall is crap. But I ended up getting that one.
So more then a year later has anyone found a decent router in TW? I still haven’t come across any Linksys routers. Dlink is everywhere, but isn’t the bios for it all in Chinese? I need something to work with my desktop, 2 PC laptops and most importantly with my iBook. Please advise.
Here at work we’ve tried D-Link and 3Com. Both have english software. Both crap out when using P2P with port forwarding.
The Netgear I brought from the US is great; it works without fail.
Really, if you want a reliable router in Taiwan, import something or go for Apple Airport. WDS for up to 4 additional base stations. One of them can be an Airport Express so you can stream iTunes to your stereo.
Buffallo or Corega maybe ok though I stay away from cheap hardware. I think you know it’s good to do that.
If you want security, Airport also supports Radius. MAC Address filtering, WEP, Radius, and posssibly Cisco Leap. Combining those will get you the best security available today.
I’ve been running mostly Dlink stuff and have had few problems with it.
English firmware versions are available and somewhat convenient to use.
I believe Dlink’s DI-624 is compatible with WinXP, WinME, Win2K, Win98 and Mac OS. And I know for a fact that it’s been nothing but solid in every WiFi network I’ve put together over the last year or so. Just be sure that it’s Revisiion “C.” They had some issues with their earlier stuff, but seem to have ironed most of them out.
I’d suggest you stay away from the Asus WL-500g though…If your not familiar with at least some basic commands, you’ll find yourself pulling your hair out. Getting a USB printer to work on it was like pulling teeth. Also drops WAN connections frequently. (Watch out those with HiNet) Though if you mess with the WAN ports a bit you should be able to figure it out.
Excellent.
Our office uses an old D-Link with 2+ year old firmware; newer updates aren’t available.
That’s cool. It’s only at the limit where you see the real differences. If you want secure, add Radius to the standard features. More is nice if you’re really concerned.