Preferred router for PS3? N? G? Other?

[slaughinghouse]

I have to buy a new router/modem for my computer as both have decided they don't want to work anymore. Does the PS3 (or its users) have a preference for the type of router?

Last router was a Netgear WGR614...

I'm running Windows 7.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by slaughinghouse

I have to buy a new router/modem for my computer as both have decided they don't want to work anymore. Does the PS3 (or its users) have a preference for the type of router?

Last router was a Netgear WGR614...

I'm running Windows 7.

PS3 does G not N but G is built into N. N will take care of your PS3 and future products.
I use a Linksys WRT54GS and my Son uses a Linksys E1200. Both work fine wired and wireless. The E1200 was made after Cisco bought out Linksys. It is more user friendly.

[Septimus Prime]

Your best bet is to use wired ethernet on a NAT type 2 connection. NAT type 1 would be ideal, but that requires directly connecting your PS3 to your modem, and that is something I personally am not comfortable with and would not recommend.

PS3 does not support 802.11n, so there's no need to bother with a router that supports that, unless you also plan to use other devices with it, such as your laptop or smartphone (which I suspect is the case if you are buying a router in the first place).

[slaughinghouse]

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

Your best bet is to use wired ethernet on a NAT type 2 connection. NAT type 1 would be ideal, but that requires directly connecting your PS3 to your modem, and that is something I personally am not comfortable with and would not recommend.

PS3 does not support 802.11n, so there's no need to bother with a router that supports that, unless you also plan to use other devices with it, such as your laptop or smartphone (which I suspect is the case if you are buying a router in the first place).

Yes, I'll have a laptop and my printer networked, so I can print from the laptop while in another room.

[SoCalTiger]

Originally Posted by slaughinghouse

Yes, I'll have a laptop and my printer networked, so I can print from the laptop while in another room.

FWIW, you wouldn't need N for your printer, even if it did support it. Debatable usefulness for the laptop. I'm sure the PS4 will be N though when that comes out in 2012.