Xianti,

I've had pretty good luck with my wireless router (a Linksys), but I had a bit of trouble with it at first. Two things I had to do to get it to work well were downloading the latest drivers from www.linksys.com and get a new cordless phone. My old cellphone was a 2.4Ghz phone, which is the same frequency used by my router (and all 802.11 routers to my knowledge). When we answered the phone or made a call, I would lose the wireless connection. Changing channels is supposed to help this, but I could never get the phone and wireless to work together unless the PC whas very close to the router.

I have an Averatec laptop which I bought from buy.com. I have been very satisfied with it, although I wish it had a docking station (they don't make one).